The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-11
The Fighting Parson.
ONE OF TEE CHURCH MILITANT

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canned summit fnI ,invo hem, ny,
roaA was n nlrnsnnt mo Ivir, yni,,,, ~,
the SUNLIGHT shaded Lcrs a,rrd ,,,"r' i ,,,
trees. which seemed IA Gnd rn,ts ia az
very stones ~ WV
"1Iow frrsh ali tIir,s i,ol ~, t,,r, 81,
he vcnturrd finally io Ircnk tho silence
~ wander dn The nnnuln JVeIlin,, haro
eniny thom ar il iLnt a ilnssing r1sa,,,-
ed for sirangcrsy'' Wv JOINS '''''''
Indeed ihcy do euiov tbem ni,vnvs
i'm their way " WAS ti,r reniy "iin Va,
moi know iLnt nnuut,iuIers ,,,,rc ;,,r'
hans than amy ntLpr u,n,,l. ,ro at,,ci,-
ed la their L6mesy 1lnyp yom IA s"n,,
forgotten how hard tLrv fnught fnr
them during the Nnry Nby tl1is va,y
mountain itself was n conti,iuHi LnttIc,
ground for wears.
Perhaps the light is not over even
vet. he said cnrelessly, WV WV wa
"You come upnrrr truth than vou
think r" Will "A frnvn' Iii Ia m"i Nor
! You do moi believe me- Then look nm
n LITTLE la the ri,It inst un,Irr tiin
| stump of thnt old brnl,rti trne in vni,
/ see nnythinpy"
Gordon shaded his cycs from tho
! binding SIM and lnnkrd c,rnnsiiv In
the direction She had nnintod mi
~ certainly do sec snnrthin,, bc
| answered. finally; hut what can
| scarcely distinguish II lonks liEc n
man leaning mon snmpthint
at isnmln "she cried n litilr nrnud-
| ly. "standinu where he can SOC twenty
! miles down thr valley and that thiny,
he seems leaning nnon il a ",,p ma
shot from which would mi nl1 of Raid
| Mountain uudrr arms What do v"u
think of us now" There WAS nothing
| hut pride and defiance In tho 0irl's
words hut i'm her eyes Gordon road "A
world of pleading for his Indictment and
ne answered thoIlphtfully.
THAT have never understood YOUR
peonie and nerhans no,jer aI,,iI -
For a moment thew were silent. then
she said so low ms scarcely TO reach him.
~ only wish Won had moi come -
And am very glad did. " was the
reply.
And whyY" she questioned.
ITO have met Won would have hccn
enough. | think. " and her ewes sank To-
the yellow rond INT the tltisl, nu nor
checks answered him.
II was very nearly,dark when the ncw
minister of Three Forks RETURNED ia thr
hotel. and after a hasty sumner sought
the seclusion of his room. II was Two
hours later when n cavalcadr of horse
men dashed down from the MAINTAIN
and drew M before tho hnusr. Thrv
entered the little office without core-
mOny and roughly demanded Ia lac
shown the preacher The host was
nervous and full OF fears for his guest \
safety.
Now, Tim" he said plcadngly to
the speaker. give the fcllal some kind
of show, can't ycy lie seems to he a
pretty decent kind of "a clap this time. -
Give him Show echoed the man.
WY n.CSH ye, ul, man we hG cant go
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We wanted ter. and then the BOYS sOiter
chimpd in with me. ns they generally
does when old Tim Chrsw.ck scs So"
The speaker paused again. aud Gordon
bent his head. irving to understand how
that plcasant-faCcd delicate girl could
be the daughter of this rough old man,
and then looked at him with more in
terest in his eyes because of the very
strange association
AN then" continued the orator.
SLOWLY. 1--WE thought that bein' as how
you'd heard Of our threats and such
like, we'd lust come down here tonight
and sOt your mind easy like. So par
son. will We lickerY"
Gordon politely begged to be excused.
and Cheswick went ON as if never inter
| rupted.
"All right, pardncr. stick ter yer col
| ors; | like ter see "A man do that always
and no harm done, but if youll kindly
excuse MS. we will. "aud at the word the
entire company charged the bar with
considerable enthusiasm. When, much
| later that night. they finally parted from
each other, Frederick Gordon felt that
| he had succeeded in making some per
| sonal friends among the rough men who
| defended Bald Mountain, and he sank