The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

eyrovths he saw, the stiai1eo - v,i1e5
So, s,,azed. overwhelmed, by the plieo-
we weS .haos Of the rocks. the dizzying ds-
.loas ~ .It Is titanic" he exciaimeo-
ssNTere1v 10 be in such place streecnos
a man.! /" rsturned Frank
srfnoIv 'sBut IL doesn't MI hlil- go
35',s+ the trouble with the poor oeVns
s,,sra Going 10 preach to. They're great
,,de-onen mouths and stomacns-~i..n y.
,'othine big enough and strong enough W
satisfy them .,d agsIn
Clement broke forth. "'rne sro'7Seu0''e'
of IL alli'' ,a ~ tb.
x,-,aos vou'u see before you're DONE
was the answer.
aft seems 10 me-" said the young
nreacher whose tendency IL was 70 liz ~
I'VE each new impression, as II Na.uIe .rs
had started in to make somernlns ol ms
oo1ntrv and. finding 1t too hard for ner,
had abandoned II in despair. Sotnins
but ruins-look at thatF -
.I know better than to look. saio
frank philosophically. I've known men
who committed suicide ana wonlen 49,
went insane from looking Come, CONS,
We shan't reach Lewis today He
wbinped up his horse and rode along az
such a rate that his companion mad all
he could do to keep up with him.
They fell IN with Judge weaver ON Ins
Thought
home on a big black horse Tne TWO
innlsd ,,S Ike an equestrian statue set In
motion
been exchanged "that Wen hold the ser
vice at Lou Pugh s.
Where Is his res1denceE lnouireo
Vaughan politely.
ssHe doesn't reside" said Frank He
hunks over the saloon"
"Oh," said Vaughan.
'rYou see." said the Judge coniden-
tally, turning to Vaughan, he has quite
a hall there. It's the only place IN town
of any size" .,
'I thought perhaps the courtroom
began Vaughan.
twelve by fourteen" returned the
Judge Couldn't swing a cat there I've
seen Lou and he's agreed TO let US nave
the place for an hour. During that time
there won't be any drinks sold over the
bar and business will be practically at
standstill."
Lewis was a typical mining camp.
like Galena. but even more IN
formal IN it's arrangement The same
rough wooden houses. apparently thrown
helter- skelter, In among the rocks. bore
the same appearance OF don't care and
cant help it." In the building which
furnished bachelor quarters to the Judge
they were served a generous meal, and
then the three walked over to Lou
Pugh's.
AS far as Indications went. there was,
no anticipation of their visit OF desire
for II. in a religious capacity, although
If they had come to drink. bet or dance,
there would have been plenty to welcome
them. Only one befuddled cowboy, at
tempting to do the honors. sided up to
Vaughan and clapped him on the shoul-
der. exclaiming. Hello, stranger! Howdy?
Name your booze!"
Judge Weaver promptly fastened to
the rescue. The embarrassed cowboy
covered his confusion as he reeled to-
wards the bar by calling loudly. "Gi' me
Kentucky Extra-somethin' to go down
like buzz-sawr
Vaughan threw a hasty glance about
the hall In one part Of it men and
women were dancing to the music Of a
fiddle. In another. a man was calling Off
numbers to a crowd at table At an
other table men were throwing dice, and
at still another cardplayers were seated
Small red. blue and white discs lay in
piles before them They did not look up.
but kept their eyes resolutely on the bits
Of pastboard in their hands. The dancers
looked, the girls with mocking smiles,
over their shoulders. The men drinking
at the bar looked. and finally Lou Pugh.
attracted by the focusing OF glanees on
the Judge and his companions. turned
and the visitors. He hurried for
ward, his round, good-humored face
wreathed in smiles.
Glad to We, gentlemen" he cried,
seizing hand OF each and worrying IL.
When dye come in? Just now? Well.
/ declare. never saw ye. Business is
driytn that's fact. III have things
all right here, In a minute. What's that
you say? Want the organ up in front.
Any way you like"
He beckoned to four staIwart miners,
and the fine large instrument. his pride.
was lifted up and as lightly placed in
front of the bar. BY this time the atten-
ton of all IN the room had been attracted
TO the spot where the Judge stood. pleas
antly excited. and Henley. watchful. in
terested. beside the young preacher, alert
as racehorse before the first heat.
Whatever experiences he had had in the
past went for nothing here, he knew.
But ne also knew that somewhere in
the bottom OF every human heart Is a
place where II resembles every other
human heart He meant to find It. Tn
der the rouge. the tawdry hnery OF the
women, under the bravado OF the men,
hidden in the ashes. he would find the
divine spark and blow II into life
Lou Pugh had climbed upon a chair
and was stamping on the bar. Boys"
ne called, I've got a surprise party for
YOU This camp amt much on religion
We've never had a parson here before.
But Judge Weaver brought a parson
friend o his'n and I've given him full
boys, treat him white!' He climbed
down. Fire away, Parson." he d.
rected.
No, no, wait a minute pleaded the
oarkeeper. He hurried from the room
and presently returned. his arms filed
with blankets. With these he painstak-
ingiy draped the bar. the bottles, the beer
and whisky barrels. the gaudy advertise
ments Il was raised better n this" he
said TO Vaughan. 'T know enough 10
realize that whisky n religion don't go
well together"
Delivered from an inappropriate back
ground. vaughan took his place at the
organ and began to sing. Three or four
other musical instruments which had
hlied the room with discordant din
gave way to him. but the fiddle stin
signed deprecatingly through the reel in
sisted upon by the two or three couples
who refused to give up their dance.
Iheir companions had dropped into chairs
mere and there. or stood gazing at the