The Republican journal., 1871-06-29
A California Experience.

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A California Experience.
1t drizzled unmistakably that night
not in straightforward rain, hut in sneak
ing gusts that glanced down the neck an
up the sleeve. pulled on my coat an
splashed out to the gate to see if il wer
fast against wandering cattle The lgh
in the house cleaned dimly through tn
mist as if the wet had reached them too
Even old don" who followed me gin
gerly ont from the porch, shook his shag
gy coat, and snitfied his disgust at tn
weather Satisfied that all was right
was about returning to shelter, whel
from around the corner of the fence cam
the sound of horses feet, and a heavy
wagon sucking and groaning up the in
cline. A low prolonged howl from the
| dog greeted the coming team, and wait
| ed Il moment to se,. who could be travel
| my at such Il time and in such I sorry
| storm. There soon came abreast of the
| gate a huge wagon drawn by six mules
which could scarcely see through the
fog. Attracted by the lire in my pipe
| which had succeeded in keeping alight
and the increased growing of the dog, il
| stopped, and, after the brake rattle,
down. "A hoarse voice issued;
Whoa there, June. l say, stranger
how tar is it to town ?"
..Tn Los Anoeloe > Ten miles -
..tTh,t's . nrattv out,nol- f,, mo Tan
miles Is there , tavern p,
.,No'
Zen miles TO townt Wall stranoer
| Guess m stake ont hope to-niobt tben,
on;nnlps is tnn heat tn do th,t Where's
var wate, 9n
"n's ALI around Won. 1o-ujabt but vo,
can lurn your mules mto the corral an,
brinr vonr ]l,nLrt brtnrn tbn fire. IL.
too wei tn s,,v on, here y
..Wa]l ry,. seen WINS niob,s mon. This
and | '4m erumost water-nroof. Lut since
vnn,ra ,r.s,si,,, m, tn,r, nnt thas,. n,;ttar,
and ;;,n W. IN j., .hol,n IN ~, bar, v,,r
old clnt,kerous ruv,mcnt mnlr, Tha,
~, Bl,ck Res. is The nrn,rnst animnlr
ever sn,. y
II tn,l, I'm, littl,. ti,nr IN unhit,.h hi.
foam, and 7 nnnnnI thn ra,o AMI i, III,
o,.o,,,r,s ,.,,h,, ,,,,,nt M worn ,y;,l
motb-ratnn t,ils Irinnino win WI and
rcnnr,llv cast dawn as mul.s .na when
I;cl;n d,vs ,r. n,st Thnurb ,ho,.n
w,s !, nrosnect "a thnm of fnIInr an,
corn moi the GHOST o, ;, trot ,nnearcI but
they mpmdered SLOWLY into the ward,
where our own horses crowded together
under the She'd and ra4cd inhospilahlv al
thr new comers.
.HaNr You any supper ?' | incurred o
with has blankets.
lhiul, NOT and do feel bcap bunmrv -
manaUed to uet him a cold bite and 4
class OF toudy, and as he whipped out his
short. black pipe. and moved up to the
fire he beoan 10 thaw. mentally. as | saw
from, ,he "lalness in hiseve ana phvsical-
lv AZ The steam from his clothes attested
| WAS alone that NIGHT. and clad to have
company. had :, rood view of my
Guest now a short, thick-set man. with \
Shock of beard. bronzed face. where il
could be seen. and sharp, GRAY ewes. A
soldiers coat much too larpe for him
WAS his upper garment, the only apparen,
additional veslure being Il pair of i'm
mpnse boots
II like that liquor of yuurs,n he said
after a time. 1t ketches as it gves down
How Homo mont Won have lived here ~
.tOnl,,. >. wear 3usv,.rrI
H4tvren the wrcaths of curlinu smoke
he scanned me closely. and aoain iuuuir
ed
..}Vhpre mollt ynu hail from ~
"A GREAT distance from here--tron
Maine y
..Fron Maine You don't say SO
Pm from them parts myself II seem,
I, ] & i
furriu land Iiow's all the folks down in
Maine 2n
.Ahont as usn,l fancy Ent how
did Won Oct oat here 9''
..i've made a Ionu trim of If Won bet
If YOU don't want 10 turn in ri tell yo,
All about il. II kinder arops the tail
board out of Il teller's feelings to strike a
man from the same deestrict."
Assuring him that | should enjoy hi
confjdenrr and his storv-havipp mike,
.apother stiff 'un to take out The las
patch OF the cold''-he related as follows
The tust of it was, me and the old nal
had scrimmage-not a fghtin' one MN,
We. for wouldn't have hurt a hair on th,
old mans head, not for the world, but
was tired of farmin and plowin' and hos
KILN, and such like, and was bound IL
90 to sea. it's Gurus teller never know.
the right side of his melon till its too late
but that's the way with all of us, ant
knochin about in the world shows V,
what's what IIowSumdever, seem a.
how | was hankern' to go away, and a
Melia Pritchard had married that cit,
chap, and as the old man had said
shouldn't go, was more determined thai
ever. There was circus come along t,
our town, and me and the other boys wa
kinder handy helpin water the horse
and dom chores for the men-and w,
got into the show. 1t was the iust time
ever see a circus, and the band
and the riders, and the beautiful
woman on a calico horse, was too mucl
for me, particularly after | was led IN t,