New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-20
LE4DVILLE SERMON.
Moncrrs D. contcay IN me Phaadtlphtd ION

M5ncurs D. Conway fH The Philadelphia Umes
At one of our evening entertainments MI. d.
NOR who IA returning from tour IN America ItHq Us
Vile The service in a variety theatre; some wills
key barrels made the pulpit After the singing OF A
days march nearer home hafd-ieatuItd miner Ioso u
address the hard featured congregation:
Friends. the regular preacher has gone down To-Day
among the boys who are working the new carbonate
mines at Guunison. and have been appointed 10 Lake
ms hand and heavc 1t for all It's worth 10 laLy Oh YOU
new To this business, but | don't believe there's a
rooster I'm the camp mean enough to take 4dEaESPeO Oh
my ignorance and ddcck me ON the met deal ndHo
been reading this yerc book that yarn about the PiOd
gal aud Will try to tell you the story Inc pooA
bIc spell back In history. II seems the FIods father
pretty hush with the stamps ana Lca soOu sort
into tho bargain as he always ShelIeu out dty " In
the kid struck him for stake, and never buckcd At tuc
hearty on the rancho and generally uehaNca nS SI
haudsum. But by and by the Md began To- get IcstvSs
and wanted rustic out the travels 80 he gol inc 3c
man To ante up III advance OF the ucdIn ',h.t -,
him CO. lie no sooner got his diyNy IN his POCKET tn
nc S"OH W 40, ~ ,,, ~ W. ,anru,, tn th, book,
he had way-up time at first and slunS MS com atouu
II he owned tue best paying lead WITHIN tnoUS ,
miles OF Denver. buI my nlohus' ln7 b' ,%n p,i IL
forever Hard luck struck him at last ana tle luu -
dental way to OF his chuns: say, on lafu ~
busted clean down to the bedrock, and thcmS o oolu
bOodrd facts" The book don't say what thc fIOn NcV
broke on but proby he scored up against some DLGo
game. BE that ~ may however. he was so Dcauu
fully cleaned out that nc hadn't twO-bt piece let To 10
and In this condition he struck iIhche D'iOnS
Ing to an old granger who taking pity on hg poor jus
w ploH' $50 l.V WINS
wasn't bad old sample In general way pl' no VS.
that often the Prod got irighfuy sharp set Or meal
he had 20 whacks In the hOg trough You Del tue
Kid who his flush times had been boOLing round among
the best OF everything like silver king ora big railway
mOnOpOlst had now plenty OF time on ms MINUS 80 iol
doing tall lot of thinking aud one day he Sald 10 l-
self III lust ding this business. Why even the neal-
help In my old governors hired service are ullS On
square grub aud plenty OF IT, while I'm worrying along
here shook lunch. know what III do-l J9St
skip back home to the old man and ask for a new deaf
SO away he went but he had hard time reaching the
old rancho, and don't you forget II. When you nave
plenty OF coin, my friends, eyeybody's pleasant bIt
Finally he did strike the familiar u; leading down TO
the old home and while crossing some open lots ihe od
man. as the book puts IT, saw HIM looming a Id on
Yes that ole mans eyes were very DIM but nc u ho'
fail to spot his boy afar of. ,,, Min.
whistle the dogs up TO chase him of the ranche lo oi
he aidh Dd ne ~ anu luxe toHh v n hnt he ih't
No. but III tell you what he did lie just Waited right
of the gate to meet him. ana rOze 10 that poor scare
right on the spot and fell TO kissing OF MN anu
weeping him and calling him his poor, lost boy
until the Prod got broke all up and like slnce dam
when the snow comes down of Pixies Peak under July
The old man then took him right away To eloh-
ngl store and rugged him out In the nObbest suit to DO
had for coin and put an elegant ring on MS nnSeIt
ordered the fattestteer therancho To DO slaughtered
invited all the neighbos In and had the biggest blowout
Now ii appears the Prods elder brother was out at
work with the teams, and when no came In he asked
having inside, aud when he was told the reason
he just got real mad The old man hearing OF TINS went
out him and said: Come in lad your brothers com
back and we're having regular od-fashiOned lublce
u
share the breakdown But the brother wouldn't Dudge
and sad y" Look here dad have stuck to the ranche
and have transgessed your orders, nut never
struck you have picnic this kind until you give II IN
honor OF loafer VINO has disgraoed our name" But
my friends you make your bets ON IL thaI Ou man ia
level head and wasn't To be easily bluiied lie says
My son, you say you have never transgIessed my
orders but you quite that's so. tell you that
you have grievousy transgressed my commandments
now by your mbr0therly and uncharitaDle behavior
Leamlthat IA not pleased by service OF mere FORM,
If the heart Is accord You count that your
service according 10 the letter Of the law, but tell you
Z ,lonf he
concerned The spirit you showing, my lad, Is the
one that leads " mndedncss To blsOy, 10 IN