Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-01
No. SO.
A PARSONS SAD EXPERIENCE.
But He Could Stand Misfortune Bette,
Than Mulkittie'S Boy.
[Arkansaw Traveller. I

ATkdllS;lW lraNeer.I
Parson Nelson, OF the Whip Lash neigh
borhood, came to the city the other day
on business. The eminent rural divine
had built new log church and had come
to town to buy lamps, a comfortable bench
for mourners, chairs for eXhOrters. and
other modern conveniences for the hallelu
iah revival. The parsOn would entruSt
no one but himself with the divine COM
mission, and when he arrived in town
with his twenty-three dollars and sixty
cents folded in the toe OF stocking and
tied with buckskin string, he walked
around with an air of responsibility us I'M
pressive as though the sum OF money were
financial ark of the covenant. He had
| often heard that nearly every man who
| lives in town is thief and q rObber, ever
seeking an advantage OF country people,
whose honesty of purpose is as we'll defined
as the traditional horns belonging to the
lamented off OK, said to have been the
property of the now deceased Adam. He
was determined that no mean advantage
should be taken of him, and. like the hon
est vicar of Wakefield, he rather congratu-
lated himself on his inherent shrewdness.
He put his horse in a wagon yard, walked
around awhile, and then, feeling anxious
for the safety Of the animal, went back
and looked at him. A farmer-like man.
noticing the parsons anxiety, approached
him and said:
II tell you, old gentleman, we have to
be mighty careful when we come to town.
! l put my mule in here this mornin' an L
can't keep from comm around every now
an then to see how he's gettin' along [
don't like this intidel town, nohow. They've
got fine churches an all that, but there
amt no genewine religion in them like
thar is in the old churches out in the
country
You are right" Parson Nelson replied.
II am preacher Of the true gospel my
! SELF"
$50 am T.
II am glad to meet YOU and the two
men shook hands warmly. They conversed
pleasantly for while, when Mr.. Dixon,
the farmer-like man, said: Il want to do
little tradin' out here at a store kept by
friend of mine, but amt got no change for
$50 bill. Pm afeerd to ask any of these
men around here to change it, and l reckin
I'll have to 90 home without gettin' my
stuff
Parson Nelson said he could accommo-
date his friend, and he united the stocking
toe and emptied his twenty-three dollars
silver dollars and received in exchange a
twenty dollar bill. After few minutes
more of pleasant conversation the two gen.
tlemen separated. Mr.. Nelson went down
town and purchased several lamps, but
when he presented the twenty dollar bill
the merchant told him it was the rankest
counterfeit he ever saw. Mr. Nelson
gasped. He hurried back to the wagon
yard and asked for Mr.. Dixon. The pro-
prietor told him that the mans name was
not Dixon, and that he was one of the
slickest sharpers in the country. The old
mans spirit groaned aloud. He happened
to think of the Rev Mr. Mulkittle, and
inquiriDg the way, he directed his steps
towards the city minister's house. He was
warmly received, and the story of his mis-
fortune was listened to with sympathetic
attention. In the evening after the kind
! Mulkittle had loaned the brother $50 and
prayed few times with him, the old man
declared that he felt nightly 'hope up"
When bedtime came the old man started
up to a room which had been previously
shown him. On the stairs he met the boy.
who had been kept away from the old
man, and who, his parents thought, was in
bed asleep.
Are you going to bed?" the boy asked
Yes, my little man. Where have you
been all the time?''
I've been around all the time May 1
90 up to the room with you?'
'Tooby shore come on'
The old man lighted his pipe and sat on
the side of the bed. The boy sat on
trunk watching him. ''Do you preach in
this town?'' he asked
NO. thank the Lord the old man re-
piled.
"Why thank the Lord ?'
Because / wouldn't preach to such peo-
pie. want nothing to do with such vile
sinners"
But the Bible says you must preach to
sinners. If the people was already good
they wouldn't need preachin' to. Did the
people in this town treat you bad 2"
"Yes, shameful and wish had some
of 'em by the neck. If Jonah had been
sent to town like this / wouldn't have
blamed him for running away. A man to-
day cheated me out of $50, and if I had
hold of him now, I'd maui him till he
couldn't stand up
Would that be returning good for evil?7
1T would be returnin' good beatin' for
an evil act, thatt what it would"
If you had been in Jobs fix youder
CuSScu NOu du Ulcu, WOulUQU { you :.
mo, wouldn't"
But youder got mad! You're mad
now cause man cheated you outen $40,
and that amt half as bad as to be covered
all over with boils, is it?'
mo, reckon not" and the old fellow
put aside his pipe and began to draw off
his clothes
Then, why are you mad now ?"
"My little man, want to go to sleep
now"
But want you to tell me-"
II shall not do anything of the kind"
and he stretched himself upon the bed
'Did you ever have boils On you ?"
''Yes"
did you have as many as Job?'
mo"
"How many did Job have?"
Il don't know"
Then how do you know you didn't
have as many?"
The old man sprang from the bed rushed
to the door and yelled:
"Oh, Mulkittlew
YES" came from below
Here take back your $50. I'd rather
change counterfeit $50 bills all day than
put up with this nuisance of boy. I'm
off. Goodbye"