Show A DISGRACED PREACHER PREACH Eft An Injured Church Reported by an n Eys Ey and Ear Ei E Winess Tho The Pennsylvania Methodist has imae IlU this to say concerning a IL caI thai many mil Utah people have lao Ima followed with no lit hit little l the tle tu Interest the caution caption plon over time the nr or Ir above n tide oe being precisely III time the same Ime as Is I Li used ul H It I was on the time train leaving horns Harris Harrisburg Harrs hornsburg burg burA for tor Philadelphia and New Nitty York at 11 a m ni known na cia No 10 It A large 1111 hustling bustling man entered time the KnoxvIlle anti at New York sleeper gave u It I mileage book to o time the porter was W told that he ime would have hare to have a f ticket or pay pr on the CON cars from froni Cron Philadelphia to lu New Nt York as its 18 the mileage was wa good g to Philadelphia only on Snubbed anti nM In Insulted the Ihl porter In exchange for tor or th Information thus kindly 1111 Imparted anti all tumbled Into Inlo the assigned berth berh Th conductor received lelve tIme the mileage hook book from the Porter with the time of ot the Insult In he had lied received auth this dis discovered II covered cOrsi that the time name was waR as Mr Ir Franks Frank signed to 10 the printed con coil contract tract on the tho fly Ihy ly leaf loat of o u the book to 10 th that the signer only was as to 10 us lice the lime book and amid It If presented by b another time the II book lok wits to be forfeited After A In Inspecting a mi part of ot lila his train mill trin the conductor tor reached the tIme berth of or the time ostensible Mr Ir Franks to arrange for time the fare tom Philadelphia to 10 New Ne York he peaceful slumber of the burly url pHS II nger might ml ht not agaIn alln be disturbed ed the tue treat trat ment received foel by the porter he h ceO cau RU bush anti and with wih trembling Irem ln loUI rushed Bushed aside l the tie curtain but a 1 little way lr when lion there came come from the time dark R n R growl groll not unlike that emanating from the time throat of or some II say sav savage age Igl beast It of time forest that having a I taste of or blood Wood thirsts for tor more morl This ThIl lm It was the time long delay dela of Ir tIme the con eon ductor dOol In reaching his berth that en aged the time animal In that growl gro 1 th conductor thought thu ht he hI discovered the time lon emphasis hall bail temper of ot ofa otI ofa a preacher known to him for I 1111 but hut whose name miame Is U not miot Franks or orIn orally any ally In thing like Ik unto It I However ho he hp nut certain and asked n at is he peered Into In 10 time the I he dark dak berth borth what wha t tI I Ii K your our nom name Franks Is 1 my 1 name flame na cant you see lI It I In the tue te mileage UOK came caine ramI bitch back ad with lh ft a 1 snarl anari that almost Tightened the he usually u brave little con or He lie 1 w nt on Inspecting his hl rain but doubtless with wl u a I troubled spirit One amm Ian eally cly Imagine hi hll IMi lu Ii h hen of ot mind II as s possibly solIloquized thus Can ean an I 1 be he hI en Mr thi h Franks Franka and amid the tl preacher I suit sus us have hue voices voice and Ind utterance no so hiI tar lar ar If It I this I is the preacher I J suspect and not Mr Ir Frank l II It wi we e for me to pursue the tIme matter maier and tItus thul 11 ha my faith ralth In the tIme Integrity of o time the cloth loth receive another shock Is 18 this not hot a rive cue CI where Ignorance Is I hll to be wife who wI The Time very It Is 11 folly Coly b wr uncertainly I perhaps haunted him and RII like Ike ghost would not hot down dOII lit In n hi hl hk he lie ought IU t the tho porter enil ml Inquired Ha 1 that passenger pl In InNo InNo No Xo R a grip or valise alS or anything by ly which 1 he us can be I Identified Well VeIl el the kind he hay haV o 0 enly It A an mo ma how heah am sin his hil SiloS hos I 1 was vae JUt jilt pan geihl to 10 shine em Im In 11 the this presence of or a nother the conductor lifted one 01 ol th he e generous leather of ot UK the pedal edal extremity of the burly hur lied mon with wih x a ly voice On the pull ul strap he ito dl the name of or the shoe silos vender been bought hind had K cm m whom the tle shoes h n followed by b tho the name of ot a distant lOk mountain city Now NOI confirmed that hat lila his suspicions were well founded hl auth ml iI that a b r fared fn He If he had hn already tn en added to an n attempt to defraud either Ither the railroad company or Mr AIr Ir ranks from whom the tho mileage book nay may ml have hf been I I stolen toen or both holh the time called the time Pullman Illman tar tor cr and all 1st the porter ns as Al witnesses and anI nn berth of or the gain made mails his way wOy I to tho tIme loping giant with Ith the tho pigmy eon coil cn science n Though a man of ot smal small mal tat stat 1 ur re the conductor I U known kno over oer time the en entire entire I Un tire dIvisiOn a aS 1 a 1 I man of I trl Integrity and courage e of ot sterling thoroughly devoted to the Interests of o hi hil hIs employers and md the tho comfort and Ind con ron of the Iii thousands of ot er yearly committed to his hl guardianship He lie etly has bait been described by b one who has hll known II him him long and an well wel as I a n roan man mannot not mint of or the devil himself or any human humal being en I l 1 In I the devils Hotter than ilman all he I is a n de devout business 31 1 hypocrisy vout out Christian and dell wide the th eg ait th lie sin of or Mn sins Throwing curtains and molding Holding his hil lamp high so 1 that verY part PIM of the b Irth was wal illuminate lu minate f by I Its Ita my rayS Slid and In th tho pre nce II 11 tf r the wite i 4 i JW nd IJ in th he ne who stood Ito a I 04 volunteer wItnesses