The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-04
NOT BIBLE LANEIAGE.
A DFADwOOD SUNDAY SCHOOL sUPERISTEND-
ENT-s PARABLE or THE PRODIGAL SON

A DEADwOoD SUNDAY SCHOOL sUPERTNTEND-
ENT-s PARABLE or THE PRODIGAL SON
Last Sunday afternoon, the superintendent
of a Sunday school out in the Black Hills
happened to be visiting some friends in
Brooklyn, and, on invitation, attended the
school services Of one of our popular Meth
odist churches. Invited to address the chill
dren, he declined at first, but finally consent
ed and to illustrate the welcome of the sin
uer 10 repentance related the following an
ecdOts
Il reckon most o. you young ones have
hearn about the Old fellow in Egypt which
was well fixed for kids. The old man was
heeled clear to his neck, and thar wasn't
dip nor spur that he wasn't onto, and YOU
bet he had his squaT dose O. SheeTs Iu every
pay dirt claim OH the divide. lie was good
old man, straight as a rife bar'l, and without
knot, rot or woodpecker hole from root to
crows nest. For long time he'd been fun
owner o an eighty stamp mill, and travellers
in them parts seen the smoke rise from the
chimney pretty steady, and they knowed
quartz was grinding and the dust was good.
Thar WaTn't no funny business about the old
man. He knO we'd prime wash from salt by
the color, and it warn't long afCre the boys
quit stealing his mules and set right down TO
tie levels and picked for trade. They knew
he'd stTaddle any blind, but he dealt fair.
and they respected him. Well, children, the
old man banked a heap O. quartz. He had
D3I TlTG0. ana TIC SICtD on II WAS as LulcE
as Hlt-eTs tents. Thar was antelope, and
prairie chickens. and jack rabbits, and black
tcE 0=-r till YOU couldn't rest. And thar
was 1gs OF wheat and big shack built O.
logs. with a parlor in one end, Now, / tell
you, thet thar'old man. was fixed up to the
trap, and don't you forget nothing. But
one o his SONS was kind o restless He
wanted for to prospect for himself The old
man give him the racket straight from the
hip told him not to make doggone fool of
himself. Stay whar lie was Thar was
more money in stamp mill than thar was i'm
mines, and he advised the kid to locate right
thar Why, children. thet thar old man knew
from the fUst sour thet the short didn't nave
no show, even for taiingS, and what's tail
inCS, even if he played to win, to a sQuar di-
vide on the regular wash?
but the kid wanted long grass and so the
old man started him and gave him his bless
ing. and told him for TO always deal level
with the table, and never let man get his
elbow behind his kidney on him, and so the
boy got away. Fixed straight 30 his hair. -
All the dust lie wanted. Best advice a boy
/ ever got What do you think he did He
went broke l never knew whether he got
. into q game where they played stTaiEhtS, OF
whether some fellow held over him on q
+ square deal but he went clear TO the bottom
. o his sock ana struck bed rock. Clean Up.
dead gone. The yield didn't pan cent 70
the ton, Gulch dried Up. Dips crossed his
. angles. Blind leads fetched the only vein he
. had, except one, but that he didn know Of.
lie was digging for yellow in black rock and
could see the glory that was only waiting foI
him 10 essay and coin. \ q, YOU bet That
poor bOy, without money enough to buy
a box Of matches, was driving where thar
was n I even pyIiteS, while ali the sky was
pouring ont the best color ever pauued, and
he couldn't get on TO it. Well, thar was
only one thing to do. Prospecting was no
use. 50 he went down on a ranch and told
the ranchmeu he'd keep the coyotes of the
pigs You know what an OTnery darned
thing pig IS. You've got TO kill him and
smoke him and throw him away and fOrge
him before you can eat him, and Yet tLet
thar young man lived right down with them
pigs and dTawed when IL was his turn, and il
ne got fair hand o. shucbs he vas goose or
lis luck. Bimeby the racket got too stiff foI
him, and lie kicked. he made up his mind
that he would flock back to the mill and
strike the old man for another stake. Did
the old man 20 back on him Well, not fOi
coin. DID he say he wasn't hiring any new
hands, but the hid might get or to work a
Hamilton's Hollow L recken not. Say:
he, Put It here, pard, and he just fell clear
over him. That's style. Thet's trade from
the origin. Thet amt all. Thet thar old
man fetched out a buckskin trowsers, anS
an antelope shirt, and some buffalo boot
and z camp hat, and drawed the Young fel
you now, am ? Begin TO hook on to ml
racket? Know VINO the old man was? Yes
YOU bet your life, and he's waiting for you L
pass out on a bobtail and for yOu TO come Z
nm anu bS HltSu out tuu started III lH
stamp mill again Ike You never hoped tn,
ti-Ta-lu and hooked out from under tile fam
lily umbrella. Let up and be saved For
tell you, children, the lower level gets awfu
hot sometimes, and if you can 60 placer worl
with the SKY right around you, keep ava
from the tunnel business, foT thar's no draw
ing after the bet. I'd like to have You sim
a hymn for me that we sing in our Sunda
school, Baby Mine : do you know it -
/ And to the astoniShment of the local super
intendent they did know it, and he couldn'
stop it brooklyn Eagle.