After his stove full of stolen firewood exploded, he started to attend church regularly and got married. Neil and his wife Faith could be seen Sunday mornings, rain or shine, headed to St. Paul’s Church with Bible in hand. Faith was the youngest of seven sisters born and raised in Carmacks, a hundred miles north of Whitehorse. Her father, an accountant, managed the British Yukon Navigation Company office there and in 1933 was transferred to Dawson City. As the girls came of age, their strict mother scrutinized a steady stream of suitors at the front door. Just two months after Faith finished high school, she married Neil, who was ten years her senior. The newlyweds moved in a few doors down from Wilfred Durant, the creator of the exploding firewood. Victor the Gypsy moved into the neighbourhood about the same time. Wilfred was a forgiving, Christian type of guy, so it was not surprising that Neil became his friend.
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