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Show t)0 ANTI-POLYGAM- The Story of a Second Wife . f Concluded. I STANDARD. Y told me with tears in her eyes that flrof'essioinl. I must go home as her husband had been warned by the Church author ROBERT N. BASKIN, Attorney at Law. itics that it would be the worse for Office in the Deseret National Bank him if he kept me in the house. .There was not', much chance of Building, (up stairs) Salt Lake, Utah. getting justice in those days even in a Gentile court, and he did noP. HUEY. care to involve himself in difficul QHARLES Attorney at Law, ties for a perfect stranger and a poOffice, Snows Block, cor. ist East and lygamous vrife at that, although he 2nd South streets. felt very sorry for my situation. Salt Lake City, Utah. think that this is I My first child was born dead. was in labor for two days, and had no assistance whatever, until a kind neighbor who learned my situation came in and did what she could for me. Our first wife said she was I will not re glad the little peat the word, was dead, for if I had a child to take care of I would not be fit for anything else. She People may exagalso said, what I myself believe now, ) geration, but there are many in Salt that there was no place for polyga-- 1 Lake Citf who can bear witness to mous children in this world but for the fact that there was a time when all that I cried many tears over the the Gentiles dare not protect Morlittle girl whose face I had onlyr mon women except at the risk of looked on for a moment before she their own lives. was taken away from me forever. I went back with my husband For shames sake, I received pret- that same evening. I suppose some ty good care for a week or two, be- people will say I was a fool to do cause the neighbors were beginning it, but there I was, without a friend to talk about the way I was treated, in the turned out I may say of but after that things went on in the the city, only place of shelter I possame old way again. Three weeks sessed, and going to be a mother after my confinement, I was around again. I might, perhaps, have gone the house doing all the work besides to the Jordan and drowned myself, some extra washing. I cannot ex or laid down in the streets and died, press the sufferings of mind anc but that would have been poor conbody I endured during that winter solation to my parents, and in all I believe I should have taken my mv sufferings I had thoughts of v had not been own life if! sustained them . by the thoughts that my parents WQult soon be here to rescue and protect me. But when spring came instead of having my anticipations realized, I was doomed to disappointment. My father who was a carpenter by trade had been seriously injured by falling from a scaffolding, and of course the family could not emigrate until This news al he had recovered. most drove me wild and in despera tion I left the house secretly, and made my way to the residence of Mrs. W. a Gentile lady whom I knewT by name, and whom I had heard a neighbor say was in need of a nurse and seamstress. I had nothing with me but one change ofcloth-ing- . She happened to be at home, and in my despair, I told her my story and begged permission to remain at once. She said I could stay for the present, and if she found my story true that she wTould befriend me. I do not know what inquiries she made, but she kept me on from day to day, and week to week, and I seemed well satisfied with me. never left the house for fear of beBut one evening ing discovered. when I had been there about three months, I was called down stairs, and there in the kitchen was my husband talking to my mistress. You may imagine how I felt, but he spoke very kindly, promised if I would return home that I should be well treated, and if the first wife did not do right that he would comI plain of her to the President. did not want to go back, because I thought I could save enough from my wages to keep me comfortable until I could work again, and my kind mistress told him that as long as I wished to remain under her roof that she would retain and protect me. He appeared sorry, said it was Polly that had tracked me, and that she would make a dreadful row and that, perhaps, it would be better for all of us, if I would go home quietly. But I refused and he left the. house and I heard nothing more for a few days, when my mistress W My husband was out of town on business when my second child was born. The same neighbor who had been with me in my first trial assisted me, and made me and my baby boy comfortable before she She was prevented from left me. coming in again for about twenty-fou- r hours, and during that time our first wife never came near rne. was . 