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moment she could not reply; Gut COM
posing herself directly she spoke brave

"Ii We are cut oil from the church
they cannot harm us. We can 60 TO
Camp Douglas as others have done,and
we viii be safe there though OF course,
CHANGING around the pleasant room, I'VE
shall loss the house, and suppose the
store too. But we shall DO free, and
we shall have each otherand our child"
AS she finished speaking her eyes
kindled, and color came back to her
face. How sweet liberty would be af'
ter all those years of bondage. Her
husband perceived her thoughts. He
saw too. that she had not even glanced
at the alternative. How should he 80
on? What could he say to make her
share his own dread OF bringing down
the vengunce OF heaven upon them NIL
by continued disobedience to divine
law? $500.
"Jessie, You do not understand mo-"
he said, desperately. II am not afraid
of them that can only kill the body, but
1 fear Him who is able to destroy the
soul and body in hell" ..
"Phillip, you do not mean--you can
not mean" Speech failed her, and
the UNHAPPY wife upon whom a posi-
bility which she had never before con-
templated dawned at last, could only
clasp her hands in mute appeal.
81 mean that I fear we may be fight.
ing against God. President Young
says our children have been taken be-
cause we have been disobedient, and If
we continue to rebel our baby will be
laid beside the others before another
month"
"And you believe that ?" t&}
"God speaks to us through the voice
of his prophet. I must believe. II
doubt one word I must give up ALL"
"Give up all then. Oh, Phillip, this
religion is false-as false as it is cruel.
It yields nothing but discord and mis-
cry and wickedness. look at the fam
lilies where they say they have obeyed
the law of God! The wife, if she is
not changed into fury, is dying OF a
broken heart; the other women pass
their lives in the midst of, strife and
jealousy that kills all the good in them.
And then the children! FL had far
rather bury my baby tomorrow than
have him grow up like them"
"Jessie, wife, hear me. If God COM
mands thing, we must not question
his wisdom. We must look beyond
the present for results. He knows that
it will cost me more than life to obey
him in this thing, and he would not re-
ouire such sacrifice of me If no good
could come of it.
"Phillip!" She rose to her feet and
and stood before him. ANSWER me
one question and at once. DO you be-
lieve that God requires you to take an
other wife," @.' i.
"Jessie, have little pity on me.
That is the question I am trying to de-
eide. I have been trying all day. l
| dared not come home. i could not
- % d
face you; and I feel now as If l were
going mad"
The stern look faded from her face
and the fire in her eyes softened. She
was again the tender, loyal wife.
"Forgive me, love-" she said, laying
her hand upon his bowed head. i
did not mean to make the trial harder
for you" at.ss, 30
It is needless to dwell upon the
struggle, which did not end with the
night. but lasted throughout the week
The result was what might have been
foreseen. Fanticism triumphed over
nature, love-over everything that
had hitherto saved their home from
proclamation, and when the time ar
rived for making his decision known t.;
the prophet, Phillip said, Il will
obey"
Jessie did what hundreds of wives IN
/ Utah have done-submitted to the IN.
eyitable-and after the first day said
nothing to influence her husbands de
cision. She had lived too long In the
midst of such scenes not know what
the end. would be. and she read the
death warrant in Phillips face before
single word was spoken to reveal the
choice he had made.
WHILE hunting for deserters from
shin at GnaYmas. a few days ago, the