Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-15
: HOW TO WIN AT FARO
At Joe's Place, Sunday Evening at 80 O'Clock
By Rev. James ARMSTRONG,
: Ofthe Methodist Church.
He will tell you How 10 Bar Splits and Not Get
whipsawed on the Last Turn-Is You
Strikes Kind Deal Don't Be Afraid
to Set Your Checks IN
The boys said the sermon was a ..corker"

The boys said the sermon was a '.corker"
Out under cottonwood tree an old Meth
odist preacher held forth at Guthrie. the first
Sunday after the opening of Oklahoma, His
sermon was characteristic of the occasion.
Il am poor, humble deputy receiver Of the
land Office Of heaven, and am here to start a
boom for the new Jerusalem. a city not of tents
and dust, but of everlasting mansions and COL
den streets There viii be no claim Jumpers
there. The devil is welcome to them. There
will be no early birds there who slipped by the
Judgment seat before IL O'Clock noon of the
Lords salvation. Come mp now and file your
declatory statements. Enter -FOUR claim this
very day and get homestead where the fros.
never falls, the hot winds never blow and the
grasshopper is never seen. If Won are hunting
for town site every lot is a corner lot in the
new Jerusalem Who will DE .boomer?'"
In hlnGfeher notice was posted that a "skv
pilot would hold forth on Sunday in the
Assembly Hall. the biggest tent ssloon in the
town. Everything ran wide open until Sunday
morning. and then the gamblers and saloon
keepers shut up shop. Provision stores and all
the other business houses kept up tie buying
and selling, but those supposed TO be the wick
edest men in town we're quick 10 respond to the
call for an audience. Everybody who was not
awake early was aroused by the bugier. This
buSler was worthless young csvalryman, who
got into limbo the second dav for lifting a
si1-shooter. His bugle was already in pawn.
Faro Tim redeemed the bugle. then got the
owner out on the promise that be would lead
the singing fo- the services of tine sky pilot
AROUsINa THEN BY BUGLE
The idea was decidedly unique, but Faro
Tim didn't know bugle from a bassoon, and
having heard the young fellow play thought he
had struck the boss thing in engaging brass
band" The bugler proved O greater adept at
music than seemed possible with SO insienifi-
cant an instrument. Bright and early he began
hls duties by marching around the tented town
sounding rcveille. 1t is musical but exasper-
ating when people are sleepy. He varied the
call by singing in stentorian tones the words
which the soldiers set to the music:
Ican't get 'em up.
can't yet 'eE, up,
lean. get Fem up this morning.
They wcn's set mp this nlorpinr
fh hsy wSn ses NJ NJ, ti: ,nOrn;ns
hey won: get up today.
A little later he began to give the church
there would be services. Just before church
youth with fiddle under his arm came stroll
ing into town. Faro Tim nabbed him, .sCould
he play preachin' tunes?" Cert and he was
engaged on the spot
At II o'clock the whole end Of the great tent
and around it The parsons" pulpit ~ the
bar. His baggage had been stolen, and With it
his Bible. This got bruited about, and
Lucky Dan went down in his hip
pocket, producing roll Of dirty mus
lin He unwound from its folds . small
worn Bible and passed it up to the Preacher.
Everybody knew the Bible. 1t was Lucky Dams
mascot, left him by his mother. and when
lock of brown hair fell from IL, curl
ing around the preachers fingers, every
ody knew likewise that it was curl cut from
the head of Dams wife q long time before she
got divorce from him. The preacher had NO
hymn book. either, but he didn't regard Il q Of
much matter. He did not suppose thas many
Of that crowd could sing anyhow. After con-
sulting the "brsss band hs announced that
they vould play Home Of the Soul" and he
would like ali to Join In singing. The youth
said he could play it and The bugier sid he
could tag along"
A STRANGE 0ATHK1INo.
II would be difficult for . stranger to such
scenes to picture 1t. Il was town Of tents,
with . few board shanties, sst doxu IN he
midst Of an sIabominataon Of desolatioU." There
veEo hundreds q men and dozen women With
fXjca n many nhildran huddlnd In And aeound