The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
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they .ri good one on A TsNeiing man or one t:IP tne ;rase.lns man more than gets eSea oa ;ac next. and Nice versa A Milwaukee traVet,sg man is pretty lar Joker. and ne doc> -ut oflen sel .eii. oG, oa a recent trip he vas sGrrrSsd moro jaAn he ever ~as before. II iappears thAi n An io~a N.t, .h= ua.alsseg from dtS- tani eiis s : sotnk so exchange pulp l. Sita ,he lasa. pEeas heT. The naiae ot iae Ffeacacl rom iac c.iy Was the same AS .att ot tae hds4lSSS traseing man. -.I1 g1ey both came on the same ,raln Sa,aclAy nigh.. he traNeling man ~as .r1 4 9o1 Test over >2adAy. sH re tclvs Apse4 aE .. saoJ room wtta A nrc n <, tS sae ptoPntIa. ui Ihe hotel. The os1ss >.eaoof oi gAe church also engaged r9on tor sae Aisl8ag ptesehes, sho was .sptesen,ed g1 oe quite A5eial Tn hss y.e~s. .a.la ], .aGak i.t ae would feel more -. home aeiel tl.an ai A pinA;e hose. he lanc ord aas down .o inc fan. as wei aS A couple of deaCoHs. and sh4a ne usse.lng man siepged oft ihe .F slIh eis . oss. .ca oi plug ;nhagt 0 ..sl aae U, lhe ian i.art sad. sood evening NIT ' ae deaeoG> bcAIC
 
 man 3.. one oi then sail. Ta ; l, brother l presume. Iae ;Faseling i.san sad ae pres4sr.cd Il MAS II he Sncs himself hls wife is ,. sis.ef n gae eaa6 h IL no ae, and be.ns alled brother ~As noih4aI ptr.4c Al4fis new 10 3l.n. - Ine deacon tooS Eis gtipSaek and they Ah ~a!Ncd up ia me heie! together. eoaYefS- lng by the WaS The ;faveltns u,ai. thought .ae landlord lad get neM sun- aer for the he:el. anu ss,hei Asea the ldea al having his grlp sarr,eG hy d man Who seemed 4 thorough gentleman.
 The weather seems 4ul,e pfopilous i9t an eaE.y seeding or our broad pfai- res. sad one of the leae onS ,o Inc itaV- eling man.
 cry ptopish, sad ,Ne tTaveiing uian, as he LOOK cigar eat ot his vest pocket and Chewed of he end. and offered cigars to tho dcacoas. 2" In all the years l have been m the hishsay don't know as ever SAW the weather Aay ptopishct than II Is aow. Have 4 Ashi, and he scratched match on Ais hlnd lcs and handed l; l. one oi the deacons. The deacon hac not probably smoked a eigar in uilcen ytAfs. but he thought ii the city minisit Could smcAe on the stieets he could, he pulled and st4angica, and got ihe sai io gong. he o;aer dca ean sad hc would smoke hzs after supper fhes walked a4ouE Il ;cw steps. tae as.t- can pc',ias away. ~aen II ei Saadeu a stream ut ed Ire hiA.ed ou, of tae end oi ais X >i sna ;4zsed sis sed aEa spui. tere l. an4 he dropped |, and turned pale Il s4, d iasdea a.EaJ. ust the deaEon thought |; ~aS ! ad -mcut on him ioI smoking s cisaf. ..nd before anything eoaia be s.44 iney AftaNca tt ,he hotcl and were shown neht up to Inc patlot bedroom without registering 0Ge ot the ceacons saia
 !" Brother E, VIC have thought th.; you would prefer this b going to one oi our houses to stop over oanday. Is eseD tk.as te your liklng here -
 The uavehng man took up the towels and snelied of them. looked Tn the water pIi her, m the wardrobe, under Lc lounge, and everywhere, and sad. This .s good enough for me Everything seems 10 be present or accounted for, bn, you always md damp sDcets In these ho- iels, and he stripped otf .he bed clothes 10 le; the sheets ar. pulled or his coa, and began to wash himself. when one of the deaeoas sad. We will now leave you to your medItatIons, and ,o prepare for your supper, and cunng the evening some of the congregation will call upon you and converse with you upon our needs as d people, and the best say 10 atIiFe ai eeTtain results, for the anchor ation ot ;he condiuon ot mankind
 = That's right. sad me travelling man. as he was rubbing h,s big red face on towel, while they went out the door. !" come around after sapper, and ~ili play you few games of fifteen bali pool.
 Ii cyclone had struck the house. the dea- could no, have been more sur prsed. They never sSokc tI.i they got out of doors, and then they looked at each other, and sighed They had never met preacher, however liberal he n,gh, be about his reiIgioas views, who ~as qaie SO worldly in hls talk, and when tfc isiung preacher spoke oi playing wicked niteen ball pool. they felt as though they must notiy the officers of the church. 50 they went around and told what had happened There vas con. s;erna,ion and good deal of talk. In the mean ume the iraveilng man had gone down % ,he hotel office, and found out what the racket was, and he found that the poor minss.er had been assigned to sfrAa bedroom up three stoFies and hc sat around the ofticc 4s pi;ifa. and fIees As any man 10 ,ac world. nit~f supper. the ,favelins man sert lnto the billiard room and got gp < game ~ith some oi the 1rummefs, and pretty soon the 3oor was daIkened Dy a committee from the church, Wao looked st the game for moment, ana acted &s though they snsil aA. through the floor Finally ore os saegl edged sG;o .he room us, as 4s me travelgng man ~as asout 10 nole bal n f4T corner goeke:, and Che oi ne oTGmmers s.-l4 he lo8lGn do II, and a~ tfas eslnx man. yao Was sIppose4 to ye preacher. set als cue down on the tloor s3a oaere1 .o bel tne .Igsrs for all :saf ci them, ,hzg hc would hole the bail -rs was 100 mg@h, arL the des on foce ed ;hc iraseli-g man m me shoui-