The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-02-04

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A SAD HlsTeaY. We yesterday mse
a young and interesting girl a. the house
of an acquaintance, who told Us 3 tale d
wrong and suffering that would furnish
material Scr good sissd novel, E
One year ago, this young lady leia her
home in Pennsylvania home where all
the, laxuEiss Of lifeswees4at her command.
Her parents we're iRdulgent, and she.
an only child, was loved by them with ali
the tenderness Of true parental affection.
| No wish or herb remained unqualified,
for she was the idol Of those parentS; and
the light Of the home made dssolate By
an asst which viii fuEsssR cast il shadows
on her heart.
In February 1854, she became ac9uaint-
ed with Mormon preacher, who painsed
to her in glowing terms the glories Of
Utah and the Mormon ralielon. He told
her Of'tAe beautiful vaaleys of Usah, fort
i6ed on all sides by gsans mountains,
whose peaks, FURNISHED by eternal snoHs,
looked down upon valleys Of perpetual
greea, psoplsd By Ged' ewa chosen kin
dred Who we're free - the mountain tor
rents that leap ths rocks of the lofty Tim
paRagOs raaga, He told her of the content
and peace reigning among the Saints, and
assured Der that the Mormons were Gods
own peculiar people, aud 50 worked upon
her Imagination that.shs finally consented
to leave friends, familf aud all the en-
dearments of home and go with him 70
the valley of sha Saints. s.r,.r
Arriving 1t Chicago, he forced her to
marry him, the ceremony being perform
ed BY mock priest, without record or
license, On last April she left Wyoming,
Nebraska, with Mormon train, for the
land Of promise, and ,Rpally arrived in the
city of the Saints Here she found that
her husband had four other wives, who
regarded her with no tender emotions,
but heaped abuse aud contumeIy upor
her head. .xs---,
sAftsrA few months her liese lord told
her he had concluded to sell her to
another man who had taken a great
fancy to her that his other wives were
jealous, and declared bis last wife should
lire with him no longer.
She declared she would die before she
would thus be put away and forced TO
live as the wife Of man with whom
she had no acquaintance, and had seen
but once in her life Her husband told
her it was Brigham's order aud she
must do so or loose her life. Dcterm>
mad net 10 be thtB sacrificed, she started
to ruR away with the intention Of max
ing her way to Camp Breckinrfdge In
Cedar Valley, then garrisoned by United
States troops, aud claim protection there.
She started on foot and after travelling
about ten miles, she vas caught and
brought back. placed in a dungeon, or
rather a cellar, and vas thus kept for =
Inunth. via jas subagh SOod to sustain
life. The maa whom she refused to
live with frequently visited her and be-
sought hsF - change her resolution in
order 10 safe her life.
ThEough feras of .sireupstanees she 81
lass yselde&, sad wassdaly Installed in his
family, as the sixth wife. Here shs
found, as before, the jealousiss and quar-
res arising we're sntOt&s&bIe, and she
again dete rtnined to escape or die in the
attempt, This time she succeeded In
reaching the Headquarters Of Gen Conner
to whom she told her tale of suffering.
The General treated her with kindness,
gave her tuoney aRd senshw through 70
the States with Government train boand
for Fort Kearney, which place she reached
early last week.
She leaves this city tonight q rspeu.
tant sorrowful child, for her home in
Pennsylvsuia-thas home which she vas
pursuaded to desert through the mis-
representation and wiles of Q crafty
seoundrel. What joy and gladnesss viii
we'll up from the hSartsof those parents
when they again behold the one they
believed lost to them forever. We drop
the veil. Reader, this Is moe m insulated
case, bus,an everyday. occurrence in this
busy sinful world.