Show a billa sermon utter tn man had no doubt come curiosity to seo how bill recently converted would deport himself this ha initial sermon upon elase sat a burly red faced man with arms folded in careless manner who looked over the audi cice with an air of the most decide independence bill tho speaker of the occasion arose he glanced around the for moment evidently collect ii his thoughts and began faller he preacher bein absent it falls on me to take hia hand and play it fur nil it is worth you all know that im just le arnin the game and of course I may be expected to make wild breaks but I dont believe athars a rooster in the camp mean enough to mj ignorance and cold deck me right on the first betl im sincere in this no departure an I believe hat ive struck a gamo that I can play clear through without coppering cop perin a beay for when n man tackled such a layout lay out as this he plays every card to win an if lie goes through the aca ns ho artor do when ho lays down to die an tho last case is ready to tho box he can call alie turn every lime I was iu the bible today to day that yarn about the prodigal son an I want to tell yer the the book dont give no dates but it happened long long ego this prodigal son had an old man that put up the coin every time the kid struck him for a stake an never ticked at the size of the pile either I reckon alie old man was yell fixed an when ho died bo intended to give all his wealth to this kid and hil brother prod give man blittle carno a talk one day and him to up in advance tho death racket bied no got his dicy in his fist han ho shook the old man an struck out to tako in como the other camps lie biad a way up timo for a while an slung his cash to the front like lie owned the best load on areli but hard luck hit him n lick at last an left him flat tho book dont state what he went broke on but I recon he got steered up agin some brace game but anyhow he got left without a chip or a four bit piece to get an eat on an old granger then tuk him homo an set him to herdin hogs an here he got so hard up an hungry that he piped off the swine while they feadin and he stood in with em on a huek lunch he soon weakened on such plain provender an says to himself says he even the old mans hired bands are livin on square grub while im worrying wor along hero on corn husks straight ill just take a grand tumble to myself an chop on this racket at once ill skip back a and try to fix things up and call far new deal so off ho started the old anan iced alio kid a coming and what do you bockon 11 dw D w S ho call the dogs to choso him off tho ranee did he hustle around for a club and give him the front gate eh not to any alarming extent lie no eirl the scripture book says he waltzed out to meet him and then marched him off to alie clothing store and fitted him out in alie nob biest rig to be had for coin then the old gent invited all the neighbors and killed a matcalf fat calf and gave the biggest blow out the camp ever seen at the conclusion of alio narrative the speaker paused evidently framing in his mind a proper application of the etory before he could resume tall blear eyed gambler with a fierce aws tacha arose and maids taint me as would try ter break up a meeting or do anything dis religious no sir I am not that sort of A citizen but in all public hoo doos it is parliamentary ralo fer every body as wants to ax questions to rise up and fire them off I do not want ter fool away time a questioning the workings of religion oh no As long as it is kept in proper bounds and does not intorf oro mth the hoys in games I do not see as it a do harm I jut want to ax the honorable speaker if he has not give himself dead away docs it egand tor reason that a bloke would feed upon corn husks when there was eliash in the camp would any one hev refused him the price of a square meal if ho had a struck them for it would any of the dealers that beat him out of bis coin see him starve As I remarked afore I do not wish to malte any dis respectable breaks but I say that I have it put up that the speaker has been trying ter feed us on cussed thin taffy and no one but a eilly would take it in bill glared speaker and fairly hissed do you mean to say that I am a liar you can take it just you choose some folks would swallow it in that shape bill pulled his and in an instant bright barrels of numerous weapons flashed in the air a the friends of each party prepared for aldro duty tho bravo proa oher WAS the first to file and the rash doubter of spiritual trotha troths fell dead oh the ground shot followed shot in quick succession and when quiet was again restored a score or more offload and wounded men carried from tho tent having attention bill said further proceedings Is adjourned for tho day you will receive the doxology |