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Show lie 'Drives rt Sea.ts-& Cowboy Mullen's Novel Method ' of Serving Men's. Soils flnjdejsd'ot loading In tin tinging ot "Heaven In my Ilomt,' 1 will now Urn Klylng lHvll, n virions broncho owned by UrotJier Smith " This I the war Evangelist William Mullen, tho cowboy engrfllst how touring the principal cities begins hli tncotlnaM The Her Mr Mullen com. bine the art ot breaking wild horse ot ecrlprnrn ther Is not a person In the audience who has tho hardihood to walk away before the sermon There la something In tho preacher's manner that forbids sny trifling Ills exhibition exhibi-tion ot what ha ran dn with n bora baa caused people to respect him William Mullen was n Tolas cowboy for years None of his companions on tnlmlc contorts with horns, an! i, stayed on the rancawi ot the tt. west until one day whctiM iiaWBJd to atumblo Into a revival metlr.l at 8an lose Pal After that lie bqu to study for the ministry "s to Chicago and after a course pfh-! structlon at the Moody Ulblo USB. tut, ho began to proach. nut ta found that men and womon ro t eager to hear sermona. Advcsjj. rnenU of raxts to matter how "to-, lloaal they hdppVned to lot. did gt draw crowd Itiwaa nocaoaary tplu some human Interest outside of St of soul-saving, and the rjorecnttj; plan suggested Itself It has protd successful and It Is Mr. Mullet KVANQKL18T MtJI.I.KN IN 1113 IIOIIBK TAMINQ ACT. with thnt of saving wayward souls. Mo says religion nowadays hat to havo somo side attraction, and the large crowds thnt bo draws leads to the conclusion that ho la right He sns human nituro Is human ntturc, no natter wbcro you find It. and thnt horse nature It plagued human " whon you study the disposition of a broncho KvangelUt Mullen hold Ml meet-In meet-In t In the open ulr. In places that gtvos him ample scope for his equestrian eques-trian exhibitions When ho appears - upon the platform that Is hit pulpit bo Is not a very ministerial looking "ajosa, Dgure He wears a corduroy coat, sHYjlaV'?0 Pr" a sombrero, and hlgb-hoelod boots The evangelist offers a prayer arfl then takes off his coit Tho broiicjib Is led up In front ot the space rcocrwd ' for the anxious bench, and tho hudl- enco Is linmcdlatily interested Men , and women form a ring at n safe dls tnncc from tho untamed steed Tluro Is much craning of necks, hut tho preacher romliid etery o,no that It Is a religious meeting and that order must prevail 1 hpn he takes from Its place on the tablo betide tho Illblo a small rope lie approaches the broncho, bron-cho, which eyes him suspiciously, and sets Its hoofs In a manner that shows It Is getting ready to bjck Mr Mullen Mul-len pats the horsos noje until tho animal an-imal begins to oxpoit a pUce ot sugar or a hnndtul ot oats At this point he steps to the table and takes up a. halter that bo conceals behind his back, while ho returns to the broncho bron-cho and resumes his caressing man-ner. man-ner. Just as the men are becoming Impatient Im-patient to sea somo rantc.it of strength tho evangelist slips tho halter over tho horso's head 1 ha broncho Is taken by surprise It cuts a leproachful glance at tho prvaUicr and kicks viciously. vi-ciously. Confidence has been bctrayod nnd it snorts as It It would like to make the second part of the evangelist's evan-gelist's program n failure by fixing tho preacher so that ho would not bo able to appear In public for a month Hut Mr Mullen Is calm and confident He steps to one side of the horse nnd. after stroking tho animal's tall, hu braids the ropo Into It, wrapping tho end tightly. 1 hen ho produces another ropo or two, and tho crowd waits patiently pa-tiently to soo him try to ride In loss than ten minutes the etangcllst Is ready to vault upon the bronchos back. As hu tnkti the halter and shouts "(let up!" thero Is much tnthu-ahum tnthu-ahum Men press around tho ring and tell cno another thnt Uio sky pilot" knows his business and that he ought not to wasto bis time on persons when ho knows what .ha can do with horses After finishing his feat the evangolltt puts on his loot, wipes his heated brow with his handkerchief, and says his topic will be ' Going to Itcll at a 2 20 (lalt ' He has a keen eye and a pleasant face and when he opens the Illblo to rid a few verse tho rango could swing n lasso or ride a fractious horse aa he could ami he won much fame even In Texaa fur his horsemanship Hit fame traveled to far that Ilifffalo tllll hoard of him nnd offered him place with the Wild est show Hut the cowlioy preferred the Texas plains to a life msde up of .theory that ministers who deslro to gain a large hearing should provldo some good attraction to draw those who need converting |