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Show AND MORMON DIGNITARIES. 185 throwing the skins about, chatting with Brigham, and occa sionally levelling her glass at some one in the assembly. S'* e plays and sings with indiffererit skill and taste. She was for a long time unwilling to marry the President, but he continued his suit with a pertinacity worthy of a better cause ; and by repeated promises of advancement made to herself and her parents, finally succeeded. For several months he urged his suit, during which time his carriage might be seen almost any day standing at her father's door, for hours at a time. He told her she was created expressly for himself, and could marry no one else, on pain of ever lasting destruction. She plead, protested, and wept, but he persevered, and at length, when all other arguments failed, he told her he had received a special revelation from heaven on the subject. She had always believed in Mormonism, and had been taught to have faith in revelation. c Amelia,' he said, ' you must be my wife. God has revealed it to me. You cannot be saved by any one else. If you will marry me I will save you and exalt you to be a queen in the celes tial world ; but if you refuse you will be destroyed, both soul and body !' " The poor girl believed in this impostor, and yielding to his wishes became his wife. For several months after her marriage Amelia was sad and dejected, but of late she has rallied, and appears the gayest of the gay. * * * # # * " Amelia is evidently living under constraint, and acting an assumed character. She is playing the role of a happy wife with a broken heart. At the time of her marriage her heart had been given to another to whom she should have been married. That she compromised her character in marrying Young under these circumstances, is a fact too no torious to be concealed. " Nevertheless, Amelia stands the recognized queen of the harem. She leads the ton and is the envied woman of the saints. Thousands bow low as she passes, and think them selves happy to receive her passing recognition. [ This is literally ridiculous and untrue ; no more homage is paid to hei 9* |