4 icvcc Yyuv. in' Wholesale and Retail Dealers STAPJ.E AND FANCY GILCHRIST & SPRAGUE, Attorneys at Law. Office in Wahsatch Building. C. K. Gilchrist. E. T. Sprague. SUTHERLAND & McBRIDE, Attorneys at Law. Office, 139 Main street. (Up stairs'.) Albert Hagan. Prank Tilford, TILFORD & HAGAN, Attorneys at Law. Office, E. 1 15 Main Heavy and Shelf Hardware, street, (Up stairs.) D. HOGE, 0 Meclianics Tools, Attorney at Law. Office, in Wasatch Building. w. woods, Attorney at Law. Miners Supplies, Second South street, Salt Lake City. $n'i'innhcja. . I i To the Ladies of Salt Lake and Vicinity. Laflin Rand Powder Co. Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Gudgell have opened a Dressmaking Establishment at No. 1274 Kimball Clock, up stairs, and respectfully solicit a share of your patronage. MRS. L. GUDGELL. MRS. J. A. PHELPS, , Our Slock of A CARO TO THE LADIES. Mrs. E. A. Dykes, Dressmaker, and Teacher of the Tailors system of measurement for cutting Ladies Will he far superior this season to and Childrens garments. She will anything we have heretoteach the system until you under fore offered. stand it, and furnish scale and diagram to each scholar. Terms, $7.50, or $5.00 each, if two ladies take tion. My neighbor told her that if instruction We are daily opening the Residence, together. we died, she would proclaim her as two and one-hablocks west of a murderess, before the whole city. Kimball & L awrences store. TVovoltiesi, If this part of my story is doubted, w I could, mention more than one reAnd are offering our Patrons CAMERONS NEW YORK HOUSE, subwho could sponsible person Special Inducements. No. 68 Main St., 8AI.T LAKE CITY. stantiate my statements on oath. How I came out of polygamy and DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, JEWELRY, TOYS, NOTIONS, ETC., became a vile apostate, and the Wholesale and Retail. At New York Prices. S. M. PRESIIAW, WM. SKEWES. persecutions I went through for this told will some at be future cause DANIEL DUNNE, time in the columns of the StandA Second Wife. ard. hours left those twenty-fouentirely alone, without so much as a drop of water, and my poor baby trailed all through that long night and was unable to rise to get him anything to satisfy his hunger. We were both so near dead when my neighbor came again that our first wife was really frightened, and did all she could for our restorar DRY GOODS I lf TsitcKt i COHW BROS. Manufacturer of Iron Fencing, Gates. Tree Guards Garden Boiler Chairs Ornamental Fencing for Cemetery Lots, Iron Bedsteads, Childrens Cots, eic. Fencing from $t.0) per foot upward. Oillce and Works, Corner beconrt South and West Temple Streets. The following extract from a private letter, written by a representa-iv- e of one of the largest and most G. nfluential benevolent societies in the United States, shows in what Custom Made Boots and Shoes. consideration the Standard is held Main Street, between Walker py the Christian women of the House and Clift House. Your effort certainly country: seems in fulfillment of that promise ltmPAIltINn A. HICIAIVTV. that when the enemy shall come in ALOLPII HAUERBACH, like a flood, the spirit of the Lord Pnic( iesil Wutclinmlcci. shall raise up a Standard against No. 109 Commercial St., next door to Palace Bath House, Salt Lake City, Utah. him. What a- flood indeed of vice and impurity has come into our Watches and repaired and cleaned and land ! One would not have believed warranted for oneClocks year. it possible in a nominally Christian T. M. SMITH, - land in the nineteenth century. We trust that the Holy Spirit may indeed guide you in your important work. This is but one specimen of letters that are reaching us every day. I. WATTERS. Broker. Makes loans on Watches, Diamonds, and Jew elry;Gold Dust (Snake River preferred) bought; rents collected; collections made; Railroad Tickets bought and sold. Business confidential. Unclaimed articles sold at a bargain. Office: Godbes Drug Store P. O. Box, 1206. PRESHAW & SKEWES UNDERTAKERS. All kinds of Wood Collins and Caskets and Metallic Cases constantly on hand at reasonable prices. Embalming a specialty. 100 Kimball Block, opposite Continental Hotel, Salt Lake City. CALIFORNIA FRUIT STORE, Nos. 40 & 42 First South St. We lead in keeping the choicest California and bruits, Grapes in season. All varieties of fresh and salt water Fish, Oysters etc. Choice, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Nuts and Candies. Goods Delivered Free of Charge. FEED. WANTED &. LYNGBEB&: AT W. L. PEICES, No. 1257 First South St., opposite Kimball Block, ALL KINDS OF FANCY POULTRY, GAME & VEGETABLES. Dealer in Flour, Grain, Hay and Seeds. Goods delivered in any part of the city, free of charge, I |