Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-14
A PREACHERS PLianI.
He Falls Into the Hands or the Phills.
tines, Is Robbed and Put Down
Stairs.

Staii
From the willlamsport (Ps.) Gszstte.l
Last Summer the Methodist Church
at Great Bend PAL was burned. The
congregation was poor, but having .
lot on which to build, they determined
to appeal to the charitable throughout
the land for the funds to erect another
place Of worship. Their pastor was
accordingly sent out through tho Lack.
AWAKEN Valley to state their case and
solicit subscriptions. He succeeded
we'll and went to New York to ask
the aid Of certain charitable parties
there. He raised about $500. His
last day In the city he was walking
along Broadway, when q man came
up to him and addressed him angrily,
with
.See here, I must have tho amount
OF that bill to-day, l can't walt any
longer"
The pastor was Of course astounded,
but replied : "Blll! What bill ~"
"The bill for that hardware. It's
been standing for nearly two years"
The reverend gentleman had now
recovered himself, and saw the nan
had made q mistake. He had taken
him for another person. The minister
then Informed the irato creditor that
he was not the man that owed the bill;
that no was Rev. Mr.. -, OF Great
Bend, Pennsylvania, and was out
raising money In aid Of his church,
which had been burned down. The
man was very sorry, and apologizcd
profoundly. and babe the preacher
GOOD day. In q few minutes after
ward a tap On the shoulder OF the lat
ter caused him to look up, and there
Was tho mistaken creditor again. He
said that In the confusion Of their
first meeting, when no was made
aware Of tho Identity OF tho rev
erend gentleman it had not oe.
Cured to him that ho had once
the pleasure Of hearing him preach,
having OCCASION to remain In Great
Bend over Sunday, and now recognized
him. The stranger also said he would
like to do a littlo for the church In Its
adversely. lie was OH Ills way to col
lect q bill Of n man amounting to elgh-
ty-four dollars, ard II the preacher
would 90 with him lie should have half
the amount. 10 this tho shepherd
readily consented. The two walked q
long way and turned into n small
street. They went up into the fourth
story Of a building and Into n room
where a man was writing at a desk.
"Halloo! 7" he said, 'you have come
after that money, have you? Let's see
$si wasn't it?" Yes, it was $S4. The
gentleman at tho desk handed the COL
lector n 800 bill. lie could not change
II, but turned to the minister and said,
"Hcrc. you're to have half OF this AN
you give this gentleman SlGg" With q
beaming smile the preacher handed the
desired sum into the hands Of tho Phil
istines. The gentleman tho two had
called on now coolly Informed him
that he must dlsgorge all the money lie
had about him, or he would never 60
out there alive. In vain tho preacher
protested. lie was compelled to hand
over every cent he had collected, and
was then kicked down stairs. He took
the first train for home. where the
anxious and delighted flock awaited
him-delighted because he had kept
them informed as to his success. But
no had nothing for them except the
above sad story. He did not know the
name Of the street he was taken to, nor
In what part OF tho city II was located.
The building Of the church had pro-
grssscd rapidly, but work stopped ut
once. Aud now It Is said the contrac-
tor Is moving to have the property sold
to obtain the pay due him.