Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-06-19

requested to be shown to Mir. Emery 6 pew. The sexton waited until the church had filled to oyertiowing and then, with grest .imPressment, beaded the procession and marched Mir. Bean aud his family up through the aisle to the front seat in the synagogue, imme- diately facing the preacher. Brother Newman eyed the Arizona man with great interest snd the latter became very uneasy at the scrutiny. Before commencing the sermon Brother New man, without taking his eyes of MT. Bean, said: "At this period of the year it is quite likely that many ministers of the gospel and laymen are visiting the Capital and Ishcll be glad to meet and greet them after the services are con cluded." It then flashed across the mind of the Arizona delegate that he had on his "store clothes" and wore white cravat, and that his effort 10 look intensely respectful and religious, coupled with the fact that he was occu- pying ex- Mayor Emery's pew, had bet D construed by Brother Newman and the sexton to indicate that he was clergy man from abroad, This naturally dis tracted Mir. Beans attention from the sermuu and be wished himself well out of the scrape & thousand times. At last inc services were concluded and the doxology rendered. but, observing that Brother Newman's eagle eye was still fired upon bim and escape was prscsi- cslly impossible, be concluded to run inc gauntlet andIeI plain the evident mis- take So he went forward 10 the preach er and introduced himself and bis good folks about as follows: -1 am MT
 Bean. of Arizona; this is Mrs. Bean and Mrs. Colonel Baker: these are my daug ters." "You are a long ways from home, replied Brother Newman, shsk- ing hands all around. "Where do you live in the territory?' At Prescott,
 replied Mir. Bean. "Ab," replied MT, Newman, you have fiue climate there have you a large congregation worship, ping st your churchY About 35d members in good fellowship attend our church, "replIed Mir. Bean, but am moi the pastor; am not clergyman" "Ah
 indeed" ejsculsted Brother Newman, as a look of disappointment mantled his face. Permit me to express my re- gret. You would certainly be taken for @ clergyman anywhere" Brother Bean withdrew his forces ID as good or. der as possible and retreated safely to his home. As soon as the family re-es. tsblished itself under its own vine and fig tree, it occurred to Mrs. Bean to ask her husband why he had not in formed Brother Newman that he was a member of Congress. Do you think.
 replied Mir. Bean, "I was going to tell Brother Newman l WAS nothing but territorial delegate. without vote, and the identical man who introduced the resolution to offer a reward of s25. coo for Geronimo's carcass. dead or alive? Why, Brother Newman would have immediately preached me a ser mon on 'Lo, the poor Indian.' and the result would hsve been a fight or H foot race. l dld not want to argue tbe Indian question with him." "But what did you mean" gusrid his good wife, "by telling Parson Newman that there were three hundred snd thirty-three members of your church in good fel- lowship?" Mary Margaret" replied the Arizona delegate. "I am surprised at your dullness. You did not catch on to my little joke at the parsons ex- pense. We have 325 Members of the House and s Delegates from the Ter, ritories-Ihey are all good fellows, and m good fellowship with our church on Capitol hill. Now 325 Members and s Delegates make 333-the magical number of the prophets and sooth- sayersi While I nm sorry for any msn's misiortunes, there IS O measure of con pensstion in the fact that our chaplain, Dr. Milburn, is blind. and can't mistake me for a preacher. Besides, Sam Ran dsll and Speaker Carlisle look hear more like preachers than I do. Ben Butterworth and Tom Ryan might pass for clergymeu, and there is :only one man in the House who looks less like 8 clergyman than myself, and that if Warner of Missouri.