. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . f the place. There was no Prot-es-tant churchand no one to preach the faith, but at times apreach-er came from Il-li-nois, and then the Prot-es- The First Steam-boat at St. Louis. 45 tants would all meet in some house to sing and prayand hear him preach in spite of the laws of Spain. These laws may have been strict, but the chiefin corn-mand did not press them on the folks. It istold of a man by the name of John Clark that herode through sun orstorm, cold or hot days,through the slush andmire of the low-landsof Il-li-nois to bring the^Wordof God
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . f the place. There was no Prot-es-tant churchand no one to preach the faith, but at times apreach-er came from Il-li-nois, and then the Prot-es- The First Steam-boat at St. Louis. 45 tants would all meet in some house to sing and prayand hear him preach in spite of the laws of Spain. These laws may have been strict, but the chiefin corn-mand did not press them on the folks. It istold of a man by the name of John Clark that herode through sun orstorm, cold or hot days,through the slush andmire of the low-landsof Il-li-nois to bring the^Wordof God to thefew of his faith in Mis-sou-ri. The Span-ishCom-mand-er of courseknew when he came,but he did not act asif he knew it till Clarkhad gone his rounds;then all at once hemade a big hue andcry, and said with agreat show of rage : What! do I hearthat John Clark is here once more ? The her-e-tic !Tell him to make tracks out of the place with allspeed. If I catch him the next time he comes, Illjug him up. This is the last time I will warn him !. ST. LOU-IS CA-THE-DRAL, FOUND-ED 1776. 46 History of Alissoiiri. Let him be off! If he is in town an hour hence Illbox him up! To John Clark that was an old tune; but he puton a look as if he were in fear of his life, put his horseto its best trot, and got out of town with a sly smileon his face that said, as plain as could be, that
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