"Now, childern," said the mother, in a hard shrill voice, "what is y'r 'ligion? Speak up, or yer know what yer'll git!"
"'Ligion o' the Latter Day Saints," answered Samuel.
"An' who is the Prophet o' the Lord?" continued Mrs. Murphy.
"Brigham Young," answered Amanda, assuming an air of conscious superiority.
"No, he isn't neither," protested Brigham, "for my teacher said so. Jesus is the only prophet o' the Lord since Old Testament times."
But the heretic was jerked from the line, to await later muscular arguments. Then the mother continued her catechism.
"Who's another prophet o' the Lord as has had relevations?"
"Joseph Smith," responded Kate, timidly.
"That's right. What divine truth did Joseph Smith teach?"
"That men should marry lots o' wives," said Jake, realizing that he had answered the most important question of the catechism.