{"id":4165,"date":"2007-10-10T22:07:17","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T02:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2007-10-11T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T12:57:31","slug":"torn-between-two-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2007\/10\/torn-between-two-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Torn Between Two Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

English manufacturers were not the only ones to make Mormons the butt of a joke<\/a> to advertise their products. Exactly the same image was used by a Connecticut pharmacist — but, it turns out, the trade card we looked at earlier was only one of a series of related cards telling a story:<\/p>\n

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Two women are enamored of the same man. The man chooses Lady A — which so devastates Lady B that she casts herself into the river. Lady A, glorying in her victory, is charitable enough to toss a life ring to her rival.<\/p>\n

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Our tender-hearted hero rushes to the side of the sodden Lady B, who remains so distraught that she attempts to swallow poison. Having lost her love to Lady B, Lady A seizes a pair of convenient pistols and aims one at her fickle lover and one at her own head. Alas!<\/p>\n

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But wait! There is a solution! Lady A and Lady B drop to their knees and propose a joint marriage to their beloved.<\/p>\n

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He accepts their dual proposal — the instruments of destruction are cast aside — the happy trio prepares to journey to that polygamous paradise, Utah.
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\nOr at least that’s how I reconstruct the tale. How would you write it?
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