Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-11
NO. Is.
FARO BILLS SERMON.

nal 'Many had, no dotlDt, coino 'iiio"S"
curisioty to sec how Bill, recently con-
verified, would deport himself in this his
initial sermon. Upon the stage sat
burly, red=faced man, with arms folded III
a careless manner, who looked over the
large audience With an mir CT the most
decided Independence. This was FARO
Bill, the speaker Of the occasion. When
he arose he glanced around tho tent tor ~
moment evidently collection histhoughts.
ind said: Feller-citizens, the preach
bcin' absent, it falls on me to take his
hand and play it fur all it Is worth. You
| all know that Pm just learnin' the game,
an of course, may be expected to make
wild breaks, but don't believe theirs d
rooster in the camp mean enough to take
advantage O. my ignorance and cold-deck
me right ON the first deal. Pm sincere III
this new departure, an I believe I've
struck game that 1 can play clean
| throu OH without copperin' a bet, for when
u man tackles such layout as this no
plays every card to win, an If he goes
through the deal as he Orter do, when he
lays down to die, and the last case IS
ready to slide from the boxs, he call tho
turn every time. I was readin in the
bible to-day that yarn about the Prodigal
Son. an want to tell yer the story. The
book don't give no dates, but it happen
ed long, long ago. This Prodisal Son
had an old man that put up the coin ev-
cry time the kid struck him for stake,
an never kicked at the size OF the pie,
either. I reckon the old man was purity
we'll fixed, an when he died he Intended
: to give all his wealth to this kid and his
$ brother. Prod give the old man little
!, rame O talk one day, and injuced him to
a whack up in advance q the death racket.
# He'd DO sooner got his divy in his fist
l. than he took the old man an struck out
IL to take in some o the other camps. lilo
: he'd a way-rp time for q while, an slung
II his cash to the front like he owned tho
l.. best payin' led arth; but hard luck
u hit him !. lick at last, an left him HAT.
% The book didn't state what he went
e broke on, but reckon he got steered up
le auin SOME brace game. But anyhow he
10 got left without a chip or II tour-pit piece
re- to 90 an eat on. An old gambler then
to tul< him home and set him to herdln
DC hogs am here he got so hard up an hum
". CRY that he piped off the swine while they
IN were frcci1l, and he stood i'll with 'em on
T. hus!z lunch. He soon weakened on
nc such "lain provender, an says to himself,
' ru SAWS he: .sEveu the old mans hired hands
jr- are livin' on square grub, while I'm wor-
lis ryin' along here on corn-husks stralG ht.
ny I'll lust take Il grand tumble to myself
'f an, chop on this racket at once. I'll shil
ec- back to the governor, and try. TO Tx things
up and call fur new deal so OF III
&c. 10 started The old man seed the kid
it comm, an what do you reckon he did
Did he pull his gun and lay for him, IN
tendin' to wipe him soon as lie got III
to range? Did he call the dogs to chas
r1v him off the rancho? Did he hustle aroun'
ner for a club and give him Il standott at tn
the front gate? Eth 2 Not to any alar1n'n:
a. extept he didn't. No, sir! The scrlptur
he book saws he walked out to meet hir
SOL on the spot, and kissed him, and the
q = marched him off to clothing store an
ny fitted him out in the nOblcst rig to be ha
Ier for the co.n Then the old gent invite
,ge, all the ueirhbors and killed Il fat calf, an
her gave the biggest blowout the camp eve
o" seed, At the conclusion of the narratlv
du- the speaker paused, evidently framing
vel his mind Il proper application of the stor
| Before he COulu IOSuulo IL ti9ii, Ivy =
'M, gambler, with a fierce mustache, aro
she and So id {: 'Taint me as would try t
low break up Il meeting or do anything d'sr
act- liyious. No, sir; am not that sort OF
inI citizen But in all public hoo-doos 1t is
was parliamentary rule for anybody as wan
was to :X questions to rise up aud fire the
s lir off. do not want ter 70 oil away time
tho questioning the wording OF religon-o
sand no. AS long as it Is kept Ill NroE
t en- bounds, and does not Interfere with t
'i" 'I boys in their games, do not see as
Gem can do harm. just want TO Ak the lie
sud- orable speaker if he has not given hi
Ire self dead away2 Does it stands ter II
tincl ,,I ,l f,od ,n,, oo
ught sou 'h'' 'oN' "'
Vas huslls when there was hash factories
IL re- the camp? Would any one hev refus
ANA him the price Of IL square meal II lie h
f :" ~" struck them for it? Would any of
eel to dealers that beat him out of his coin
10 Of him starvc7 AS l remarked atorc I
~ a'- not wish to make any dlsrespecta
n+ nv breaks but must say that have got
ed to put up that that the speaker has be
n wo- irving ter feed us ON Cussed thin tai
pish ,1 nr ,uc Inf silly would take it
II. Bill clarcd upon the speaker and fai
8 the Kissed: ado you mean to say that
Mean II liar9 Wal, you can take it just
nr ,,. YOU choose. Some folks would swall
stirn it in that shape" Bill pulled his revt
mbas- er, and in an instant I lie bright bar