I ain't quite outgrowed that yet." Tull fumed between amaze and anger.
"Meddler, we have a law here something different from woman's whim--Mormon law!...

Take care you don't transgress it." "To hell with your Mormon law!" The deliberate speech marked the rider's further change, this time from kindly interest to an awakening menace.

It produced a transformation in Tull and his companions.

The leader gasped and staggered backward at a blasphemous affront to an institution he held most sacred.

The man Jerry, holding the horses, dropped the bridles and froze in his tracks.
Like posts the other men stood watchful-eyed, arms hanging rigid, all waiting.
"Speak up now, young man.