Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-02
LEWISTON, IDAHO TERRITORY. THURSDAY JUNE 2 1881.

m0Ac WIN oiCoASs uuN Nou y oC'iSSC
there's man in the camp that's mean
enough to take advantage of my ignor-
ance an cold-deck me right on the
first deal. I'm sincere in this new de-
parture, an l believe I struck game
l can play clear through without cop
pering bet, for when man tackles
such a layout as this, he plays every
card to win, and if he goes through
tho deal as he orter do, when he lays
down to die, an the !ast 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
l want to tell you the atory. The
book don't give no dates, but it hap
pened long. long ago. This prodigal
son had an old man that put up the
coin every time the kid struck him
for stake, an never kicked at the
size Of the pile either. reckon tho
old man was pretty we'll fixed, an
when he died he intended to give all
his wealth to this kind an his brother.
Prod give the old man little game o
talk one day, and injuced him to
whack right up in advance of the
death racket. He'd no sooner got his
duty in his first than he shook the old
man an struck out to take in some O
the other camps. He had a way-up
time for a while, an slung his cash to
tho front like he owned the best payin's
lead on earth; but hard lack hit him
lick at last an left him fat. The
book don't state what he went broke
on. but l reckon he got steered up
agin some brace game. But anyhow,
got left without chip or q four-bit
piece to 60 an eat on. An old gran
ger then tux him home an set him to
herdin' hogs, an here he got so hard
up an hunger that he piped of the
swine while they were feedin' an he
stood in with 'em on a husk lunch.
He soon wakened on such plain prov
ender, and he says to himself, says he !:
Even the old mans hired hands are
livin' on square grub while I'm worry.
in along or corn husks straight. I'll
just take a grand tumble to myself, an
chop on this racket at once. I'll skip
back to the governor and try to tx
things up, and call for new deal :
and off he started.
"The old man seed the kid coming
and what do ye reckon he did Did
he pull his gun aud lay for him, in
tending to wipe him as soon as he got
into range9 Did he call tho dogs to
chase him off the ranch1 Did he hus,
tie around for club and give him a
standof at the front gate9 Eh1 Not
to any alarming extent he didn't. No
sir! The scripture book says he
waltzed out to meet him, and froze to
him on the spot, and kissed him, and
then marched him Off to clothing
store and fitted him out in the nobbi-
est rig to be had for coin. Then the
old gent invited all the neighbors and
killed fat calf, and gave the biggest
blow out the camp ever sec."
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-cyed gambler with a fierce nous
tache arose and said:
"Taint me as would try to break uE
a meeting, or do anything disreligious
No, sir F.; | am not that sort of citi
zen. Bat in all public hoo-doos it ia
a parliamentary rule for anybody who
wants to AK question to rise up and
fire them off. / do not want ter fool
away time questioning the workings
of religion; oh, no. As long as it il
kept in proper bounds, and does not
} interfere with the boys in their games
l do not see as it can do no harm.
Just want to ak the honorable speaker
if he has not given himself dead away
Dos it stand ter reason that Il blokt
would feed upon corn husks when
there was hash factories in the camp
: Would anybody have refused the price
of q square meal if had struck them
} for it9 Would any of the dealers wh'
J heat him out Of his coin see hin
J starvei AS l remarked afore, dc
! not won't to make any disrespectable
} breaks, nut l must say that | have go
it put up that the speaker has beer
trying ter feed US on cussed thin taffey
r and no one but silly would take it in.
Bill glared upon the speaker anc
fairly Kissed;
5 "Do you mean to say that I'm I
liarT
"Wal, you can take it Just as yo'
t choose. Some folks would swallow i
: in that shape"
7 Bill pulled his revolver, and in al
f instant the bright barrels of numerou
E weapons flashed in the air as tn
4 friends for each party prepared for &C
D tive duty. The brevet preacher wa
a the first to fire and the rash doubter 0
: spiritual truths fell dead on tn
: ground Shot followed shot in quic
e succession, and when quiet was agai
, restored score or more of dead an
1 ,.,ou,dod uaya ~ rria6 from the tent