Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-24

Shaking and choked With Sobs.
husband she sHl,Qnly made tea for the
travellers. When II had been drunk
the two preachers knelt in corner
Of the room ana MI Cartwright began
to pray in loud voice. Mrs. Cav.
kins showed the table about and tipped
over chairs and dropped The roll
ing-pin as counter demonstration.
The famous circuit rider being in no
per OF cold water on the head Of her
husband. Tie praying stopped. Mr..
Cartwright rose from his knees and
commanded her TO desist. On her
declaration that she would not lie laid
hold OF the woman and forced her out
of the door and closed and bOlted it
and resumed his praying.
Having recorded this remarkable in
cident in his diary, Samson writes:
Many of these ignorant people in
the lonely. prairie cabins are like chill
dren. Cartwright leads them on like
father and sometimes with The
strong hand. II any OF them deserve
a spanking they get it. He and others
like him have helped to keep the cabin
people clean and going up hill instead
Of down. They have established
schools and missions and scattered
good books and comforted sorrows
and kindled good desire in the hearts
of the humble"
AS they were leaving. Mr. Cawkins
told them that the plague had broken
out in the settlement on Honey creek,
where the quarterly meeting was TO
be held, and that the people had been
rapidly 'dyin' off, Samson knew
from this that the smallpox
dreaded and terrible scourge Of pio-
neer days-had come again.
TITS dangerous to go there" said
CawkinS.
where Is sorrow there is my
proper place." Cartwright answered.
"Those people need comfort and rhe
help Of God"
II got letter from lady there"
Cawkins went on. ".As nigh as can
make out they need minister. can
read print handy but writin' bothers
me. You read It, brother"
Mr.. Cartwright took the letter and
read as follows:
"Dear Sir: Mr.. Barnsn gave me
10 mi pf LAT IN,
comfort the sick and help bury the
dead. 1t is good deal to ask OF you
but II you feel like taking the chance
of coming here am sure you could do
q lot Of good. We have doctors enough
and It seems a pity that the church
should fail these people when they
need most. # you have the courage
to cone you would win the gratitude
of many people. For a month | have
Teen taking caro- of the sick and UP TO
row no harm has come to me.
sBIM KELsO."
IA mans heart deyiseth his way
but the Lord dlreeteth his steps," said
Cartwright For three days / have
felt that He was leading me-
II begin TO think that He has been
leading me-" Samson declared. BIN
Kelso Is the person / seek"
II would have gone but my wife
took on so couldn't get away said
Cawkins.
''Tll come back some day soon and
you and viii pry the devil out Of her
with the crowbar of Gods truth and
mercy" Cartwright assured him as he
and Samson took the road to the
north.
On their way to the Honey creek
settlement the lion-hearted minister
told OF swimming through flooded
rivers, getting lost on the plains and
suffering for food and water, Of lying
down to rest at night In wet clothes
with no shelter but the woods, Of hand
t6.hand fights with rowdies whe en-
deavered to sell drink or create dis
turbance at his meetings. Such was
the zeal for righteousness woven by
many hands intb the fabric OF the
West. A little before sundown they
reached the settlement.
Samson asked man in the road X
he knew where they could find the
nurse BIN Kelso
''Do We mean that angel o God IN
a white dress that takes keer o the
sicki" the MAI asked.
II guess TINT would be Bim," said
Samson.
She's over in yon house. the 9th
er answered, pointing with his pipe TO
a cabin some twenty rods beyond
them. 'oThar's two children sick thar
an the nanny dead an buried In the
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