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Show in my father's house/ 73 Brother Musser counseled him. The family hastily moved to Zittings' -- group members whose big house, divided into apartments, accommodated the growing Allred family. A dapper patri arch with a keen sense of humor, Charles Zitting thoroughly enjoyed the circle of happy young women who joined him in the evening for cards or bright chatter. My mother and Aunt Helga attended the local wardhouse, paying half their tithing to the bishop and the other half to Brother Musser, for they had set their hearts on going through the temple before it was too late. Soon after they received their temple endowments, the bishop accosted them in the ward-house foyer. "You girls must move from that apartment house, the sooner the better. I know you don't realize it, but you're living in a den of polygamists!" My mother and Aunt Helga suppressed giggles that effervessened despite the danger of being discovered, and returned to Zittings with the warning. The family moved again...and again. Pregnant wives were sent to relatives or sympathizers where they stayed inside from the time they showed, learning the true meaning of "confinement." Meanwhile, Aunt Sarah's mother became desperately ill, but Sarah dared not return to Tremonton for fear her father would keep her from going back to her husband and sister-wives. She bore the death of her first child, of diphtheria, with only the support and sympathy of her sister-wives. She grew up quickly and |