The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-09

talking to friend when this dla
mond stud fellow came up aut
asked to see me privately. ! koev
something was coming, but wen
with him. ! knew | had hit hin
hard. He took me into his brothers
store, and led me back into the
Office, where it was dark. | couldn't
run, and | couldn't fight, so
prayed all the way there, asking
God to protect me. Whtn you get
in corner and can't fight, and cant
run, that is the time to pray; the
Lord will hear you. Well, this
gambler and got there, and he
said, II heard YOU preach yester-
day" ~ know it, | said. You
hit me-" II know it," 1 answered.
81 am a gam bier" 81 know it," l
answered "Well," said the gam.
bier, 81 went home and thought Of
what you said. You told the truth,
and ! thank you for showing me
where was wrong. l asked my
wife and daughters last night If
they knew | was a gambler and that
You were preaching about me. They
al .ays thought | was a doctor
Well, that fellow quit his gam
bling. woke him up remem-
Der some one told me a story once
of q child sitting On the grass play
ing, when rattlesnake crawled
into its lap, and the mother was
sitting right by it. "On, no; that
wasn't the MOTHER" said
eyes; the mother was sitting
there right by the child"
Your story is not good. Get
something else. Yu cant make
me believe the mother sat there and
let a snake crawl in the chill's lap
She wasn't the mother of the child
"Iou haven't heard it all; the
mother was asleep"
That was different Such as that
happens every day. There sits
your child, with the devil in it's lap,
and you are asleep. The devil may
be spades, or hearts, or diamonds,
or clubs; it don't matter which; it
is the devil. Go home and see if
the devil amt there. The devil
s metimes comes in the shape of
progressive euchre. That's one of
the devils tricks. | want to draw
two pictures. Here is low
dive saloon; in the back room and
three or four old drunken sots SIT
ting round pine table with a
greasy deck, fl ppng away at %
cents an ante Thera is a parlor in
a fine house, tabla with carved
legs, silk deck of cards and gen
tlamen IN full dress ana ladies in
fall dress, or undress, which ever
you call it, playing progressive
eucher. Which is worse. would
rather my boy would 60 to the low
dive than to the fine house. The
drunken sots aud the pine table aud |
greasy deck would disgust him, but
the fine table and silk cards would |
fasc!nate him. This is worse than
that. Before you run out the black.
leg gamblers you must ran out the
enchre The mothers
say they would rather their BOYS
would play cards at home than to
90 off and play cards. | would
Just as soon my boy would 60 off
and play the devil as to stay home
and play the devil. l would much
'ather he would go it away from
home.
They all say, "we most have some
Kind of entertainment. When
20 home to my wife after being
away | find entertainment with nv
l get down on the floor
md play with them, and they get
IN my back and ride me like horse.
Some times l take few toys home
or the youn gest. | don't take
oys to my wife. 1t is only little
.olks that play with toys. And
when you see people playing with
he DEVILS TOYS, they are mighty
title folks. My wife don't need
he devils toys to entertain her.
She entertains herself reading good
books, attending church and church
society meetings.
There was mother and sister
hat used to play cards with the son
IND brother at home, because they
gante1 in kaen hin, ~ ho rl