The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-18

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"Wbat b that l hear about your pa
bea1I turned out Of pSayer.meeti0l
"Wednesday night - asked the groce5
q the had boy, - be came over aftel
some cantel0pes tor breakfast and
plugged couple to see II they wes<
ripe:
HE wasn't turned out Of prayer
meeting st all. The people all went
away and pe and me was the lasl
ones out of church. But pa was mad
and don't you forget It."
"Well what seems to be the trOu-
bic" Has your pa become q hack
slider."
.''Oh, no his flag h still there. But
something stems to 30 wrong. You
zee. when VI got ready 10 70 to
prayeF-mesting last night, 70 told me
to 80 up stairs and get him . hand
keTchef and to drop . little 'fumery
On It and put It In the tail pocket Of
his coat. / did It, but I guess 1 rot
hold Of the wrong bottle of 'fumefy.
There was . label on the bottle that
said Jamaica Rum and I put on .
whole lot. Just afors put the hand
kercher In pas pocket, I noticed 4
pack of cards on the stand that ps
used 70 play hi-lojack with ma at
evenings down town, before he got
'!igioo, and l wrapped, the handkr-
cher around the pack Of cards and
put them In his pocket. I don't
know what made me do IL and %
don't either, l guess, because he told
ma this morning that was possessed
Of 4 devil. I must 70 home with
these watermelons, or they won't
"but hold on" says the grocery
man, ~ he gave the boy . few raisins
with worms In them, "what about
the prayer-meeting"
"Oh! like to forgot. Well, pa
and ma went to prayer-lneetiug, and
ma came along afterwards with \
Ceakin that b mashed on her, I
guess, cause he says she's to be pitied
for havin' to 60 through lie yoked
to such an old prize OK as pa. /
heard him tell ma that when he was
helpln' her put on her rubber water
privilege to 90 home In the rain the
night Of the s0ciab!e, and she looked
at him just as s!," does at me when
she "aI:: u, IL go down to the hair
foundry after her switch, and said:
%, you dear brother:' and all the
way home he kept her water-prisi-
lege on By putting his arm on the
small Of her lack. Ma asked pa il be
didn't think the deakin wac real
kind, and pa said: Yes dam kind
But tfat was atore he got 'ligion.
We eat in = pew at the prayer-meet-
ing next to ma and the deakin, and
there was l,ts Of picus folks all 4
round. Ate, the preacher had gone
to hat, and an old lady had her Inn
ings pr:ayin', and the singers had
gs't out on frat base, pa was On deck,
and the preacher said he wO lid like
to hear from the new convert, who
was trying to walk in the straight
and narrow way, but who found it 50
hard, owing to the many crosses he
had 10 bear. Pa kHowod It was him
that had to 60 to hat, and he got up
md said he felt 1t was good Ia b.
there. He said ut times everything
looked dark to him, and be feared he
should faltef by the waysitle, but by
firm resolve he kept his eyes sot on
the future, and It lie WAS tempteiita
do wrong he said, get thee behind
me, Satan,' and stlicK in his toe-nails
for . pull for the right. He said he
was thankful to the brtllers and
sisters for all they had done 10 make
his burden light, aud hoped to meet
them in
"When pa got down as far ~ that,
he sort Of broke down. I suppose
he was going to say heaven though
after few minutes they all thought
be wanted to meet them In . saloon.
When his eyes began to leak, pa put
his hand il his tail pocket for his
and the cards. Well,
Il he had shufI(ed them and ma had
cut them and he had dealt six hands,
they couldn't have been dealt any
lDetter. They flew into evcryboaiy's
lap. The deakin that was with nla
got the jack Of spades, three aces and
! deuce, and ma rot some nine spots
and the king Of hearts, and nearly
tainted cause she didn't get better
hand, ! s'pose. The preacher got
pair Of deilces and queen Of hearts,
and looked up to pa as tho it was 4
and an old wolnan who sat
across the aisle, she only got two
cards, but that was enough. la
didn't see what he had done at first,
cause he had the handkerchief over
his eyes, but when he snlelled the
rum on It he took It away. and then
he saw everybody discartling, and he
had struck = poker game, and he
looked around ~ tho he was mad,
cause they didn't deal him = hand.
rhe minister adjourned the prayer.
and Whispered to pa, AMI
everybody went out holding their
noses on account Of pas 'fumery, and
when pe came home, hs asked ma
What he should do 70 be saved. Ma
aid she didn't know. The deakin :
old her pa seemed tn be welded to
1is idols. IA said the deakin had
D0tter run his own idols. and pa said
le would run his. I don't know how
t's going to turn Ou!, but pa says he
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