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                     THE UNDIVIDED CRAFT

     MY FATHER HAD BEEN A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY AND

WAS MADE A MASON IN A MILITARY LODGE. HE WAS

TAKEN PRISONER AT THE BATTLE OF ARKANSAS POST.

HE WAS CARRIED UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ROCK

ISLAND, ILLINOIS.
     THERE MY FATHER BECAME DESPERATELY  ILL, AND

HE MADE HIMSELF KNOW AS A MASON TO AN OFFICER

OF THE CAMP. THE BROTHER OFFICER TOOK HIM

INTO HIS HOME  AND NURSED HIM BACK TO LIFE.
WHEN THE WAR ENDED, HE LOANED MY FATHER
MONEY TO PAY HIS WAY BACK TO HIS TEXAS HOME,

AND GAVE HIM A PEARL-HANDLED PISTOL TO

PROTECT HIMSELF. THIS EXPERIENCE OF MY FATHER,

HAD A VERY GREAT INFLUENCE UPON MY LIFE. THE

FACT THAT SUCH A FRATERNITY OF MEN COULD EXIST,
     MITIGATING THE HARSHNESS OF WAR, AND REMAIN
UNBROKEN WHEN STATES AND CHURCHES WERE TORN
IN TWO.
                        
 

 

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