Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-03
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- Teie u the Csusade.
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This story is not Of the long ag
~hsn tbe iron-clatb liou-heasted Ricl
ards fushcd forth to wrest from Il
grasp Of the naughty inddels an empt
tomb! It is tale Of to-day indissolubl
TAXED With the new crusade which,
IL infancy, has STAINED more gloriou
results ana won more victories tina
ever did the bleod and bespattere
crusaders Of We old tyne, OF battere
warriors Of any age or cline. TIL
results attained have been due solel
20 Faith. Faith and her twin siste
Hope nerved the fair warriors in thei
light. With undaunted bravery the,
threw themselves en- masse against tn
eRcmy's strongholds and in the fac
oftcrri6c vollcys Of Slasphcmy, riball
~, scof6ng and jecring, laying Low
their adversaries in the hearing Of al
proclaimed their victory, and in ma
tion's sight flung to tho breeze thei
triumphant banner.
Oh, yes! a glorious Victory indeed
Armed with prayers and touching ap
peals the day was theirs, and the
fruits! Oh! what tongue can speak
Of the many priceless treasures they
plucked from the very brink Of de-
strnction. Fathers who once rceled
70 Z, howell damp and cherries and
greeted their sick wives and half:
starving children with kicks, blows
and curses, now, when their days
work is done, direct their eager steps
70 their cottage homes where loving
wives and children greet them-where
comfort reigns; where love and con-
tentnent nbidcth. sscrss
/ The young man who was oncsfying
around in Designations circle, whose
desperate ways caused q mothers
heart to bleed, q sisters life to be
clouded--not only making a wreck of
Of himself, but Fastening to the portals
Or tho tomb the loved -sl,udder-
ingly retraced his steps ere too late.
Nov the. church finds him a cOnst. ant
attendant, q mother her darling, a
sister her ind and loving brother.
His back is turned on the past, and
the saloon, race course and lyccum,
knows him no more. Another saved
through the fundamentally of the
weary, sclf.sacrlflcing Crusaders of the
New Time.
This sketch, dear reader, is Of two
young men whose countcrparts You
have often seen.
Charlie Raymond and Fred Stewart
were the only sons of two merchant
princes. Reared together and passing
through college as If twin brothers,
there never passed a week when they
were not in each others company.
Like loving brothers they were united
through life. Deriving large income
from their parents, possessing sn.
pcrior education, and all that goes. to !
make up the gentleman, no wonder
then they become favorites wherever
they went, -Sf '
At the age d twenty i've the city
- G finds them Numbered among
It's inhabitants. A small sign on one
Of the principal business streets pro-
claims to the passer by that Raymond
= Stewart, Attorneys at Law, have
thcir chambers in the second story.
II, at this time, you could but happen
IN one Of the, halls Of justice in that
good old city when they ware arguing
some case, You would soon listen to
some communicative person enlogixing
the eloquent Charlie and repeat the
many bon mots and humorous stories
Of the wittyand no less talented Fred.
After two years residence in the
city, and while Fame was busy in
sssepnding their praises, there came >
change. !,
That insidious and Shiny reptile,
Gossip, had drawn its hcllish scale
povered body over theiKthresbold and
glided out into tho streets with their
Etnobd name on IT'S fsngs.. @a'i.Af 4
> Quickly, oh, how quickly were the
christian ~ doors swung open and
what q warm reception did the reptile
meet WITH. Ns>W tNN1t. .Sst
Passing from firesidc to hreside
no wonder was it then their good |
namc became damaged, and when at
last tie grcen-cyed Gossip returned
with-but q remnant, and that badly
1i6Dect>d, they failed 70 recognize it
MI kicked the serpent out. j. d
j p npt hf l:nansst. ineyhe, dear
reader, that the city Of c. was an