Show lW ritten 1 TIED TO THE STAKE a j on OB MARTYRS OF LATTES DAYS DAY 0 ily MK A V 1 it II PART parr SECOND IV ST BT CLUBS STORY COS CON it would lio be difficult to trace anil and explain the iho rope by which wo we were led ind to embrace the ditter day gostol but there ij ii one cne flat fact which I 1 wish to record distinctly tho the doctrine presented to n na s then and cd there differed na a widely t ta a day bud nil night irom from that which we were wera allol to accept alter wo we reached utah wo we nover never heard beard ono one word of the spiritual wilo wife system of blood atone ment or of tho the absolute temporal power exercised by the mormon prophet those and many other jihor hideous and repulsive features of tho the new religion were most carefully concealed irom from the converts who were lured lared onward by interpretations ot of prophecy that mado made tho the second coming ol of chrict apper appear near at hand and by highly wrought pictures of the happy valleys wherein the saints S inte were already gathered waiting for or their lord almost As a soon boon as we were baptized into this fit imah I 1 h the missionary began to urge us to sell all we had bad bad and go with him to zion but Eal eaetano itaco hesitated nod waited ilia his faith in tho the now new gospel was not as arong as minor inigo and aal he bo wanted to bo be very sure curo that tho the lord called lim him to go before ho he would consent to give giro up his prosperous business basin forsake his hii home and turn tarn bisback hia back upon civilization it is the most painful among wany many bitter I 1 continually continual j arg on lud bud it was duo dart moro more to my importunities than to anything noy thing else that ho he finally decided to emigrate this thia was two years yean after wo we heard board tho the mormon mission arys first sermon wo we lad had boon beon greatly prospered since our to marriage arriage ami with willi my patrimony added to whit my had made in liis lie business bo ainess we could call ourselves selica rich I 1 thought of the early who sold fold all their eions bionia and binl laid the price at tho the apos flu dit s foci fact and my heart lamed to emulator their heir example but my link bu band le lois edtha said aid hosli keep his hi properly in ishii his own han hands defor tor the pr still lie fie converted all wo we ird had luto into money aad took everything with us except the property properly my undo rupert icet which was wars to be Rb bios 8 when la ho como ot of see ace my matwin twin boya boy a ait oit iro ro eight months oll oil when W we 0 started and the iho journ y under such circumstances have looked very formidable to lo mo ino it if E lad had not been by tle the beef boli f that god would lead w na as lie he led h is ia ancient people through the wilderness alot at hopes filed my heart when wo were fairly on tho way at lat I 1 should beo a prophet ol of the iho living god lace jace to lice and hrar hear rom lis bis lips an ques ion ioa my aul 8 lul boil bad been biking so BO long lord what wilt thou havo have me to lo do eutico Eu taco though boug sincere in his 0 the now falth did not hare all my hopes but neither had he be shared abo agonizing conflict preceding there tho the religious element is wanting in ia we me ho he used to say eay aej ad even after ho fie embraced mor monism monism lo la nas has afraid of it believing beli eting too much for my own part I 1 was al cult lifted all 0 ove ore earthly surroundings ingsby br tho faith thit animated me go gol who sees all curls carts knos that my po moimoi ivos were pure I 1 flaked asked nothing g sought nothing but bat con i ay iy to the divine will and I 1 was going to ally arty ell to a people who bad and suffered tho the loss of all in obedi obedience oace tl tj that will the firt first shock to my faith wa i M ray meeting roe cling with the chosen people we traveled b by y as fur far us as the llie missouri river where wo we joined a company of 0 saints with whom wo we wore were to cross the lh plains plain awill I 1 will never forget the first fird d day by I 1 p pent ant an among edg them I 1 could hardly bali my eyes bud and cars we wora the thess the he people koplo chosen out oat ol of the world to brow show forth tho he glory of the coming kingdom of christ ihnet wore were cheso theco sainte those these men man with sensual faces leering looks and Epe speaking aking not only the language of the world but of c a lower coarser world than any I 1 had bad over known and the women soma of them pale spiritless and wearing the look of blaven to the earth it by y their burden danil their chains othora bold lond voiced and aad bilking glibly of tho the principles they had embraced embra ceJ did Y 1 wish ciali to bo be liko like them or one of them I 1 dared not hint my thoughts to eustace Eui Emi tace but he ha was loss lees reticent regarding his own and freely expressed to mo me lis bu disappoint disappointment moot aai adding it is too late laie now to i urn back and we must mako make tho the host boist of our foolish tooh sh venture perhaps I 1 can find some sort of business in ill thi this eden dion ot of yours that will lis ie profitable proC profit table ble and pay me in ia a inea huro for tho the sacrifice fleit I 1 have made I 1 could say