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Show 0* remote Carbon, County, Utah. Mis .corpse, half the head taisr. hy shotgun blast, was perfectly-preserved ay the line •zhich murderers had poured over hi:'; to quicken the body's disintegration. But the drought foiled them; no rain f e ll tc activate the l i n e .) Another murder, of one Dean Vest - a former Church of the Lamb of Cod member and Ervil"s 'military leader' for a time (until ho tried to defect) - had been committed in 3.i:i Diego. Eor f a i l i n g in his duties and 'apostatizing' allegedly 7est was '<•judged g u i l t y cf a capital offense and the punishment '.'.•as administered by one of Ervil' s wives - Vonda V/hite. 3o we a l l knew there was reason to fear the message in the snow, although the police showed only passing interest in the new threat. lr.y mother couldn't understand how 'people living .. the Fulness can commit such heinous crimes.' I couldn't understand now the' police force could overlook the pattern of oil £ oil JT2 i i u o oil polygamous murders and make light of.'.my father's life. "I guess people can find scriptures tc justify anymamg, I said -J---... to my mother. "They just hide behind the rules, like the police, saying 'we can't do anything else - the law says this or that.' I mean, that's what Ervil's doing, isn't it? Do you think he's bluffing, trying to back Daddy down?" ::y mother didn't knew. "Sometimes I get the feeling your daddy won't be with us much longer - in any case," she confided. T ,.„,, ^na. ^ +„„ --_ t,iv=d of the changes in him, of now age and responsibility pressed on him, imploding nis occ;, arc. bringing his spirit taut. Recently he had lost weignx and hs was always tired. Eut he played solitaire at a frenetic ?ace while m- mother fixed supper, as though ne ;<*..> * - -^ - - '- Lu jj C J_i 1 \j W i. _ V. -.' v O v-s. U •- J- ^ J- *- -'*--' o 1- 757 |
