A BISHOP AMONG THE COWBOYS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 12

A BISHOP AMONG THE COWBOYS.

Some admirable stories are told by the Bishop of Central Pennsylvania (the Right Rev. Dr. Talbot), concerning his early experiences among the cowboys of Idaho and Wyoming, in a book which he has just published, entitled "My People of the Plains." On one occasion, he states, he was addressing a missionary meeting, whicih wae falling distinctly flat. He wanted help for his Indian missions, and fire hundred dollars, he urged, would build a church. "Finally becoming desperate. I _a ; i_ted the story of old Washakie (a notorious Indian chief) killing his mother-in-law, nnd reminded my hearers that even such a cruel and hard-hearted savage as be had -been had come under the fascination of the Bible story, and was now a good Christian. No greater testimony to the power of Christ could be given, I added, than ihat a man mean enough to kill his mother-in-law, had been converted. Then the plAtes went round. One man tore out the fly-loaf of his Prayer-book and wrote, 'Call on mo for fifty dollars for that old chief that killed his mother-in-law. My heart goe3 out to him.' Another wrote on a scrap of paper, 'I have given the Bishop all I had in my pocket, but call on mc for twenty-five dollars more for that old chief.' About thirteen hundred and sixty dollars were gathered in."