again I I aroused time the sleeping man mail with wih ithma n a 1 ditto conscience who again growled and t roared oared and Ill fumed fume smith and grew gw red med redIn 11 medIn In the tle hi face mingled with wih streaks kl of or Hack black because bu e again from flom torn hl Iii sleep Ile II He lie le kind enough enouch said all the lie gen gentlemanly ren conductor in his hIl mildest tone to 10 furnish me rne with your our signature for Cor which he lie Curl hed heda a n pencil and paper together wih with u a I book oo on which to lay la tile the I he paper lorier The Tho disgruntled passenger wrote out In full the tIme name nUe nf or Mr lr Ir Franks Frans In a so 51 10 like Ito tho the In the lie book bookas as 45 t to 10 test the time skill ot of nn an expert In jim to 10 detect tIme the tl difference provided he lie had no corroborative evi evl evidence dence of or the tho forgery The rime gentleman had html evidently practised on oil oi that name 1111 Then Th the time conductor took the he signa signaling lute lUll hook book and amid pencil and amid looking hooking steadily Into Inlo the lie eyes of ot the per lug Inc deceivIng lying hying forging passenger and antI of the tho witnesses In the presence nil all al as MIll he Ime pointed his Index linger at nt him him said Sir She are you ou not Ie Mr Ir The fhe passenger jumped OH as If Ir IrIt struck It rUIt by br a I bullet bulet or moved by br a shock hOk of or electricity grew rew suddenly as ns white as aim the time snowy SiO pillow hiliO on 01 which ilICh he lie II rested his elbow and muil An stammered out ran an Fn ac ae acknowledgement 0 of or his hll real rei Identity hll Pay la your fare sir air from trl harrisburg to Philadelphia demanded the conductor ill was done donl in silence time the th rOil roar of th lion lon being exchanged for tor this the stilled breathing of ot a man humiliated chit cha chagrined subdued conscious lou of ot his hil iii guilt and ul of or the possible retribution that might follow May Ia I the time ml o book asked the tIme preacher In H a 1 tone ton audible and yet et t tilled with Ih forebodings lest that book might furnIsh documentary anti and ad additional evidence of or his guilt gul No sir tIme the conductor time the book hok Is I for felted cited to the company by ly the stipulated terms on In which Mr Franks received It I from tIme the company The Tho cut tain dropped on a n scene never to t be he forgotten by b those thol who simo witnessed wi ne d dIt it It I Illustrates time the 11 oft of repented repeated ad oil adage age ag that fact Is stranger than Ihal fiction We 1 queried j Will VIII 1 this man muon bo br likely 1111 hills to 10 low hits his plane place If it this crime heroines become omel known From Frammi one who seemed to know kno whereof he hl spoke poke came the mel an anver answer I ver No he will wi probably be pro Iro promoted HP lie HI Is 11 I already a presiding el th elder I der H s superIntendent of or n a 1 large lanie with sith wih a half hundred or more Bull and churches under him 1111 and ald the th pet pt it of or his bishop He lie HI is also al Incas treas treasurer lr of ot time the large lare funds of ot the time church In that feld auth expects other emolument ment That he his will 11 be t promoted by b III hI hIm church as RS a vindication of o lila his self Melt Imposed dishonor and nd disgrace I is II be believed 11 le from the th fart fact that a charge wa was 8 one year Ia ago alO brought n a I minis minister minister ter for a I similar offence In fn the Ie wimp same m conference HI lit I had hsi been of se securing curing the discharge of a n conductor be because cause lUl ho lie would not join the preacher r In defrauding time the th railroad company The T Ti conductor r being reinstated when the thereal Ih reel real facts acts appeared He lie WM was al also alMo o with lying fraud in III hH lii hl dealings telling filthy 11 filth h stories etc itc etc and ald time Ihl charges char were wpm backed by court records fon depositions ftc fir etc Ste t He lie HI wn not even tried Tim Thi were by br au an Unary committee without ee ap RI a R lo of ot trial and anil he I II Ia pushed to time HIP III front at nt the enduing 1 sea e II on of o hi hl conference where ho be h yes was Wll applauded to time the echo etho for the tIme cleverness ot of his hil platform utterances utterance This Thil per senator of ot Mr Ir Franks Frank Frnk was WIB one Oll of hl hi his defender and pre pro predicted that he lie hI himself hail had a pull rl with the church anti conference authorities to prevent the case of hi f friend i lend ever coming even fn to a trial In some II conferences conference It I is t Impossible to 10 se so secure cure UN a on these questions Th The T Theman man who sitters enters complaint IH is II turned Ie n and the th villain U is promoted This Tl corruption Is II the natural result rul of ot n a 1 along long lone continue alliance allane of ot the church v Ith 11 a a rum subsidIzed sub political party The conviction 10 lon of 0 o villains In the Ihl church 4 mc in hi il the state stat being impossible ImI th ti tI tIn only n timing thing thIn left for m men n Intent on 01 pung purgIng purl lag Ing In both hoth of their leprosy 1 t is to turn lurn tur on the tim light Naturally N It was queried Can these thee things thine her he P Another of the th group up i kd Will Wi the of or Mr tr Frnk deny hl h his guilt If It confronted with It Flu Tho Th general of opinion of ot those IhoR who ho Joined 1 In the con rn raton was uns that he be hl would deny It Itu I itus u tl us as alt Q he lie had lied asserted that h hn he hemn mn nn n Mr Franks and till ti proven alfo f eci rv that he hI committed the forgery Urh however was WI not the case Mi being silent u confronted with lh It I he wa wa wea |