The Wahpeton times., 1889-04-04

wishes to impose its own morality upon
them is one of the most immoral that
the world has ever seen. This belief
has led naturally to systematic work
among the discouraged, the dishearten-
ed and the desperate of the east, and
the results have fully justified the fore
thought which led to it.
One case which the correspondent
has in mind is particularly interesting.
A young woman who had been we'll
reared by wealthy people in the east,
but who had been left by them without
means of her own, made an unhappy
marriage. Her husband proved worth
less, and for the purpose of freeing
herself from his prosecutions she was
induced to apply for a divorce. This
was secured, but the sudden change in
her circumstances left her practically
without friends, and being thrown on
her own. resources, she made a rather
Intellectual attempt to support herself.
After few months, service in store at
beggarly wages, during which time she
was unable to replenish her wardrobe,
she was taken i'll, and few weeks
later she found herself dependent upon
the charity of such friends rs she was
nble to approach. While in search .of
employment, and almost despairing of
success, she encountered the man
whose influence brought her here.
Like most of the people engaged in this
work, he was clever talker; and it did
not take him great while to convince
her that Utah was the place for her.
The process of his reasoning was in
this line: "There is no place for you
in the social system which holds you
o prisoner and slave. You must
walk circumspectly or it will crush
you. If you guard your conduct with
all the discretion possible, it will grant
you a bare livelihood during good
health, with no time for recreation Or
improvement. and no opportunity to
guard against sickness, adversity or
old age. Now that you are young
and attractive you will be suspected
OF immortality, and you will be subject
to insult by your so-called superiors,
by your associates and by your interiors.
The influence tending to drag you down
will be prodigious. while that which,
is calculated to elevate you or to for
tify you in the paths of virtue will be
so slight and so far away as to be
scarce;ely perceptible. You have had
taste of the bitterness. of this life al
ready. You know now, as you have
told me, how closely women such as
you walk on the brink, even when you
feel that you have a place where you
may earn your living. You know that
this precarious existence can not last.
Presently you will lose your comeli-
uess, and places which you find it diff
cult to secure now you will not then BE-
able to hope for at all. What are you
going to do? You have bare chance
of marrying somebody who will make
you home and who will care for YOU.
Failing in that there is nothing left for
you but penury: ~
The unhappy and misguided girl felt
compelled to admit the force of the
mans reasoning, and she was quite
prepared to accept the remedy which
he proposed. ''In Utah." he said.
''this accursed social strife, this life
and-death struggle for money, has no
place. Industry is enjoined upon all,
but there is a just division of the re-
wards. and no one suffers while an
other amasses more than he needs. It
is O land of brotherly love, where
women are honored, where children
are welcome, where virtue is matter
OF course, and where poverty is un-
known. I have no hesitation whatever
In saying that a young woman like you
would find a place in Utah which would
be congenial, and from which you could
not be removed by any temporary dis
aster. Life there is as placid as q sum-
mer sky. There is no turmoil, no in
justice, no sorrow, save that which is
common to all mankind. fyou will 90
myself escort you thither, and you will
will receive an introduction which
cannot fail to prove satisfactory"
All this occurred some time ago.
The young woman accepted the propo-
sition and came to this territory.
Three days later she became the third
wife OF well-to-do saint, who gave
her house by herself not too close to
those occupied by his other wives.
She has two children, and is, seeming
ly, contented and happy woman. She
is often referred to as an example of
what Mormonism does for the creatures
with immor tai souls whom Christianity
dooms to useless. q despairing or a
wretched life. Many others like her
have come into Utah within the past
year or two. Some Of them might
solve cases Of mysterions disappear
aaoa no doubt, but many have come
! loe y, isering a. ans: i Some Of them
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