Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-04

realize on this yer mine," said johnson, con-
emp latfvely, "1 gees TO New York. 1 ser to
the tarkeep' o. the hotel, SHOW me the biggest
dcotcr here He shows me. eez to him,
mach?' He seq, Five thousand dollars .a and
take two CT these pills at bedtime, and an ekil
number o. powders at meals, and come back in
Signs ce1tkitt to nat ok cured anu
eye, he went on,
$50 gets cured. goes 70 the bsrkeep', and
i seq, Show me the biggest, fashicnablest kou:e
that's for sale YER And be SEE, The biggest
natIslly b'l0nss to John Jacob Astor.' And L
SEE, Show him, and he shows him. And SEE,
'Wot might you ask for this yer house, And
he looks at me scornful, and seq, GO way, old
man; You must be sick Aud l fetches HIM
one over the lett eye, and he apologies. and
that house with mahogany furniture and provi-
sions, and thar We hve-you and me, Tommy,
you and me-!
The sun no longer shone uren the hillside.
Tue shadows of the pines were beginning to
creep over Jobns0Ds claim, and the air within
the cavern was growing chill. In the gathering
darkness his eyes shone brightly as he went or:
"Ihen thar comes q day when We gives q big
spread. We invite Govners, members o. Con.
gress, gentlemen o fashion and the like. And
among 'em l invite a Man as holds his head
very high, Man 4 once knew; but ne doesn't
know / knew him, and he doesn't remsmber
me. Ard he comes and sits opposite me, and
watches him. And he's very airy, this Man, and
a white handkerchief, and he smiles, and he
ketches my eye. And he SEE, "A glass o. wine
with you, with Mr.. Johnson and he ILLS his
heaves that wine, glass and all, right into his
damned GRIMM face. And he jumps Tor me
for he is very game, this Man, very game-but
you?' And SEE, 'Sksggs! damn you, Skaggs!
Lock at me! Gimme back my wife and child,
gimme back the money you stole, gimme back
the good name you took away, gimme me 40 back
twelve years Give 'em to me, damn you,
quick, before i cuts your heart out? And
materially, Tommy, he can't do 1t. And 30 1
cuts his heart out, my boy; L cuts his heart
out"
The purely animal fury of his eye suddenly
changed again to cunning "You thinks they
much, Tommy. / goes to the biggest lawyer
there, and SEE to him, 'Sslviated by merkery,
YOU hear me-salviated by merkery.' And he
ses: sThis yer unfortunet man isn't rssponsible;
he's been salviated BY merkery.' And he brings
witnesses; you comes, Tommy, and you seq ez
how you've seen me look bad aiore; and the
me frightful; and the jury, withOutlea their
seats, brings in verdict o. justiisble insanity;
salviated by merkery."
friend, but in the meantime johnson goes
crazy, runs off, plunges into the Stanisus river,
and Is supposed to be drowned or shot. His
my, who thus becomes worth some hundreds Of
thousands, and is sent OF to the east by Yuba
Bill to be educated. The departure from
Angels and from San Francisco is thus de-
Ii was also characteristic Of Angels that no
feeling Of envy or opposition to the good fortune
OF Tommy lexington prevailed there. That he
was thoroughly cOgnizant, from the first, of
JChnson's discovery, that his attentions to him
were interested, calculated, and speculative,
was, however, the general belief of the MAORI
fx- hall hot sin nl0r tv nnh oEau nI
the first feelings OF genuine respect for Tommy
ever shown by the camp. "He amt no fool;
Yuba Bill seed that from the first" said the
the guardianship of Tommy after his accession
to Jobpson's claim; and on whose bonds the
richest men of Calaveras were represented. 1t
was Yuba Bill, also, when Tommy was sent east
to finish his education, accompanied him to San
Francisco, and, before parting with his charge
on the steamers deck, drew him aside and said:
OFF at emmy time you want emmy money, Tom
my, over and hove your lowance, you kin
write; but ef you'll take my advice, !" he added,
with a sudden huskiness mitigating the severity
OF his voice, you'll forget every derned old
spawned, stringhalted hummer as you ever met
or knew at Angel's-ev'ry one, TOmmy-ev'ry
one! And so-b0y-take care OF yourself-and
-and-God bless .ye, and pertikerly d-n me
also, after this speech, glared savsgely around,
walked down the crowded gang plank with a
rigid and aggressive shoulder. picked a quarrel
with his cabmaD, and, after bundiing that func-
tiOnsry into his own vehicle, took the reins him.
self, ana drove furously to his hotel. sit cost
me" said Bill, recounting the occurrence some
$50 afore the Jedge the next mornin'; but YOU
kin bet nigh that l taught them Frisco chaps
suthin new about drivn'. didn't make 1t lively
in Montgomery street for about ten minutes-O
nO!"
I'VE are next introduced to Tommy as Mr.. Is
liDgtOD, at Newport, or ''GreypOrt," ten years
teIman, the belle Of the season, whe Is the
daughter of johnson, and the adopted daughter
Of Mrs Skaggs' second husband, whom We are
permitted to know as Mr: Masterman, living in
Bill has been married to Blanche's mother a
her fourth or fifth husband, and johnson has
been in the California Insane Asylum at Stock
esting key to the story, and SO at the critical
moment, when Blanche is about to accept Tom,
and johnson is about to kill Masterman, we
YUBA ELL AT NEWPORT.
In An arm chair, in the center Of the room,
man sat apparently contemplating large, stiff,
yellow hat with an enormous brim, that was
placed on the floor before him. His hands rested
lightly between his knees, but one foot was
drawn up at the side Of his chair in q peculiar
gave, the attitude in some odd, irrecOncilable
way, suggested brake. In another moment,
he dashed across the room, and, holding out both
hands, cried, sfYuba Bill !"
The man rose, caught lslington by the shout.
ders, wheeled him round, Rugged him, felt of
his ribs, like good-natpred ogre, shook his
hanOe violently, laughed, ana then said, some
what ruefully. "And how ever did you knolo
me-"
Seeing that Yuba Bill evidently regarded
himseE as in some elaborate disguise, Islington
laughed, and suggested that 1t must have been
instinct.
"And you?" said Bill, holding him at arms
length, and surveying him critically; "you -
toe think-tOe thlrk-a little cuss no higher nor
q trace, boy as I've 1icked outer the road with
whip, time in agin, boy ez never he'd much
clothes to speak OF, turned into SPORT"
Islington remembered, with Q thrill of ludi-
crous terror, that lie still wore his evening
dress.
"Turned;" continued Yuba Bill, severely,
aturned into a resty0vrant waters garsong
En-, Alfonso, bring me patty dc Toy grass aud
an oRelette, demme :"
"Dear old chap!" said Islington, laughing,
and trying to put his hands over Bins bearded
mouth, "but you-you don't look exactly like
yourself! You're not we'll, Bill" And, indeed
as he turned toward the light, Bills eyes APP
pearea cadayer0us, and his hair and beard
thickly streaked with gray.
"Maybe it's this yer harness" said Bill, q lit
tie anxiously. "When 1 bitches on this yer
curb" (he indicated massive gold watch chain
with enormous links, } "and mounts this 'morn-
ing star (he pointed to . very large solitaire
pin, which had the appearance Of blisterinG his
whole shirt 'front.' ait kinder weighs heavy on
me, Tommy. Otherwise; I'm all right, my bow,
all right But he eysded IslIugtOn,s keen ave