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Daniel becomes suspicious of Henry after he fails to recognize a joke and confronts him one night at gunpoint. "Henry" confesses that he was a friend of the real Henry, who died of [[tuberculosis]], and that he had impersonated Henry in the hope that Daniel could give him a job. An enraged Daniel murders him and buries his body. Daniel drinks and weeps. The next morning, Daniel is awakened by Bandy, who knows of Daniel's crime and wants him to publicly repent in Eli's church in exchange for a deal for the pipeline running across his property. As part of his [[baptism]], Eli humiliates Daniel and coerces him into confessing that he abandoned his child. Later, while the pipeline is being built, H.W. reunites with Daniel and Eli becomes a missionary.
In 1927, H.W. marries Paul and Eli's sister Mary. Daniel, now extremely wealthy but an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]], lives alone in a large mansion. H.W. asks his father to dissolve their partnership so that he can move to [[Mexico]] with Mary and start his own drilling company. Daniel angrily mocks H.W.'s deafness before revealing his true origins and disowning him as his son. H.W. finally leaves, saying he's glad he is not related to Daniel. Eli, now a radio preacher, visits a drunken Daniel in the [[bowling alley]] of his mansion. With Little Boston suffering in the [[Great Depression]], Eli offers to sell Daniel the Bandy ranch property rights. Daniel agrees on the condition that Eli
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