The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-21

.Feller citizens Inc preacher BEN ap-
sont II falls on me to take his hand and play
Il fnr all it's worth. You all know that
I'm lust learnln' the game, an of course,
may be expected to make wild breaks,
but don't believe there's rooster in the
camp mean enough to take advantage O.
my ignorance an cold deck me right on the
first deal. I'm sincere in this new depar-
ture, an believe that I've struck game
that can play clear through without
copperin' bet, fur when man tackles
lay out like this he plays every card to
win, an if he goes through the deal as he
orter do, when he lays down to die, an the
last case is ready to slide from the box, he
can call the turn every time.
II was readin' in the Bible to-day that
yarn about the Prodigal Son, an I want to
tell yer the story. The book don't give no
dates but it happened long, long aga This
Prodigal Son had an old man THAT put up
the coin every time the kid struck him for
a stake, an never kicked at the size Of the
pile either. | reckon the old man was
purity we'll fixed, an when he died he in.
tended to give all his wealth to the kid an
his brother. Prod give the old man little
game o talk one day, an induced him to
whack in advance O. the death racket.
He'd no sooner got his dizzy in his fist than
he shook the old man an struck out to take
in some o the other camps. He had way.
up time fora while an slung his cash to
the front like he owned the best pawn
lead on airth; but hard luck hit him o lick
at last an left him fiat. The book don't
state what he went broke on, but | reckon
| he got steered up agin some brace game.
But, anyhow, he2ot left without n chip, or
a four-bit piece to go an ante on. An old
granger then TUX him home an set him to
herdin' hogs. an here he got so hard up an
hungry that he piped off the swine while
they were feedin', en- he stood in with em
on husk lunch. He soon weakened on
such plain provender an says TO himself,
says he: Even the old mans hired hands
are livin' on square grub while I'm worryin'
along here on corn husks straight. I'll
list take grand tumble to myself an chop
on this racket al once. I'll skip back 10 the
governor and try TO iX things up, and call
for q new DEAL so off he started
The old man seed the kid q comm an
what do ye recon he donel Did he pull
his gun an lay for him, in,endip' 10 wipe
him as soon as he GOT into range! Did b,
csl the dogs 70 chase him Of the ranch.
Did he rustic around for a club an give
him a stand of q, the front gate. Eli. Ne,
TO eny alarming extent he didn't. No, ST.
The Scripture book says be waltzed ont Z
meet him. an frozc 10 him on the spot: an
kissed him, an' marched him of 70 cloth
ing store an fitted him out Il the hobbies
rig 10 be had fer coin. Then the Old gen.
invited all the neiLhbors an killed a f:
cali, IN give the biggest blow Oh, the caMr
| had ever seen
At the conclusion Of the narrative the
speaker paused, evidently framing in his
mind proper application Of the story.
Before he could resume tall, blear-eyed
gambler. with fierce mu.tache, arose and
said:
"Taint me would try ter break up
meetin', or do anythin' disrcligious No
sir, I'm not that sort Of 4 citizen. But in
| all public moo docs it is parliamentary
rule fur enybody as wants 10 Ak questions
TO rise up an fire them of. | don't want
| ter fool away time questionin' the work
ms ofreligion; Oh, no. As long as It is
kept in proper bounds, an does not inter
| fere with the boys in Their
games don't see as il can do harm.
Just want to Ak the honorable speaker if he
has not give himsc! dead away. Does it
stand to reason that a broke would feed
upon corn an husks, when there was hash
factories in thecampI Would anybody hev
refused him the price Of square meal f
he he'd struck them fur it, Would eny OF
the dealers who beat him out Of his coin
see him starvel As | remarked afore,T
don't want ter make eny disrespectab,e
breaks but must say that | have got ];
put up that the speaker aes been a tryin'
ter feed us on cussed thiH~tafy, an no one
but silly would take il in
Bill glared upon the speaker and fairly
hissed--
"Do you mean to say that am liar
"Wal, you can take il just as You choose
Some folks would swaller it in that shape
Bill pulled his revolver, and in an instan,
the bright barrels Of numerous weapons
flashed IN the air as the friends Of each
party prepared for active duty. The bre-
vet preacher was the first 10 fire. and the
rash doubter ofspiritual truth fell dead on
the ground. Shot followed sho, in quick
succession and when quiet was again re-
stored a score or more of dead and wounded
men were carried from the tent. Having
secured attention Bill said:
Further proceedings is adjourned for
the day. You will receive the doXo!ogy"
The audience arose.
May grace, mercy an peace be with
you, now and forever, Amen; an want it
distinctly understood that am gong ter
maintain proper respect for the Gospel if
/ have ter croak every dirty son.of.a-gun in
the mines. Meetin' is out
The crowd filed from the tent as cody as
if nothing extraordinary had occurred, and
as gained the sidewalk heard man re.
mark.
bill has got the sand to make a bang.
up preacher and l would not wonder if he
made big mark in the world yeti
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