The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-01-30
Jack o, pIAmoNDs-PAsToR.


Tn. ssraighsest Gambler Of the Black
o..g. Becomes = Missionary 10 the
Miners.
New York World.l
u. Ma. knswn in every camp in the
pl.ck Rasge as the Jack o. Dia-
mondsn He was q gambler by pre-
f.s.iOs. sad pet squarer, more honest
man never snuffed the pure air of the
mountains. For several years he
swung between the various mining
camps in Colorado, Arizona and New
Mexico. "until,' a. the boys put il,
ahe dropped into Denver, ran up
against a holy layout and WAS ruined"
On the trip referred to Jack was in
duced to attend meeting at the rooms
Of the Young Mems Christian Assecia-
ton. and the teachings he there listened
to fell upon his soul and took root.
Thsy set him to thinking, and he went
again, and soon became convinced that
he wa treading upon dangerous
ground. His couvictions empowered
him, and at one of the meetings he
arose and said j:
my friends. hereafter when you
pray want you to chip in little for
me- have been gambler for years,
but | have been n square one, aud amt
81 bad as somsu' the stiff-uscked fol
lowers o the Lord might make me out.
| never rung in a fixed deck on
sucker, an alwavs dealt from the top
. the pack, but I'm willip to chop on
the racket aa' stand in with tie Bible
gang il you can fix il al right with the
Lord al ring me in at the foot o the
Tanks"
Every body prayed for him, and he
soen announced that a change had
taksa place within him, and that he
felt that the Lord had forgiven him
and drawn 4 screen over his past life.
Absut this stage he conceived ths
idsa of returning to the mining camps
to do missionary work among his late
fslle~-gamblers. His appearance
there as gospel sharp created great
sstonishment.
| reached one of the Black Range
camps on the evening stage, aud after
supper strolled along the one main
street. In front of = low leg building
man stood blowing tin hern, pAus-
Ing II Intervals to cry out:
Roll up, tumble up every body. an
wax rIgLt into the tabernickls, whar'
Inc Jack o Diamonds will elucidate
on the heavenly game, which the same
Is new ons that's Just struck the
aAge. Pass right in every body with
out moaey an without price, for
sslvatisn's free to you and ms, an
mars no percentage in favsr o the
dealer. The Lord says come; the
spirit an the bride says come, and the
JACK o Diamonds reiteratss the invita-
uoa' 50 walk right in an hear the
'u'es o. the game, an you needn't set
10 u the layout dent suit you"
l aiterward learned that il took
JACK three days to teach the speech to
MS crier so he could deliver 1t without
Tue services Of prompter,
strolled in with the crowd and WAS
sSos listening to the rendition of
neck OF Ages, Cleft for Me-" The
Sneir consisted of three voices-John
levine, a tenderfoot miner; Harry
cummings, the stags-driver, and Ar.
'nur Baxter, an ex.deacon of the
Ssnurch, who had left the States but a
lew hours before the issuance of a
~arraDt for his arrest. The musical
compartment = was furnished by Dick
brown, the most expert baujoist in the
southwest, who, for a consideration
.ISs anight, had generously consented
I" run the risk of furnishing his
sPutati"n by playing for the religious
h's ,%ket In the early part ofths evening,
~ ye'ols his services were required at
'e p dancs-house. Devine sang tenor.
Ssa'er a9s sang bass, and the stags-drivsr
''Gnt confns himself to any particular