The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-09-10

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s5y!sia mo go. Billy you re done for.. 70
Good God" exclaimed the Judge, who
fhad watched tbs doctor With 6feathlesss
nest;ltain't ther' no chance ?nJ an &
qn" Nary, Il replied the doctor dscidedly..
efi1 z g, ). &. ruinel gimap--l'ms; n Yused.up
cnss', said the Ipdge, With : look Of Bit
tier anguish. II wish I'd gone under, too.'''
! J; "'EAsy, old hoss," suggested on one of:the
boys;''yost didn't do him. yer knoWai!!''E7:'i
'ssVhat's~what's the mstter .ffttsre< The
Judge seHagely:p:'nobody III ever know
which Of US whipped. <,.ss. q -
1T And the Judge sorrowfully took him.
|sG!t Of, declining most rcsolutely to drink.
50 Many hearts were full of sympathy for
TIE Judge; but1tAs poor fellow on the
bench seemed to need most Just then.
He had asked for some. one who ,coAltl
write, eands was debating, in whispers. q
letter to- some person. Then he drank
come brandy, and thcn Some Some water then
be freely Acquitted the Judge of hayihf.
ever fought shy way but fairly. ut!stiii
his mind seemed bprdeped.> Il Finally, in
I|h !XXefy, him. weak ,ypice. he, stammered
I}tEqn9 enfSrsabler fS,iT%fof snv Sf4 n1eS
fsliers: but is ther 49, preacher in the
4 The boys looked at each other inquir..
4 ingly,; men from every calling used togo
to the mines, and no one would have beef
surprised if backsiiding priest; Or even
bishop, had stepped to The FRONT. Bit
none appeared, and the wounded man,
after'ilooking despRiringly from one to
another, Caves smothered cry. t,.,
Oh, God, f'ez miserable wretch got to
;eut his.seH open, an then ticker out, with.
out. any body to say a prayer for him e., !
l.. The boys looked sorro yful- if gold.
dust could have bought prayers, Billy
would have had a frst:class assortment
in an instaht.s,,: !1;:, ;. :":t; 49,, LIZ
/ I.ttEhere's Deacon Adams over to Pat.'
TN, s. suggested aibystander, IAN they
do say he's arcg'1ar rip-roarcr at pra YIN!
But .'twould take: four hours TO go and
:, Too long, said the doctor; i. "a ii
| Down in Mexico, at. the CATHEDRAL =
said another, .'they pray for a Teller after
ne,s dead, when YER pay. 'em fur it, an
E!llg!ye, yer nv word, Billy, an no back.
that ~ see the Jobs done up in style fur
yer, eff that's any comfort =.
~ 81 want to hear it:myself,'' groaned the
sufferer; Il DON'T feel right can't no.
body nobody in tho crowd,!''..
Again the boys: looked inquiringly at
each other, but this time it was a little
shyly.: If he had asked for some one to
go out and steal mule, or kill bear, or
gallop a buck.:lumping mustang to Frisco,
they would have fought for the chance.
t out R1;nyy praying was entirely out Of
Tie silence became painful soon SLOUGH
ed hats were hauled down over moist eyes,
and shirt.sleeves and bare arms seemed
to find something unusual to attend to I'M
the boys faces. Big Brooks commenced
to blubber aloud, and was led out by old
Thompson, who wanted a chance to get
out.ot.doors so he might break down in
private. Finally matters were brought
to crisis by ''Mose''- mo one knew his
other name. Nose uncovered s sandy
head, face, and beard, and remarked.
81 don want to put on airs in this here
crowd, but eff nobody else ken say q word
to the Lord ab3ut Billy Bent, Tn a-goin'
to do it myself. It's a bizness I've never
bin in, but theirs nothin' like tryin'.
This meetin' IL cum to order to wunst.'
''Hats off in church, gentlemen!' COM
manded Pentecost,
UT came every hat, and some of the
boys knelt down, as Nose knelt beside
the bench, and said:
30 Lord, here's Billy Bent needs ten.
din to!; He's PANIED out his last dust,
an he seems to hev purity clear idce that
this is his last chance. He wants YOU to
give him lift, Lord, an it's the opinion
of this house that he needs it. faint
none Nv our bizness what he's done. an
ef it wuz, you'd know more about it than
we cud tell yer. but it's mighty sartin
that cuss that's been in the digsins fur
years needs 81 ght Of mendin' up before
he kicks the bucket
''That's so.'' responded two or three
very emphatically.
'Billy S down, Lord, an no decent man
b'leeves that the Lord 'ud hit a man when
he's down, so there's one Nv two things
got to be done-either he's got to be left
alone, ur he's got to be helped. Lettin'
him alone won't do him ur any BODY else
emmy good, so helpin's the holt, an as en-.
ny one Nv us tough fellers would help him
ct we know how to, it's only fair to s'pose
tibet the Lord IL do it a mighty sight
quicker. Now, what Billy needs is to
see the thing in tibet light, an YOU ken
make him do it q good deal better than ,oe
ken. It's mighty little fur the Lord to
do, but it's meat an drink an clothes to
Billy just now. When We wuz boys sum
Nv us read some promises of yon'n in tibet
book tibet was writ good spell ago by
chaps in the old country, an though Sun.
day'school teachers and preachers mixed
the matter up in our minds, an you III
know what we mean. Now, Lord, Billy's
Jest the boy--he's hard case, so you
cant find no better stuff to work on
he's in bad fix, tibet we can't DO nuthin'
fur, so it's jest yer chance. He amt OK.
actly the chap to make an A Number One
angel Of, but he amt the man to FORGET a
friend, so he'll be handy Teller to hev
aroun'.'
''Feel any better, Billy! :" said Nose,
stopping the prayer for mement.
"A little,'' said Billy, feebly. ''but YOU
want to tell the whole yarn. I'm sorry
for all the wrong I've done.''
lies sorry fur all his deviltry,
can amt got nothin' agin the judge"
continued the sufferer.
AN he don't bear no malice aein the
Judge, which he shouldn't, sccin' he gen.
orally gin as good as he took. An the long
an short Of it. Ford ;c loot this h.,