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Show in my father's house/ 273 there wouldn't be all this confusion and contention." My brothers and I took this to mean that as long as the principle members of the family - those who had actually chosen to live plural marriage - resisted the United Order, no reason we should be bothered with it either. We ignored the fact that some members made quiet contributions to the family fund. Aunt Helga's Deanna and Isaac, for instance, turned over half their earnings until they married and left home. And Aunt Helga usually gave up her small salary for workingjin my father's office to whoever needed it. Danny returned to Salt Lake to work that summer, saving toward fall room and board. He was bent on completing his last year at the Nevada high school where he had been selected for the varsity football, basketball, and baseball teams. One night, Danny didn't come home from work. I was awake half the night listening for him, knowing that something was wrong, for my father had paid a rare visit to his basement room earlier in the day, and experience taught that my father only spoke privately to my mother's children when he was displeased. When I arose the next morning, Danny's car wasn't in the driveway and my mother's brow was furrowed. "He never did come home last night. Your daddy and he had words." "What words?" "Daddy wants him to stay here and pay room and board to the family. But Danny wants to go back to Nevada where he can play Jall. And I don't blame him. He shouldn't have to give up his |