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

nal 'laHN uo"ot3 SoAAS
curisioty to sec how Bill, recently con-
verted, would deport himself in this, his
initial sermon. Upon the stage sat q
burly, ed=faced man, with arms folded Ill
a careless manner, who looked over the
large audience With an mir Of the most
decided independence. This was Faro
Bill, the speaker Of the OCCASION. When
he arose he glanced around the tent for IL
moment, evidently collection onhisthoughts.
and said: 'Feller-citizens, the preacher
bcin' absent, it falls ON me to take his
hand and play it fur all it IS worth. You
all know that Pm just learnn' 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 in
this new departure, an I believe I've
struck game that l can play clean
thror gl without copperin' abet, for when
Il man tackles such a layout as this he
plays every card to win, an IT he goes
| through tho deal us lie orter do, when he
laws down to die, and the last case is
ready to slide from the boNs, 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. Inc
book don't give no dates, but it happen
ed long, long ago. This Prodgal Son
had an old man that put up the coin ev-
cry time the kid struck him for a stake,
an never kicked at the size Of the pile,
either. I reckon the old man was purity
we'll fixed, am when he died he Intended
| all l.; 1x-ao1th fn this kid and his
5 brother Prod give the old man little
, game O talk one day, and injuced him to
, wllack up in advance q the death racket.
f He'd no sooner got his divy in his fist
: than he took the old man an struck out
to take in some O the other camps. He
he'd a way-up time for Il while, an sluug
+ his cash to the front like he owned tho
|. best payin' led on :rth; but hard luck
j. u hit him IL lick at last, an left him flat.
. The book didn't state what he went
e broke on, but reckon he got steered up
@ agin some brace game. But anyhow he
% got left without chip or II four-pit piece
c to 90 an eat on. An old gambler then
% TUX him home and set him to hcrdin
'e hogs, AM here he got so hard up am hun
" gry that he pipcd off the swine while they
4 husk lunch. He soon weakened on
nc such "lain provender, an says to himself,
.u W saws he: .'Eyeu the old mans hired hands
il are livin' Oh square grub, while I'm wor-
lis ryin' along here on corn-husks straight.
ny I'll Just take a grand tumble to myself
~ an chop on this racket at once. I'll Skip
&C. back to the governor, and try to fix things
up and call fur q new deal So off he
!!0, started. The old man seed the kid q
if comm, an what do you reckon he did
Did he pull his gun and lay for him, In
tentlin' to wipe him rs soon as he got IN
to range? Did he call the dogs to chase
rl,- him off the ranclle9 Did he hustle arount
ler for q club and give him standott at th'
The front gate? Eh ? Not to any alarming
@ @sA- extept he didn't. No, sir! The scripture
,hn book saws he walked out to meet hin
Sol on the spot, and kissed him, and the'
4 = marched him off to a clothing store an
ny fitted him out in the noblcst rig to be ha
her for the CON. Then the old gent invite
ge, all the neighbors and killed Il fat calf, an
her gave the biggest blowout the camp eve
w seed At the conclusion of the narratlv
du- the speaker paused, evidently framing /
vel his mind IL proper application of the stor.
put Before he could resume d tall, blear-eye
~, gambler, with a fierce mustache, aros
she and sa id: 'Tain't me as would try t.
ow- break up Il meeting OF do anything dlsr
-. 49, ligious. No, sir; am not that sort OF
icl. citizen. But in all public hoo-doos 1T is
was parliamentary rule for anybody as wan
was to AK questions to rise up aud fire the
siiI SIN, off. do not want ter fo ol away time
the questioning the wording Of religion-o
sand no. As long as it is kept in prop
eN- bounds, and does not interfere with t.
naJ boys in their games, do not see as
cen,- can dc harm. I just want to AK tile no
sud- orablc speaker if he has not given hi
're' self dead away9 Does it stands ter re
,.I,t son that Il bloke would feed upon co
Vas husl1s when there was hash factories
4 re- the camp? Would any one hev retus
anu him the price of IL square meal If he h
E e +i,n i,n struck them for it? Would any of
al to dealers that beat him out of his coin
10 OF him starvc7 AS l remarked aforc l
S':'l not wish to make any disrespecta
r. hv breaks, but l must say that have got
d to put up that that the speaker has be
l wo- irving ter feed us on cussed thin tat
,iSh 1 ~, ,,, ,,,,t , silI,. would take If
u II, Bill glared upon the speaker and fai
, the hissed ADO You mean to say that l
lean II liar9 Wal, you can take it just
crln- I: YOU choose Some folks would swall
'tirn7 it in that shape" BILL pulled his revC
nbas- er, and in an instant the bright barr