Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-17

udu Idllen IN Dattle, ana with nenQ-
ish leer, said he: Now will have
her for my harem. Now will humble
her pride" And on his camel, across
the battle field like ship in storm
he rode. Panthea, looking, saw him
coming and she cried out, ooh, hus-
band." but his ears We're deaf. ooh,
husband!" How quick, If blood had
coursed thru those veins, he would
have leaped and fought for the de-
Tense, of the virtue of his wife. Again
she cried, ooh, husband, he shall not
have me. was true to thee in life,
Will be true to thee in DEATH" So
saying, she unsheathed his sword and
drove it into her heart and fell across
his dead body. When King Cyrus ar
rived. he dismounted, upon the green
sward by their side, removed his tur-
ban. threw it on the ground, and as he
bowed over them he thanked his gods
that he had found one good, true, 10y
al, virtuous woman that his money
could not buy nor his threats in
timidate
Do you want to know when the world
will be won for Jesus Christ? 1 will
tell you. 1t is when the church, Cath
Ole and protestant, is made up of men
and women that will not lie and sell
out to hell for the world and the things
of iniquity.
You have sold out to the devil.
Know, therefore, and see that it is an
evil thing. and bitter. that thou hast
forsaken the Lord God of hosts"
| Listen! I have reached out my hand
and I have helped tens Of thousands
to renew their vows. have been priv
LEGGED of God, and O, what an honor.
to think that a man who twenty-five
years ago was drinking and gambling,
to think that God would use him to
take hundred thousand people by the
hand and hear them say II accept
Jesus Christ for my saviour" I have
reached out by hand. have never re-
fused and never will"
| When I was secretary Of the Y. M.
G.. A. in Chicago, one night sat at my
desk when in came a fellow, dressed
in the height of fashion. He said, Il
am a professional gambler. want to
see Mr.. Sunday" That's my name"
He said, your friend So-andSo is
down here playing faro" I said. That
is not so' He said yes, it is. II
used to work the three card Monte
game with him on the trains in Illi-
nois and I know. I just came from
there. know you have been helping
him and l have come to ask you to
help him again. I am not giving you
hot air. He is down there playing
faro. I thought maybe you would
like to go and help him." I bowed my
head in prayer and said THANK you"
Found Him Gambling.
| put on my hat and went out. I
| hurried south on LaSalle street to
Monroe, walked east on Monroe to the
alley back of the New York Life
Building and walked up the stairs of
the building opposite. l raped on the
door. A big colored fellow Weighing
| $50 pounds, an ex-prize fighter. let me
in. There were lot of fellows in the
room playing Keno, roulette. poker
(stud and draw. I looked over to the
faro bank and there I saw my friend
and 1 heard him say Il VIII copper the
queen and play the ace Open" The fell
/ low there counted him out, after taking
out the rake-off, SIS. My friend put the
money in his pocket. heard him order
Rhine wine and soda. 1 walked
up to him. touched him on the should
er, and he became as pale as he will
be when he Is dead He pulled out
couple hands full of money and said
take it, said how much is here?"
s145, said II didn't come for the
money. I came for YOU" He said "let
me alone, have disgraced you and the
Y NJ c. A. had his wife and child
rem at my house. He said "let me go, I
! am not worthy" / worked with him
until / o'clock before he would come
out
| I let my name stand for his name,
my character for his character. I let
my reputation stand back of him (and
1 know tens of thousands of people
in Chicago) l let everything 1 had
stand for him. got him position. He
was doing splendidly and at last I
| for years, and one day the jailer tele-
! phoned for me to come up. 1 went up
| and they said I'VE have a friend of
yours here. He is going to the pen. I
am just keeping him here until you
came, said that's mighty kind He
brought the fellow down in the office
and 1 said why, hello, Bill, what does
this mean?' He said am up against it,
am on the way to the pen, got an in
determinate, one to fourteen years.
How did it happen? He said Il got to
boozing since saw you. If had a boy
and he would booze and play cards
| would kill him. You can stand up in
any Jail. before any Kind of men, and
if there Is booze fighter or gambler
there he will tell you that I have told
the truth. I got skate on and went
to hold up jewelry house and in max
ing our getaway got pinched and the
rest of the bunch didn't. am on the
way to the pen, got an indeterminate.
one to fourteen years. If you don't help
me don't know what to do" said,
II never let my name stand for fell
low that turned me down." know the
officials, altho never asked anything
of them. He said IF you will do 1t,
/ will do anything" 50 ! wrote to q
reduced his sentence to five years. He
will be out now in year or two. said
SPILL, you must be on the square and
stand for God" He didn't do what God
told him to do
Paints Touching Picture.
1t was Christmas eve on the farm,
the old farmer had piled the straw
thick beneath the horses and the cat
tie and had fed them. He had coma
into the house and had pounded the
snow from his boots Took off his
muller and his coat and hung them
on the accustomed peg behind the door.
Ate his supper, and sat down in front
Of the fire. The wife,. after having
washed the dishes. took up her knit
ting. The old dog came up to the
| farmer, laid his head on his lap and