The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-12
Not Bible Language,

Last Sunday afternoon, the superintcnd
ent of Sunday school out in the Black Hill
happened to be visiting some friends il,
brooklyn, and on invitation, attended the
scnool services OF one of our popu)a,
Methodist churches. Invited to address
, tho children, he declined at first, but finally
, consented, and to illustrate the welcome Of
the sinner to repentance related the follow.
ing anecdote.
II reckon most O you young ones have
hcarn about that old fcller IN Egypt which
Was fixed for kids. The old man was heel
cd clear to his neck, and thar wasn't a din
nor spur that he wasn't onto. and YOU bet
nc had his squar dose o. shecrs in every
pay alrt claim Oh the divide. lie was
good Old man, straight as a rifle bar'l, and
without knot, rot or woodpeckcr hole from
root 10 crows nest. For long time he'd
peen 1ull owner o an eighty stamp mill, and
travellers IN them parts seen the smoke ria.
| ing from the chimney pretty steady, and
lhcy knowcd quartz was grinding and the
dust was good. Thar warn't no funny
business about the old man. He knoweS
prime wash from salt by the color, and il
"arnt long aforc the boys quit stealing his
mules and set right down to the levels and
picked for trade. They knowed he'd strad-
dle any blind, but he dealt far, and they
respected him. Well children, tho OLD
man banked heap o quartz. Uc had II
plg ranch, ana the sheep OH it was as thick
as miners tents. Thur was antciope. ann
prairie chickens, and jack rabbits and
Dlack.tal bear Til you couldn't rest And
thar was lots of wheat and u biz shack
Dullt O. logs, with parlor iii one end Now.
L tell you thrt thar OLD man was fixed IN 10
Inc trap, and don't you forget nothing.
!5ut ono o his sons was kind O restless.
lic wanted for to prospect fer himself.
The Old man give HIM the racket straight
from the MP; told him not to make dol-
gone fool OF himself. Stay wllar he was.
mar was more money in stamp mill than
thar was III mines, and he advised the kid
to locate right thar. Why children, tibet
thar Old man knew from the fusL sour thrl
the short didn't have no show, even for
tailings, and what's tailings, even if he
played to win, to a square divide on the
regular wasll1
but The kid wanted long grass, and 80
inc oid man started linn and gave HIM his
Dlcsslng, and told him for TO always deal
leVcl with the table, and never let Il man
get his elbow behind his kidney Oh him.
ana 50 the boy got away. Fixed straight
10 hls hair. All tho dust he wanted. Best
advice boy ever got. What do you think
he dIdf lie went broke. | never knew
whether he got Into Il game whar they
played straiguls, or whether some fellow
ned over him on square deal, but lie
went clear to the bottom O his sock, AMI
struck bed rock. Clean up, dead gone.
nny Inc ylelu ut.vt n1ant % RAps = ms angles:
lie was digging for yellow in black rock
and could see The glory that was only wait
f,r tlI I'm n and
Dci. That, the poor boy, without money
enough to buy Il boy box OF matches, was
driving where thar wasn't even .pyritcs,
while all tho sky was pouring out the bcsl
color ever punncd, ami he couldn't get on
to it. Wcl., thar was only one thing 10 do.
Prospecting was no use 80 he went Il own
OH Il ranch and told the rlnchmcn he'd Keep
the coyotes oil The piEs. You Know what
an OrDcry darncd thing pig is. You've
got TO kill him and smoke him and throw him
away and forget him before you can cat HIM,
and yet that thar young man hiycd rignl
down with them pigs and drawcd wncn II
was his turn, and II he got u fair hand o
shucks he WAS goose on his luck. BimeDy
the racket got too still for him, and he kick
cd. lie made up his mind that he would
flock back TO the mil and strike the Ola
man for another Stake. Did tbe Old man
go bnck ON himf We'll, not for coin. DIl
he say hc wasn't hiring any new hands, but
the kid might get Oh W "J.h ~ Hamlton's
llollowe 1 reckon not. Says he, Put II
here, pard, and hc Just fell clean over him.
That 8 style. Thcts trade from the origin.
rhcl amt all. TheL thar Old man fetched
out II buCkskln tro"s,r snd an antelope
shirt, and some buffalo boots and Il camp
hat, and drawcd The young Teller right In.
EhI lows that1 Citing you now, AM II
Begin 70 hook Oh to my racket know
who lbc old man wasf Yes, you bet your
life, and he's waiting for you TO pass out on
bobtail and for you TO come to him and
DC liltcd out and started i'll tho stamp mlli
again like you never hoppcd tho tira-.u and
hooked out from under the family umbrella.
Let up and be saved. For ltell you, chill
dren, the lower level gets awful not some
times, and if you can DO placer work with
the sky right around you, keep away from
The tunnel business, tor thar's no drawing
after the bet. I'd like to have you sing Il
nymn for me that we sing in our Sunday
school. "BaDy hlinc;" d. you know III"
And to the asLonishment OF the local su-
pcrintendenL they did know it, and he
couldn't stop it.