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number o. povders at meals. and come back in a
week. And roes back in week cured, and
signs q cersidkif to that effect"
Fncourarod hv ~ Ink Of interest in Tommv'a
eve. he went on O'@
$50 cets cured. goes to the berteep', and
gez, Show me the biggest, fashionbIest house
nat'rally b'longs to John Jacob Astcr.' And
seq, 'Slov him and ho shows him. And eez,
'Wot might you ask for this yer house p And he
looks st ne acornful. and eez. $50 yay. old
man man ~ YOU ~ must be ~ eicE.' Ana fetches him
one over the left eye. and be apologies, and
gives him his own price for the house. stocks
that house with mohosany furniture and pro-
visions, and thar We Iyes,-you and me, Tom
The sun no longer ehone upon the hillside.
The shadows Of The pines we're beginning to
creep over Johnson's claim, and the air within
the cavern Was growing chill. In the gathering
Then thar comes q day when NC gives big
| spread. We invite Goyners, members C. Con-
| gress, gentlemen O fashion, and the like. And
among 'em I invite Man as holds his head
know knew him, and he doesn't remember me.
| And he comes and sits opposite me, and /
watches him. And he's very airy, this Man, and
| very clipper and he wipes his mouth with q
nv eve. And he seq. "A glass O. wine with you,
with Mr. Johnson and ho fills his glass and fills
mine, ANDY rises. And heaves that wine, glass
and al, right into his damned GRIMM face.
And he jumps for me,--for be is very game, this
Man. very game.--but some on EN- grabs him,
and be seq, Who be you?' And sez, 'Skaggs!
damn you, Shaggs! Look at me! Gimme back
| my wife and child, gimme back the money you
stole, gimme back the good name you took
away, gimme back the health you ruined, gim~
me 81 back the last twelve years! Give 'em to me,
damn you, quick, before cuts your heart out!
And materially, Tommy, he can't do it. And so
cuts his heart out, my boy; cuta his heart
out"
| The purely animal fury OF his eye suddenly
changed again to cunning. "You thinks they
hangs me for it, Tommy, but they don't. Not
much, Tommy. goes to the biggest lawyer
there and says to him. salvasd s.! BY merkss12 aas
winks at me. and he goes to the Judge, and he
sez: sThis yer unfortupet man isn't responsible,
he's been salviated by merker;.' And he
brings Witnesses you comes, Tommy, and you
seq ez how you've seen me took bad afore; and
the doctor, he comes, and be sez as how he's
seen me frightful /; and the jury, without leavin'
their seats, brings in verdict q justihable in
nity,-salviated by merkery."
friend, but IN the meantime Johnson goes crazy,
runs off, plunges into the Stanislus River, and is
supposed to be drowned or shot. His quicksilver
mine is decided and willed to Tommy, who thus
is sent of to the East BY Yuba Bill to bo edu.
Gated, Tho departure from Angels and from
San Francisco is thus described i
It Was also characteristic Of Angels that nc
feeling of envy or opposition to the good for.
tune Of Tommy Is1inRton prevailed there, That
be was thoroughly cognizant, from the first, Of
Johnson's discoverv that h}s attentions to him
were Interested, calculated, and speculative was
belief tbat. sineularly enough. awakened the
frst feelings Of genuine respect tor Tommy eye1
, shown by lie camp. UHe ain't no fool; Yubs
, Bill seed thet from the drst," said the bar
] ]euardiapsbip % Of Tommy W atter bis sp accession t.
: Tohnson's claim: and on whose bonds the riches
: men Of Ca1ayeras we're represented. Il was Yub,
Bli. also. when Tommy was sent East to inist
r bis education, accompanied him to San francis.
, co. and. before parting with his charge on thu
/ steamers deck, drew him ASIDE and said "E
, at emmy time you want ennv money, Tommy
, over snd 'boye your 1owance, you kin write
, | Init at vou'r take nv advice " he added with ,
, sudden hnakiness MITIGATING the severity OF hi
= voice. "you'll forged every derned old epayined
etrinph.{tad hnmmer a. von aver mat ar knay
I at 1nrers.-oy'ry one. TommY.-ey'rv one
, And eo-boy-taEe care Of yourse1.-a1d-au.
j God bless "a and nertikerfy d-n mo for
i frst-c1ass 4 fool" It was Yuba Bill, also, at
q | tar this sneech elared eayaeelv around walke
a down the crowded eang-plank with riRid an
i aggressive shoulder; picked quarrel With hi
3 into his Own vehicle. took the reins himself. an
o | drove furioualy to his hotel. 1T cost me, sai
T. Bill, recounting the occurrence somewhat late
i at Angel's, ,-"lt cost me- matter o $40 afor
: the ledge the next mornin' but you kin b be
: high that taught them Frisco chaps suthi
j. new about drivin'. didn't make it lively i
+ Montgomery street for abont ten minuteB,-t
q mol"
t I'VE are next introduced to Tommy as Mr. IL
}, lington, at Newport or "Greyport," ten year
9 later, wooing and winning Miss Blanche Master
O man, the belle Of the season, who is the daugI
= ter OF johnson and the adopted dauehte
:. OF Mrs. skaggs' second husband, who1
+ we are permitted to know as Mr.. Master
J. mar, living in grand villa near the oces1
}. Meantime Yuba Bill has been Marie
}, to Blanche's mother az hor. fourth (
fifth husband, and Johnson has been in th
T Ca1fornia Insane Asylum at Stockton. Nobod
It but Yuba Bill knows this interesting key to IL
d story, and so at the critical moment, whe
l. Blanche Is abont to accept Tom, and johnson
10 about to kill Masterman, we hare this scene Of
o TUBA BILL Ar NEWPORT.
In an arm chair, in the centre Of the room,
g. man sat apparently contemplating large, stit
yellow Lat with an enormous brim. that III
!, placed on the floor before him. His hands restt