The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
Pioneers of the Church Lead
Strenuous Life on the Coast.

and preached to the old woman and
my guide, and the Lord was surely
with us that day.
The latest bonanza mining camp
In my territory is Tonopah, New,
away off in the sage brush back of
Carson l reached the camp after a
sixty-hve- mile stage drive from Soda
Vile, on the Carson & Colorado rail
road. The finest building in camp had
just been completed, for the Silver Star
saloon, but the grand opening was de-
layed through the non arrival Of some
or the bar fixtures. The proprietor,
who was doing rushing business in a
tent next door, offered me the half
fitted barroom for my Sunday service.
There We're half a dozen fine leather
chairs which 1 arranged for the women
or the camp. The men had to put up
with less comfortable improvised
benches. 1t was an interesting and
directive service, punctuated now and
then With a curse from the temporary
barroom next door, the click of poker
chips, the rattle of roulette ball spin
ming around the wheel and the clink
of glasses. At the close asked for a
collection for the purpose of buying an
organ for the church, which was to be
built shortly.
AS l was looking about for the most
likely man to take the offering, a tall,
raWboned Southerner, with what was
told was his habitual comfortable jag
when in camp, arose and declared that
| he would take her. and take her he
did.
with battered white hat he pass
tribution from each.
Dig up, FRIEND he would say when
there was any hesitancy. Dig up for
the new organ
II haven't got a cent, Jack one man
protested.
Then I reckon you'd better bor-
row. said the Southerner, and he stood
there, sWaying from the liquor he had
drunk, until the man negotiated a loan.
when all had contributed he came
to me and dumped the money into the
chair in which / had been sitting. If it
amt enough, parson, I'll pass her
again. he said in a whisper that could
be heard all over the room. Thanks to
his insistence, it was enough, and the
next stage carried out an order for an
organ and the draft to pay for it.
I'VE are often called upon for advice
which is not entirely in our line of
work on these missionary trips to the
outskirts Of civilization. Some times
assistance is asked in Strengthening out
a legal tangle, but generally it is med
ical help that is wanted have set
broken legs and arms and assisted at
one amputation. On this last trip to
the imperial country my work carried
me across the Mexican line. One day
I came upon an old Kokapo Indian
who was sick with a high fever. A
young relative was taking care OF him
and called on me for assistance. All
the medicine I had was six liver pills
and twenty-five grains Of quinine. L
| thought my smattering of Spanish was
enough to explain how the medicine
should be given and went my way.
'The young Indian gave the old man
the entire supply at one dose and came
to me for more It worried me con-
siderably, for I feared the old Indian
could not stand the tremendous dose.
The next day 1 sought the camp, and
! to my relief found the old man was re-
covering. 4g s TA
"He heap better here said the
young Indian striking his chest. He
heap sick here, rubbing his stomach,
and well he might be from the dose he
had TAKEN.