for tho the journey was wag ot of my own planning I 1 could only oaly boto against hope that all would bo be will aban we reached zion I 1 even took myself to task fak for th 1 a kiebs 0 1 hardly dry 0 of f m my y tollow w trat aro e elbra le r s our u r 1 lord d n surely u m ly came me to save the forlorn the ignorant and tho the degraded and these had bad been drawn to zion because they him it if I 1 had but faith and aad patience to wait I 1 might yet a miracle of wrought in ia thoi cearo and vile natures when nil his lands hands were laid upon them so not losing my faith in god and try to hold last any faith in mormonism I 1 journeyed with huband rua and children screw across the desert in that strange cow pany a pad pilgrimage and rendered doubly so by duly daily recurring of t the character and purposes of those whose lead wo we were wera Jollow following nig it was waa on tho the dreariest drea riest and most moat portion of OUT our route that my boy met with the accident which domed him to a lifetime life timo of suffering and thou it seemed that MY cup ol of borrow nod aud tolt ie was full but be mcdiar atar child never murmured nail and comforte a me when 1 should lavis hire comforted him 11 iio was as so EO suro sure the dear keavenly rather would bring brine good out of all ibi lis suffering erieg and mulo all end well oll thit myoka aita and counge courage camo came back to mo me at length our journey ended slid and zion was in sight I 1 bad craned by thid thi timis to expect much and so in my was no not groat at it wu was only the ibo third year binco bince the act of the valley and eustage said tho the bho ol of the lime nod aad the nature of the con otry tho the bottlers had lone dona wonders cra wo rit clied our lent sod and began to build our cabin with tho the zt la is a cheerful an and hopeful t resol bel to male the bot bet bo t of everything sad and but tor for Rob bobbies bios affliction I 1 should live have boon been almost content the groat object of tho the journey however remained unac unaccomplished complis hed I 1 had not yet act teen seen the prophet of the lord laco face to face was waa not at homo home when wo we arrived aud and we were told ho he might be absent bix weeks week strangely enough this was a relief to me lot for I 1 dreaded the meeting with willi the Pro prophet ns as much as I 1 had once d a I 1 odit dreamed it as aj tho the final L blow low to my lith in ia the latter day goti gospel liel but whilo we no waitt waited 4 mi lill ro ra turn tarn t lint bit blow crime from another ahi quarter while 0 1 on our journey I 1 had m with my fellow travelers trav clera when compo compol lloil lol to do so no anil and his bis will account for the fact not th 1 I 1 beacina sait sail little laic in abo lulo ignorance of the practice co of f pj riv n true trao I 1 lad heard oom ohp i ahsue t spiritual wives and caleffe Ca lefft lal mar nage but I 1 dover cover dreau tod ol of tho the eyrtal of concu concubinage bimage sad boil iv lolicato Lol cato ali adultery to which those trims terms referred when I 1 found boand that hint our nearest neighbor noigh bor a bishop by I 1 tho 1110 way had three women irving under iris roof du all of whom had borne children to him anil and each of whom ho he balea wito wife a wave ol of indignation alion and horror swept wy away tho the aut of p in tho the false teach inRi oai to which I 1 had listened I 1 dij did not nfl need now to us be assured that ahat the prophet wats wail an n impostor impo ator sod da when I 1 saw law him gioi lor for tho the first time lime as la ho noeo arose to speak to an aa of his hia people his is true cha character was as aa plain to mo me as aa it is toda to da dat Y Ilis sermon on ibo occasion sion to 10 berred to consisted chiefly ohio fly of charm end and vindictive denunciations ol of all people ind and governments of 0 tho the kingdom of god RD OB to ho denominated his own rulo rule nil his closing remarks were ero to lis hia followers follow cn whom he berated for various the women some romo ol of abom it scorns had grown restive under tho the double of their masterana mast mailer erand and the church came in for their share ehara of invective clothed is ia such lau ian giago that I 1 glinted round roand harily rily wondering how men with sis tera en and wires could sit ait still and lib lisiten iten to it but bat none of 0 the brethren showed bowed tho the least sign of anro I 1 would havo have risen and afo tho the place but bat my husband laid a detaining hand on my arm wait ho bo whispered fomuk Wai not make ourselves our sAven conspicuous by connit oat bow a it might not bo be i afa f when we reached lioma home I 1 asked him what ho he meant I 1 just thio thin he bo whilo while wo we aro are in rome homo wo we must not fight against roman ways I 1 cant tay boy that aho ho cormon this morning wits was vory very much to my taste but is inco wo we aro are hero and obliged to stay I 1 am not going to render myrela obnoxious Us to tho ruling powers but you dont believe that man to bo be a prophet you yon aro are convinced as well we I 1 Is that wo we have been grossly deceived deceiT ed and that mormonism i is an imposture impo stura from beginning to end dont oroa cross question mo me ho he answered lightly remember what one of your own