The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-12
BRINGING RELIGION TO KNIGHTS
OF THE CROSSCUT SAW
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minister promised to be on hand. Two
days before the ceremony was to take
place the preached loaded his dog
SLED ana started on his journey of 70
guild was trail dimly marked on y
piece of paper. A day and half
from home he discovered he was lost
He could tell the points on the COM
pass, put was confused by spot
where the trail divided into what
seemed to be three directions. Onlv
two were marked on his paper. TO
decide which way he should po. be
shook three sticks of different lenrths
in his cap and drew lots. He drew
the wrong trail. A snowstorm that
night obliteratcd his tracks, and for
three days he floundercd about in the
woods before he found camp and
learned the way back home.
Meanwhile, the prospective husband
mad become angered at the nonappear-
ance OF the minister and started to
seek revenge. At the Cruden home,
the disappointed man raped on the
door with the butt of his revolver and
demanded admittance when Mrs. Cru
en- opened the door. Forcing himself
past her, he searched the house,
threatening death to the minister at
every turn.
Finally, he baccm convinced that
Cruden was probably lost in tho woods
and SO he decided to await word The
next day, the minister drove up. tired.
his huskies limping with sore feet
from the journey. After a brief rest,
ne once more started out for the
camp on Rain River, this time with
the husband-to- be for a guide
Mrs. Cruden was with her husband
one time and the two nearly mot
death when their horse overturned
the slei igh. 1t was during the first
freeze in the fall that thew started
one day for trip down the river on
the Ice. They had travelled about 80
mlles' when, on rounding a bend,
they suddenly came upon a mother
bear and a crippled cub.
On seeing the bear at close ouart-
ers and before the minister could fire !
his rifle, the horse bolted, overturned
the, cutter and fell down. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Cruden were thrown to the
ice. Growing, the mother bear start
cd toward them. The minister was
forced to shoot her, but he allowed
the younger one to scampcr off |
through the brush The dead bear
was thrown into the sleigh. Now it's
hide serves as a rug in the Crudcn
home.
"Would like to return to that nor
thern country?" the minister was ask
ed as he sat in his study in the par
sonage of the Quindaro Christian
Church at Kansas City.
"Here in Kansas City" he replied,
81 stand before congregation
tentive, intelligcnt-an I couch my
message in the best language at nv
command, but
"Up in the woods l would drive
miles to be at a logrolling. | would
take pike pole and go out on the
booms and help the men to get the
great triangular RATS to the banks
where they could be anchored. It'll
was necessary to balance on one log
and push the one ahead to get the
booms to shore. l cannot say that
my religious messages were delivered
to as many there ashcrc, but
"At the breaking of log lam, I
stood talking to one of the men. The
topic of discussion happened to be
that passage, Greater love hath no
man than this, that he lay down his
life for his friend Thousands of
logs had been caught among the
rocks. A jam is loosened only by