The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-06
TIE Ran Boy.


What Is 1t 1 hear about your pa be-
ing turned out OF prayer meeting Thurs
day night :" asked the grocer Of the bad
boy as he came over after some cante-
lopss for breakfast. and plugged couple
to see il they were ripe
"IIe wasn't turned out Of prayer
meeting at all. The people all went away
and pa and me was the last ones out
Of the church. But pa was mad and
don't you forget it."
"Well, what seems to be the matter.
Has your pa become backsiider."
"Oh, no; his flag is still there But
something seems to go wrong. You see.
when we got really to so to prayer meet
ing last night, pa told me to go rp stairs
and get him handkerchief and to drop
little perfumery on it, and put it in the
tail pocket of his black coat. did it,
but guess / got hold Of the wrong bottle
Of 'fumery. There was a label On the
fumery bottle that said Jamaica Rum.
and thought it was the same as Bay
Rum and put on whole lot Just
aiore / put the handkerchief IN pas
pocket, / noticed pack Of cards on the
table, that pa used to play hi-ls-iack
with ma evenings when he was 20 sick
he couldn't go down town, before be got
ligion, and / wrapped the handkerchief
around the pack OF cards and pat them
in his pocket. don't know what made
me do it, and pa don't either, guess,
cause he told ma this morning ! was pos
sessed Of devil / never owned no
devil, but had pair Of goats onct, and
they played he'll all roead, pa said-
That's what the devil does, isn't it :
Well, / must 20 home with these melons,
or they won't keep"
Hold on, said the grocer, as he gave
the boy few raisins with worms IN, that
he couldn't sell, to keep him, "whss
about the prayer meetng-
"Oh, like to forgot. Well pa and
me went to prayer meeting. and ms came
along afterwards with deacon tha: Is
mashed on her, / guess, cause he sayi
she is to be pitied for having to 20 through
life yoked to such an old prize OK as pa.
Iheard him tell ma that, when he wa.
fixing her water privilege to 60 home IN
the rain on the night Of the sociable, and
she looked at him just as she does at M
when she wants me to go down town Il
the hair foundry after her switch, ana
said, oh, you dear brother, and all tn
way home he kept her water privilege oI
by putting his arm ON the small Of he
back. Ma asked pa if he didn't thinl
the deakin was real kind, and pa said
yes, dam kind, but that was afore b
got 'ligion. We set in . pew at th
prayer meeting next to ma and the dea
kin, and there was lots Of pious folks q
around there. After. the preacher ha1
went to the bat, and an old lady had he
innings praying, and the singers had 60
out ON first base, pa was on deck, an
the preacher said they would like to hea
from the recent convert who was tryin
to walk in the straight and narrow wa
but found It so hard, owing to the man
crosses he had to bear. Pa knowed
was him that had to 60 to bat, and h
got up and said he felt it was good to /
there. He said he did not feel that b
was full sized Christian yet, but th.
he was getting in his work the best
could. He said at times everythin
looked dark to him, and he feare
he should falter by the waysid,
but by a firm resolve he kept his eye .,
on the future, and if he was tempted ,
do wrong he said get thee behind n
Satan, and stuck in his tos-nails for
pull for the right. He said he W,
thankful to the brothers and sisters, pa
ticularly the sisters, for all they hs
done to make his burden light, and
hoped to meet them all in. VIII,
pa got as far As that he sorter brol
down. I'spose he meant to say heave
though after few minutes they q
thought he wanted to meet them in
saloon. When his eyes began to lea
pa reached in his.tail pocket for his ha
kecher, and got hold of it and gave it
jerk, and out came the hankecher al