The sun., 1908-05-17
lacks WERE
- HIS SPECIAL LINE
Preacher Who Took 70 Draw Poker
and Went 0ta In a
Biass. Of Glory

There's things wrote into the Good
Rook . aaid Old man C3reanh,,k o.e astsr-
noon when businssa IN the Arkausas Citv
saloon was unusually sIack. shat 'pcaru TO
he lust ms true as II thew want !. In the
Soripter at ali. Gives a man a sort Of q
shock. like, when he corraeg acrost 'em. lIlxe
what that young Ro5kyfeller said tother
day when he was readin' a Palm.
aSaid IL didn't pear % mean much whom
he looked at II fust, sort o. casual Ike, but
come to look oloseter he were oonsid'able
s'prised for to fiud a lot o. ''meanin' into ie.
An then he done roasted his pa.
90 course, that amt neither here nor
there. The pint n Z a man has for Us
study the Soripter right stujous for to ret at
the meanin' o. things. Take that one provcrb
f'r instance what says: The laborer's
worth higher pay, First on, pears like
there amt no sense into it, bein' as tn amt
no lab'rin' man Z Der earns what he gets.
not full measure he don't.
Then you keep a-studyin' an a-resdin'
more an moro for TO hnd out what's meant.
an you'll see a. preachers IL called lab'rers,
the reason bein' a they don't neither one
on 'em do nothin' they amt drove to.
That makes 1t all clear. bein' ~ the ssnss
o. the proverb u 7 preachers don't get all
is comm to 'em.
'Havin' sense enough tc live thoutsn
workin'. they'd oukhter be paid f'r hayin'
the sense. An them that has sense enough
sees how tits. an most gen'ly goes int
some business 'tpays better.'
Having explained his text to his own
satisfaction. albeit his hearers seemed q
little bewfldered. the old man opened his
private boz Of big fat black ciears. and
carsfuliy selecting the birrest and blsok.
o.t an. =. ,r,,,d S,,d y. ~ ~ 49, A." -
s~.i,a-.J H. ~ TO- H.S.;nr ~ I v ~ ."v r;.s ~ S. sna
deliberation. he seated himself at the window
and putting his feet on the sill, smoked for
a tin,e IN silenoe.
ss,..k;r, =, p,u p.;,.~. 80.
,' peoA nn nsuey, NO asio. AIoes
little wniis. tn Mns many az knows It,
the Rev. William Balaam.'
Noho1iv h.d .,,o.-a, ~ rs,u u.;,., ,,,, g.,
. ~. 49,. - y " ~
nat nheaiea'' pus enere Wssn man IN
the room VINO was not acquainted with the
sad satbered a rioh Iiyinr from the noksr
ramsr tbat were At that time Sreouent On
sa4nes os.'A, N,eS 49, ~ N~s any nie4Ien, On
the Mississippi soeamboats. Ihat he had
been cut on. or shot Oh. in the flower Of
early manhood was also KNOWN but the de-
tails Of the happening had only bssn whis-
pereu ssI S. ~ s = 40" T%o Tr. Ane~ .,
pretenoeo 70 know tnem- mat no mad
ever been preacher was news.
Il reckon tn old man must q been havin'
dreams recent. said Joe Basaets In a vhisnor
to Jim Blaisdell
ohut up esia biasoeii. aiso 70 Whisper.
" He's liable f'r to spread hi55ex IL be amt
Interrupted.
That's what he sure was. though
continued old man Greenhut. unheeding.
reverend Balaam come 70 town RI to rum
He want much more'n . boy then.
but he was aedoin' tn best he knowed, an
WANT long afore he was some looked
up to. There was them 7 called him
a'ter everybody but me had gone home.
but he 'peared TO be some onsatisfed. -
~ reckon I don't set no gre't store
on burnin' an shinin, as means Q, settin'
i tn amt no hard work to Il. an my salary
don't pear to be 80 heilroarin' reg'lar as
I'd like 10 have It.
like servin' Mammon std O. tn Lord. but
he tells me 10 20 NY @ Kite.
a'Haven't you never read into the
scripter, he says, now as the Lord loveth
the tiiligent? An then In another place
it says 1The diligent eits fich.' II that
amt to say 7 the Lord favors the rich.
/ Amt no preacher. You ON look round
f'r yourself m see how 'tis.'
well, there want no gottin' round
that. 90 I at him how he wss thinkin' TO
got rich, an he says he done eeen the Dos
abilities o. draw poker.
You can ret your money &C that he
saws. AM thst's nnore'n>you do preachin,
't6outen you run In big mok.' y
go I says yes. t there sure was chances
in poker. an somebody most ean.ly always
got the money.
But says, ON you play7'
sHe sort O. smiled. an he says. well. I
hain't took no reg'la instruction, but I've
got some sense. on tell q royal iush f'm
a bobtail. an know the king o. spades I'm
learn the game ~,
so course seen then 'twe'n's no use to
argy with him. Amy man VS. hell bent on
playin' poker 10 goin' to play poker, no mat
ter what anybody says. an, I called to mind
what the Good Book says, Poker players
is born, not made an says TO myself.
mebbe Rev. Balaam want no such ass d
he 'peared to be. Mebbe he was o born
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