Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-10-05
THE OUTLAW OF SACRAMENTO
FGiT encounter
Oftwo most rare affections

- EMPEsT.
Would that the Californian character
were as lofty as the Californian noun
tains! exclaimed l, extending myself al
most breathess upon the loftiest summit
of the chain which edges the Sacramen-
TO Valley. .-s a7f
Not so,' returned my friend, quietly;
1T would be too hard to climb Ea l.E
Harry South was one ofthose men who
reveal only to their intimate friends
marked peculiarly of character. There
are many such; all indeed may be really
so, for every man convinces those who
know him best that he possesses true
and full individuality; but more than any
other of my acquaintance, my friend man.
aged to mask dreamy poetical imagin-
alton and glowing heart under the ap-
pearance of mere fashionable and high
spirited man of the world. His wealth
and connections in society of course Sc.
cured him the position of gentleman.
Nobody suspected him of being poet;
yet though he never wrote lines, he al
ways thought poetry. Between the ages
of fifteen and twenty.three he served in
the navy as midshipman and lieutenant,
and tlen left the profession to succeed to
a valuable estate, and consult his own
pleasure. At Yerba Buena I first met
him, and our acquaintance soon warmed
into friendship; SO that before many days
passed we found ourselves travelling to-
gether on halfhuntiDg half-explorihg
expedition along the beautiful valley of
the Sacramento. Every hour revealed
some new trait in his intense character.
Apeculiar freshness. not ofinexperience
but the vivid glance which never dulls by
often looking seemed to form his ideas
upon every subject, and made especially
our conversation upon the most delight
full Ofalltopics, love and wolnan's heart.
Hitherto untouched by the gentle-passion
he had set up for himself an ideal model
not moulded, as he was wont to exclaim,
after the form of material clay, but one
which rose in his mind in dim yet lustrous
beauty. like translucent mist before the
dazzling sun. Such a character he con-
ceived to be Miranda, in esFhe Tempest"
and lookedupon it as a lovely vision new
er to be realized, yet ever before him
with delicious, tantalizing presence
Indeed, so often did he rhapsodize upon
Miranda, that before two days had passed
L became heartily sick of my friend pc.
etical hobby, and sought every occasion
to draw him out on otherthings. In this
way we arrived at the edge of that i'm,
mense valley, and assembled the Hottest.
mounrain to catch fair view of the
scenery around as. 17s ahs 81 bs7I02
= sYes, said Harry, Sit would be TOO hard
too climb. q You are ambitious, aadcan
never be stationary youmusts either move
onward or else keep out nof sight. If
were disposed to compliment, Il might say
SO is the sun; but the source of light would
Photographed by comparison with merely
ambitious man. aFormy ownpart.I wo'd
simply take the goods the gods provide
me, and glide through a happy life, in
cultivaiing, notso much my Paternal acres
for Iconfess myself no farmer. as my own
heart. The little society l would have
must be associates nopFitals, nor inferi-
oss. Botyhui would struggle and prefer
rising above the ignorant weak to being
surpassed blythe educated strong. This
is your country. as,Ihe Californians are
too indolent to strive with an energetic
man. and will quietly allow them to ride
over them provided he IS not rough shod.
They have allahe pride ofSpaniardss half
the quicksWit aof Frenchmen, and more
than the terrible Tevehge fulness Ofah ItaL
ian bravo. Atlhe same fine the LATEST
Turk that bFeashes through life in cloud
ofsmoke, would open his eyes. at these
Jumps of Californian clay, forever asleep.
Look from this mountain top, and say, are
they worthy Of their country? The air