The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-12
NY GOULD'S GENER ISL.
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HI IIE NATTER.

rncf7eEt 81 Jay """A"
An nv, rhes He Did Not Believe in the
'"O r,,u.neting Of Sis Charity but
worked Silently.
the Atlanta Constitution.
i'u Interesting incident in the life a
,lgre Jay could was told yesterday
,Dg r,., Iir-le wizard was under unfavor-
.,Ia discussion when NJ. Goodrich in
a ,,rnr-ed With = relation which silenoed
'. INNING the construction of the Texas
-. railway SAID Mr.. Goodrich,
,[ lag could and Mr.. Sidney Dillon
'.a an tour Of inspection. Their
W., ,;n vas sidetracked in a certain town,
.b the regular passenger waiting for a
VA freight to come in. The passengers
rara told by the conductor that at least
lonrs would elapse before they
r,or3 run again, and that we could go
~ .oup and see the sights OF prairie
.'rns in the staked plains.
mfr Gould and Nr. Dillon, with their
..oodan+s also took in the town. Clang
lawn, rang out the mournful dirge OF an
,,,-ioneer's bell. "What am offered?
y,rsot am offered? Fifteen hundred,
$500"
gyr Gould stepped up to a bystandeE
& ,ua oeked what the sale vas for. The
.on Tpvan in his Mexican sombrero in
,iI,er and guilt, his buckskin suit, and
lonc moustache and imperial the toy OF
tho hot blast. the CLINT and shine of his
coIts "A sparkling in the sun, the han
dies Of his daggers above his boot tops,
made picturesque figure that only a
Texan ranger can be in his native Pan
Handle. as he ranges down by the Rio
Grande.
n,pard. this be a knockout for the
narson said the ranger to Mr.. Gould,
Mr.. Dillon an intent listener the mean
while to the conversation.
In what way, pard,' said Mr.. Gould
10 the ranger using the familiar express
sion of the plains.
'Pard, yer see, the paTson built that
,bnrcb. the tin petered out. The con-
tractor is selling the whole crowd tor his
coin. Pard, I'll chip in and help the
parson with the bank l busted last
night Here he pulled out from every
pocket gold and silver coin until his hat
WAS full of the yellow and white metal.
Mr.. Gould, not even looking into the
bat at its contents, so intent was he in a
trail Of thought tina. was occupying his
Ovn mind the meanwhile, stepped up to
he auctoneer and asked for the con-
Tactor, who was closing out his lien.
Pie auctiJneer pointed out the man.
AIE. Gould approached the man and ask
b him the amount of his claim.
" seventeen hundred dollars and
POSTS
What will you take in settlment?
sked Mr. Gould.
I will settle for $500 and donate
be balance, SAID the contractor, which
pill make my bills whole and 1 will
ost my time and profit to help the
hmch,'
Mr., Gould told the man to stop the
P-e, Taking from his pocket several
lis Of large denomination, he gave
Aem to the contractor and took his re-
lpt in full. A staid old steward of
be church was an attentive listener,
pd going mp to Mr.. Gould, he said
ranger what are you going to do
18th the claim?" Mr.. Gould looked
Yer IN his calm way, saying: "What do
pn wish to know for?' 81 am the stew
d Of this church being sold. All of the
l0Tch except myself are in the church
ia the pastor on their knees praying
Ood to come to our help and save 0uI
RO0ath home"
Mr.. Gould SAID nothing, but taking
\ Ieceipted bill and Cancelled lien that
neld IN his hand, he gave them to the
ward and turned on his heel and
'Aeo TO his train. The steward entered
{ church now free and told the people
#FFe On bended knee what the Lord had
8le Immediately a shout of JOY and
PuneSS Went up spontaneously from
T. congregation, the p stor giving God
praise the congregation giving loud
l'nS' the Doxology being fervently
l ue congregation quickly gathered in
street endeavOring to find the strang-
VINO was such good Samaritan.
:! soon found out that the little man
Il H Sde other than Jay Gould. His
d n"u gone and only little cloud OF
sro VI !, The tar away no lion indicated
mo IL 4ros