fages has said baij dio carbbit and dio roil mix find bind boide abor aaben baben dornon surely was changing the religious reli gioni element might have been wanting in lima him always as ho he hal had said but I 1 bad given lim him credit for or clear perceptions of and wrong a keen sense of 0 honor bail courage enough to bo be truo true to bif convictions tiong As mouth after mouth month passed away in our now new homo the change became I 1 moro more apparent still a tender lui lm band and kind fillier fit lier ho he was wai in all a other respects to unlike lime if that thai hia bis friends of if earlier anys do YS would not have recognized him iio was wai much in the company of the iho mormon leaders lend cra and obviously a favor ire io ith them hem and I 1 charged the ibo transformation to their influence C U aff e atel gr groat oat faith in ia their teach bogs of which I 1 know knew he be did oot not bo be cievo a word and indeed I 1 thi chiok 0 k few ot of them believed what they taught themselves t h a ru selves those were sad bid years when I 1 was compelled to watch the gradual deterioration teri oration of the noble nature which lad had won and kept my love outwardly all went well with us we vo lad bad built a comfortable hou 0 which wis was much better thou than those of our or neighbors neigh bora to the property wo we brought with us had bail increased increased for eustace hal had been boio io earnest about making money out of our settlement in zion and he be had succeeded all of us ua except bobble had bad excellent health end es cion on he be was much better belter thin than we wa could have bavo hoped thus more than two years tears passed away before tho the storm brule broke upon mo me that wrecked my life up to this time but little bad been said jid in our home about the cruel and horrible system that degraded the women around us below tho the leva of blavos I 1 did not KO go out much still I 1 could n of polygamy but knowing how power powerless r lesi ass I 1 was to help my wrote wretched hed victims I 1 tried to shut my oyes eyes and cars if over ever I 1 spoke to eustace about it he be answered with a jest usually adding why should boula we wo trouble onre ourselves elves about that which does docs not concern us 1 it will bo be time enough for you to take these matters to heart when you yon are personally persi ver omally nally involved in the third yetar year after our arrival in utah ah I 1 hired ir ad a girl by tho the name ol of lydia euia to live A iv a with vs us she was english and rather more intelligent than most persons persona of her class handsome too as 09 my neighbor observed when com menu ogon on my folly io in taking such a girl into the house but lydias or crisp curl bright eyes and red a cheeks h GOL gave me no disquiet she wal wa neat and capable and lightened my housekeep iaz cues greatly sho she wits was kind to the children also and I 1 congratulated myself on laying te be cured her services vices as I 1 was now in delicate dc licato health and needed some one upon whom I 1 could rely As aa the months passed biao and my hour of trial drew near I 1 was often odea very ill and aad so depressed depre sied that I 1 wondered ut at my sell all my courage seemed to have descried sOrted de me and I 1 chided myself for the sad tear stained face which I 1 thought mode made lomo home unpleasant to my husband hua baad for at this time when I 1 felt the need of his love so 60 much he was away from me more than ho he hid had ever v abbi r been can before in our whole wor married life he was very busy ho be said eaid a and ad even when with me he was ab sent mandod and pro occupied I 1 misled the petting tenderness with which he had always treated we mo when ill and the little attentions that moan so much to a woman though a mm man might count them trifles eustace Ea stalle was changed changed I 1 did not try to hido hide that but not the faintest fain bus of what was in a hil a mind hal had upon mo me when ono one evening became into my room and looked the door rayLn gho wished to spa ak to me with without elat being interrupted lie waa very pale and there was a look ia in his hii ary eyes that made my heart stand still with a vague terror and yet I 1 never cover dreamed of 0 what wi vs coming adraka Jb crof he bebau begau at length 1 I live tried to bo be a good hubband to you I 1 think you yon will own that law few women havo bave boon been treated with more I 1 tenderness that I 1 have bave loved yo you you on know but my love tor for you hu bad been ma a snare to we me it has drawn me from the path of duty and made I me ma insensible insen nible to higher obligations 1 I 1 had bed risen as be spoke and 6 stood before bedfor B bim breathless trembling and bewildered eustace I 1 gasped whit what does oil all this mean are you mad t no ko I 1 11 ho he answered 1 I was waa never i i kiaer but but I 1 have madd up my mind to live IVO my religion at A any oust and all the dudics it imposes aud and as toon soon lie as you yea are able to go with us to tile lie endowment I 1 am to bo be scaled to lydia EUis for time lime and eternity I 1 heard card 11 the dreadful words only on as a drowsing dro man hears bears the roaring of the waters about hu load strength 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