The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-28
IN THE DEACON'S PEW
BY ,. E. MACDONALD.

The isstis fraatlar toan 0f Sander I
son pcsses-~d several saloons and
zmbliHz houses. tao churches. q teie- 7
graph onee. but no neWspaper. 4Aere- :
fore when Gen. Gorgon snorEeE iats I
~ the Confederate army, arrived a .
the scene and announced his in1en-
ton Of starting a daily journal every-
one sss pleased. But when the gen
srsI visited Deacon Lamb. one q
szn5erson's most prominent eiFlzana.
-ish view To renting a suitable
building fl which to house the a4na-
erson Daily Trumpet, the deacon ae-
rl,ned 10 lease without racsiring a
quarters rent IN advance.
Y asiY-r-y-r.v thunderei ths feiou0t-
able shorter. eyou insult ne Pay IN
advance. Indeed-neTer sir. neYeI-
The deacon. one Of the miidest-
rsrnerea of men. fen embarrassed
and stammered out--ior he rad an
I impedlment Of speech, -s-n-n-no o.
fense. ! hO-ho-hcpe. ggenerals
But General suerter's dignity VS. +
snronted and tha Initial number q .
The Trumpet contained 4 seorcalng F
J article devoted 10 tie deacon. and +
J scarcely a day passed without the
, good man being In some manAer
v,suuarated IN he columns OF SAND
. erson's only paper NoE Deacon
Lamb. a leading member q ne
church. vas much respected By MS
fellow citizens none Of whom ap
\ proved Of the Trumpet's attacks
YET nobody dared 70 demonstrate
uffh the editor. General Shorter vas
known 10 be the only survivor Of lolf
hro4hers who had All died with their
boots on leaving bloody records De-
hind them: and if report spoke Truly
~ controller Of the Trumpets edi-
terfsl destinles had slain several per
soual friends during a somewhat nm
tied residence IN Texas fet me
deacon preserved an unrufhed calm
under FIRE. Even when Elder Durham
fearful lest the truculent Shorter
might proceed from verbal 70 physical
violence urged his brother church
man to try 70 plscate the exterior
of the Lone star State the deacon
merely shook his head and sl4ia'
mered:
eTt-the g-ggeneral Is q c-ch-ch-chiid I
OF w-w-W-wrath. but I d.d-c-do-aon
consider him d-d-d-oad-dangefoos
man"
Thus matters stood when saorter
n an editorial on a religious revival
being then conducted IN the town p
couple Of travelling evangeiists
seized tie opportunity to emit N
ioT 4J yindictiye blast.
awe know Of no one in create
need Of the sacred ministEations o
1 these good men than that precioa
old scoundrel-Deacon Lamb. Ese
forty.rod whisky won't revive mn
He has tried that FOR rhe past tnlft
wears. Il the liquor he has sTaiio"e
during that period could be ponre
into one vast tank il would form
lake sufficiently large 70 drown q
entire congregation. the members
which have for a decade been dela
ed. cheated and gulled By this toaa
soaked and l0aihsome old hypocfits-
At about eleven o'clock o. the q
an which this article appeared re
con Lamb eutered the editorial san
Dm OF the Trumpet and approaeh'
snoflefs desk. Ihs general iook
n
aweII slr.r.r-r.n he growied fer'
H. what can DO for you.
u.n.n.nonot much g-g-g-gener
m-m-m-merely w-w-wished-'
acome. come. make II short ma
It short. can't cit here al q
listening to your internal stutterin
"Yes. ggggeneral, III m-m-m-nla
Il as s-s.s-sshort as pp-p-possinis.
Taking the morning issue of
Trumpet from bis pocket he pom
70 the obnoxious article and asked
general If he wrote T.
~of course wrote t. What Of
air2"
An instant later the dea'
gripped the general by the oaeh
his neck and. producing a stout 7
hide whip, proceeded 80 lash the
tonished warrior with tremend
vigOr. Shorter struggled and ye
for mercy in vain. The deacon
him in grasp Of iron until ne
finished his exercise. Then ne nal
bis victim into a corner. TenlAg =
7 h-h-h-haTe m-m-nsznnde i
sa.a-short As p-D.p-poasihles sGsl