The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-23

or euinames. while Christian names were III
variahly reduced 60 mono,yllableS.
ParSon Jims record and capabilities were
hardly such a, would recommend Inn asa
candidate for church wOrl; in ~communitic-
lavin, claim % advanced CIVILIZATION. ne
could not read the Pent1tciich m the original
Hebrew. Dor discuss the ThiTty-nlne Articles
bat he was a dead shot with n revolver. Hhd
could gracefully siic the back OF a Dnckln9
broucha The Westminster CatechiNIn was
a s.alc. book 10 parson Jim; but be could
st q broken limb. raise a tent or build a
.hou,y with the next man. And because he
W.. cool a. ice when fiery blood couTsed
through the veins Of other men-bccause he
Nes brave MS a hon because he was gentle
as woInan with sick men-becalso ne had u
biz he~art-bccause he spose kindly Word''
and because nothing came amiss 10 faison
Jim. the rough specimens Of humanity ID
GEORGE Washington Cullen loved ana re.
spected him rs they never could nave loFeI
and respected Il grave ami learned doctor Of
divinity from the east.
Now in a western mining town u j. .
gross breach Of etiquette 20 make ih1pliles
as to a mans pedigree OF 10 attempt to learn
moro than he chooses 10 tel! " lbs history
prior 70 hi, arrival in tine camp 50 long as
me is square and behaves himself be is one
Of ..thc bows" and a. sIch is bound 10 them
by a sort OF frccmasonry Hence, when Iaf'
son Jim came to the gulch ami announced
himself a. a preacher tine miners asked no
onestiops. They did not talk 'much stock
in pre,ching. but they were disposed to give
tho now conner "a show, ' and when time
passed and rarsou jim proved % their sats
faction that lie was made OF The right stun
they not only tolerated him, but made him
heartily welcome.
There was no church in the gulch theIe
was no school house. there was not even a
hall of any kind. There was, however, a
large frame shanty used for u whisky saloon,
named b. its proprietor The Rocky Noun
tain Sample Rooms" In the west, be 1t re-
m~emberel. all the drinks are samples, no
matter if the same consumer gets away with
fifty cla,se, from the same barrel.
Parso,. Jim made his appearance in the
rl.h during the winter Immediately follow
inc tine summer when the Hon Samuel Green
made his important discovery OF the exist
enco of silver in tho valley. He arrived on
"a handsome roam mare without bag or bag
gaze. and made his quarters at the rude no.
tcl connected with the Rocky Mountain
Sauple Rooms During the evening there
wa. a scuGie in the large barroom, and the
newcomer looked ia through one of the doors
10 see what was the trouble y young and
slender had of perhaps - or - years was
STRUGGLING with q brutal looking, muscular
~jant of twice his age 1t was only a cues
ton of minutes when the big rough fellow
would down" his young opponent and yet
the dozen or soof onlOOkors made no attempt
At interference just as the new arrival ap-
pcared on the scene, the younger conbatant
got i'm n nasty blow, which evidently hurt
and irritated his opponent. Quick as light
ming the big fellow drew his bowie knife ami
raised II preparatory t. plunslnS 1t INTO tho
lad.
Hands or, YOU bullyr shouted the 'tran-
eerin the doorway The burly fighter glanced
RAPIDLY in the direction from whence these
words came. but did not drop the hand which
gripped the ugly knife.
"Drop that knifer' Numbered the stranger,
at the same time laying ms hand upon his
pistol pocket.
The bully noticed the last named action
aud letting 60 the boy yelled, with added
oaths. Curse you; shut up. Who are YOU,
anyhow The large man was evidently
very angry. Ho held the knife IN his left
hand and With his right drew a heavy re-
volyer, which he proceeded 10 level at the
stranger.
Throw up your hands, quick shouted
the latter. But the fellow did not hear this
warning. Click, went the hammers of the
pistols. Ii was u question of quarter seconds
now. Bang went one reyolyer-the stran-
gers-aud the big man fcll-dead.
Then there was q mOmentary silence, fol
lowed by some queer CALCULATIONS. Dead rs
Il Injiu'-"Sarved him riChtr-"Stranger's
a plucky unr-"Be-ewtiful shOt'-"Wh no
air you, stranger, anyhow
BOYS" said the new arrival, when at last
be had a chance to speak, this is a sort of
business that / an not fond Of Sometimes
it is necessary, though, as 1t was tonight. !
am sorry but lets say 10 more about II. !
pay the funeral expenses and answer all ques-
tons. You want TO know who ann Well,
I'm Il preacher, and therell be preaching i'll
this room, with the landlords permission,
next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
1t was t. strange Introduction for a
preacher, but II was, perhaps, the best one he
could have had in that wild place. Any way,
the respect Of those rough miners was last
iugly secured, and from that time on be
grow in favor as a man and u preacher
In those old coach days there was one seri-
Gus drawback 70 travelling between Denver
and George Washington Gulch-the road va:
infested b. a small but hitherto invincibiC
band OF despcradoes, under the leadership Of
q regular dare devil known as Kansas.
This man Kansas had attacked and robbed
the coachea fifteen or eighteen times within
sA months and although lie had never been
known 70 be accompanied 10y more than
three c~onfederatcs, his band was the terror
of the stage drivers and their passengers.
Once the pr0pFiet0rs Of the stage line had or
ganized a posse Of armed men. who secured
the country in search y Kansas and his
crew but the outlaw remained al large, and
within a week hgtxened d coach Of $1,000
worth of silver ingots
Late in the evening Of a summer day
when, with the exception OF a party OF gam.
blers at the sample Rooms" all the citizens
Of the gulch were soundly sleeping, a soil.
tary horseman rode up 70 the unpretentious