The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-12
PATTLlNG JOE,s PRAYER.

Capt. Jack Crawford, formerly the post
master Of Girardville, has written 0 vol
ume Of character sketches and mining
poems and published them at San Fran
cisco. They are written In the style
adopted by Mark Twain and other west
eHn humoEists, and are said to be equal in
merit with the best. The following Is q
specimen Of them. Its caption Is
"RArfLIEo JoE's PRAYER."
yist pile on some more o. them pine knots,
An squat yer.elf down on this akin;
An, ScottyI let up on on yer gTowlin-
The boys AZ ali tired 2. y e. chin him.
An give the boys all square drink,
An a soon q yer settled n tell ye
A yarn q II please ye, think.
Twas the year eighteen hundred an sixty,
day In the bright month O June,
snatched Monte Biii"-known as MeCune
Bill war Allus q favoFite among Us,
In spite O. the trade that he had,
which war gamblin'-but-don't ye furgit It
He Of 'en made weary hearts glad:
An, paFds, while be lay in that CONN,
which We heWed from the trunk o. 4 tree,
His face war a. calm a. an angels,
An white a. an angels could be.
An thar's whar the trouble commenced, pards
An Joe aaid: ave can't drop him this way,
Without come directions or stampa."
Then up spoke old sandy McGegOr:
"Look' ee yar mates, I'm regular dead stuck;
I ean't hold no hand q religion,
An I'm feared Bills gone In out o luck.
RI chip n a.. say STi him NAM mass aGo p
But Amt got no show In the layout
Ioan't bust the game, % pass"
Rattlin' Joe war the dext q the speakers.
An Joe war friend O. the dead:
The salt water stood IN bis peepen
An these are the words as he said: Il
Mates, yoa know ! ain't any Ghristi .
Bat thar once war a time, long ago,
when war hid, remember
10 lie little brown church every sunday.
WhaF they said was dumb as q mule;
An EecEOn I've nearly forgotten
Bat stIli, IL youil drop to my racket,
IN show you what can do.
aJist hand me them ealds of that rack
An he Went % work 1haiain, ne PACK.
"a AZ seSa nj Kinder Pious ike: %PSrds,
n ye1l jist cheese yer racket an listen,
m show ye the Prar book in cards.
''Tho 'ace,' that reminds US Of one God;
Tue tray Of the Father, Son an Holy Ghost
For, ye see, all them three are but one;
The four-Spot' Is Mathew, Marx, Luke an John;
The 'hvespOt the virgins who trimmed
Their lamps while yet twas light OF the Jay
An the 1--we foolish virgins who sinned;
The .sixspot,' in six days the Lord made the
world,
The sea an the stars in the heaven
IN jIss 90 70 rest on the seven.
The 'elghtspot' IL Noah, his vile an three sons
An Noah'S three sons had their wives;
God loved the hull mob, 20 he bid EN- embark,
AM In the freshet He saved their lives.
The queen war OF Shelby in old Bible times,
The king represents old King SOL
She brought in a hundred young folks, gals an
boys,
To the king In his government hall.
They war ali dressed alike, an she axed the old
boy
shed put mp his wisdom a. boshl-
which war boys an which gals. Old SOL said:
iBy Joel How dirty their handsl Make 'em
.WG1hr'
Their bands an part O their wrists,
" shsbs Weifensd an shook he fins's asts.
Now, he .EnSve,' that's the devil an, God, ef
list Eeep bis hands ofr'n poor Bill.
An now, lads, list drop on yer knees fer awhile,
TN draw, an perhaps Kin I'LL;
An hayin' no Bible, I'll pray on the cards,