The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-11

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was cf the Baptist persuasion, aud yer,
rigid IN his ideas Of moral propris,y
He had in lis employ an old negr,
named Pompey. and il this latter indi.
vidual was not SO strict in his morals y
bis master. he was at least very cunning
aud passed in the reverend hOusebo.( (
for = pattern Of propriety. Pomp wal
q useful servant. aud the old clergyman
never hesitsted to trust him with mos
Important business.
| Nov it so happened that there were
dwelling in and about the town, sundry
individuals who had not the fear Of th<
dreadful penalties which Mr. Kidewel
preached about before their eyes, for il
was the won't Of thcss people to con-
gregate on Sabbath EVENING" upon q
level piece Of land in the outskirts oi
the town. and there race horsc.. Ibis
spot was hidden ffosn view by dense
piete Of woods. and for long while
the Sunday evening races were carried
on there without detection by the offi.
Gers or others who might have stopped
! them.
II also happened that the good ol1
clergyman owned one Of tie best horses
in tue county. This horse was Of the
old Morgan stock. with mixture OF the
Arabian blood in his veins. and 1t was
! generally known that few beasts could
pass him On tho road. Mr. Ridewell.
with . dignity becoming his calling,
stnutly denied that the hee,nes, of mis-
| horse afforded him qualification, and
that. for his own part. he would "a lief
have any other. Yet money could not
buy his Morgan. nor could any am. unit
Ut argument persuade him to swap
The church was 50 near the 90 VI
clergyman's dwelling that he always
walked to meeting. aud bis horse vas
consequently allowed to remain in the
pasture.
Pompey discovered that these races
were on the tapis, and he resolved to
enter his masters horse on his own
account. for he felt sure that old Nor
gan could beat anything in the shape
Of horseAesh that could be produced in
that quarter. 50 On the very next
Sunday evening be hid the bride under
his jacket. went ont into the pasture.
caught the horse aud then rode of to.
ward the spot where the wicked onss
were congregated. Here he found some
dozen horses assembled. and the racing
was about to Commence. Pomp mount.
ed his beast and ut the signal he start
ed. OH Morgan entered intn the spirit
Of the thing and came out two rods
ahead OF everything. So Po,pp won
quite pile. ~nd before dark he was
pretty we'll initiated into horse racing.
POmp succeeded in getting home
without exciting any suspicious. and hs
now longed for the Sabbath afternoon
TO come. for be was determined to try it
again. He did go again. aud again he
won; and t1is course Of wickedness he
followed up for two months. making
his appearance upon the racing ground
every Sunday afternoon. as soon As he
could after meeting was OUT And
during this time Pompey was not the
only oas who learned TO love the racing
No. tor old Morgan himself had come
to love the excitement Of the thing. too.
and his very motion whe:, upon the
track showed now xealously hs entered
into the spirit Of the game.
But Theses thugs were not Always to
remain u secret. Que Sunday = pious
deacon beheld the racing from dis
taace. and ssrsitway Went to the par
son with the alarming intelligence.
Tie Rev Mr. R:dewelI was utterly
shocked. His moral feelings were out
ragged, and resolved ut once to put stop
to the wicx-dness. During the week he
made many Inquiries. and he learned
that this thing had been prsctised all
summer on every Sabbath afternoon.
He bade his psr,shiouers he-p qniet.
and h@ told them that the next Sunday
he would make his appearance on the
sp"t. and catch them in their deeds Of
iniqaity.
Oa the following Sabbath, after din
ner, Mr. Ridewell ordered Pomp to
bring up ola Morgan and put him in
ths stable. The order was obsyed. but
not without many misgivings on the
part If the faithful negro. As soou as
the afternoon servicrs were cloeed. the
two drscons and some othors of the
members Of the church accompanied
the minister homo. with their horses.
1T i. the most dsgrant piece of abom.
inaiion that ever came to my know
ledge" said the indignant clergy ymsn.
as they rode an.
1T is. most assursdly," answered one
of the deacons.
"Ilorso racing on the 6abbath!' ut
tered the minister.
"Dreadfulr echoed tho second dea-
con.
And 80 the conversation went on IN
ill they reached tue top Ut gentle en-
inencs which overlooked the plain
where the racing was carried on. end
where some dssen horssmsn. with .
score OF lookers-ou were assembled.
The siaht vas one which chilled the
good old psrsou to tho soul. He re-
mained moiionless, until he had made
out the whole alarming truth. thea he
turned to his companioOs.
Nov. my brothers" said be. "let
us ride down and confront the wicked
wr~tches. and il they will down upon
their knees and implere Gods mercy.
and promise TO do 30 90 more. We will
not take legal action against them. q,
that my own land should be desecrat@d
thns!' for il was indeed . sectioa Of bis
own farm.
A the good clergyman thus spoke. be
started ON toward the scene. The
horses of tho wicked men we're just
drawing up tor start - The minister
approached. aad some of the riders Who
Al once recognized .O.d Morgan" did