Year: 1869

Great efforts have been made to keep what
| am going to tell secret. heard it pretty direct
at the time, but doubted it. Since, however,
have received confirmation sufficient to convince
me that it is substantially true. 1t seems that
the Mormon girs. who have not yet '' got relig-
ion" are very much opposed to poygamy.
They had rather spend an hour in the company
of congenial sinner than year in that of a
saint especially if the former is young, holds
his head high, and is withsl good-looking.
There are occasionally such among the Gentiles,
never among the Mormons. The girls call the
young saints cayuses, the Gentils, call them
" Yahoos." The poor, dear things very art
less, and unless you have so delicate respect
for their helplessness as to withdraw your eyes,
you cannot help seeing through and through
them the same you through window.
Well, they manage to inyeigle the Genties into
an acquaintance through their brothers, through
mutual friends, who are about 'alf-and- 'alf, by
telegraphing the street, flirting at the taber-
nacle or the theater-with the eyes only, mind
you, and that very slyly. Brigham once spoke
to one in such tone as to make her faint away,
for looking from the Mormon pit to the theater
up to the Gentle dress-circle, where I suppose,
her lover sat. Suffice it, that likely young fell
low, whom for variety l will call John Smith,
became acquainted with Nabby, one of Brig
hams daughters, and, in the course Of time,
their intercourse ripened into true love. An
elopement was planned, relays of horses sta
toned along the road hence to Uintah, and,
about two weeks ago, in the latter hours of
hight, the streets rather deserted and darkness
largely prevailing, the adventurous swain drove
slowly west with his buggy aloug South Temple
street, past the royal grounds, which were early
closed that night fer some reason past Temple
block and still further westward, four or Eve
policemen issued from the vicinity Of the tithing
office and followed the buggy. Anon a slight
scutie and smothered scream were heard,
moment or two after, the royal carriage, with
blinds drawn, dashed by on tie gallop aud
whirled through the Eagle gate John Smith
drove his buggy back to the stable, hung round
the town for day or two and then went to San
Francisco. policeman, with ga head on
him" was seen occasionally. Nabby was locked
up ii the kings castle, and that is all. 1t ap-
pears that Nabby was to meet John Smith, three
squares west of her fathers corral and. getting
into the buggy, they were to fly on the wings of
love to a land of liberty. Both had evidently
been watched, and just as the girl was entering
the buggy the police appeared, chucked her into
Brigham S carriage, which was also unaccoupt-
ably on hand, and, having thus ehectually clip
ped the aforesaid wings, either from policy or
fear, allowed Smith to 60 about his business.
In former times he would, undoubtedly, have
been killed, without ceremony but it would
hardly do now, and, besides, John Smith
happened to be connected with people who could





assassinated.


The girls have secret society for helping each
other away, saving up their money, etc.-the
little traitors, God bless them Brigham knows
all about it, and laughs at them, telling them
that when they get religion they will be ashamed
of such foolishness. 1t makes an honest mans
heart ache to see and know of such things and
be powerless in the premises. The idea OF girls,
in the first blush and blossom of womanhood-
the sweetest, most charming Greatness on earth,
frall as Hover, transparent as a trout book
having secret society Why, such man as
Brigham can read their every thought And
that they should be driven to attempt it in self
defence is pitiful. With woman, as we ali
know, one thing is everything. Her purity
without that she had better never have been
Now, though they may themselves be as pure as
twentieth wife the first, still the opinion, and
custom, and religion, and law of their race, the
net result Of ages of experience, holds them
neither more less than concukines in this
plural marriage, to which every Mormon girl
must look forward as her doom, through all the
days of her maidenhcod. Lost, inundated, a
human being with all its capacity for suffering
or enjoying, fallen, ruined. We may regard it
with good deal OF compacency, since it dosen t
touch US or ours, but it is terrible on the Nor
mon girls-those intelligent enough to know
what it is-and are not their efforts to save
themselves, humble and vain as they must be-
affecting to the last degree2 This little episode
which assure you is true, lets 3 whole food of
light in on the action of the Saints in so
promptly inaugarating the Utah railroad. 1t is
plain that q railroad running from the chief city
which was not in their control, would be very
damaging. There would soon be seven men
lying hold of woman, instead of the other
thing. - Salt Lake Correspondence Chicago
Tribune.