, 1873-05-25
Bret Ra:te: and His, Eorks.--Driving
Snipe---lrish and Germans in
, America. .>5r
riUs Ex.--Cornell Uniycrsity--Recol-
: 'IectionS Of an Old Stager--
The Pirate Reall. +:
ttWhet Shall We Do With scroggs 2"
THE Raw American Abroad
---1Tr. Gladstoae---An -
80. English Waiter.


TprE6, according 10 no lcs8 IN eutnoffkg Lnau
tho genial German poet, Ferdinand Freiligrath,
have drawn hcarts 10 lin wherever the language
of Shakespeare. and Milton, and Byron is
epolon. His readers who stretch from tho
coaats OF the Pacific Ocean to the Engli6]i
coast Of the North Sea, must feel q kindly curl
cs!ty to know something Of the life through
which so much has come to enrich their own
lives. This afrectionate inquiaitiveness Nonh
Brooks gratifies in lis sketch He Was born ut
albany, N. T.. 1889, and his bsptisn1al name is
Francis Bret HArte:
Left fatherless IIarte wandered of to California IN
1854, d.zzed with the golden visions which then
11nsngured that distant land and, won BY the fan
tss,c romance Which stories Of tho Spanish NJ ooenpa
lite md scenery invested the country he cast hlnse1
into the cbangefu stream of humanity which ebbed
p:ne-ela1 Hdees Of tue 6ierr7 and the rude camps Of
lie go1d-hunters which were then breaking the still
:, !sH m nsabood mo- sse Of o4 or Mental
culture vas unrspresenttd in that motley tide Of
migration. The dreamy young student, the future
For two or three years be, like all restless wander
era Of those days, pursued various calling and had
70 axed abode An unsat!shed desire for change,
har-confessed ,npatfencc with long tarrying in any
Epos, seemed TO possess cycry soul. Mining camps
md even thrifty towns were d aenopulated II A. single
ing few places tho rest being eagery left behind by
aaen who drifted far and wide: their late coveted
from other fields usrfo mined little, taught school
littie tried his hand at t5pe-setting and frontier
journalism, climbed n,ountains and threaded 1aylncs
u the mounted messenger Of express company, or
1cted agent for that company in some Of the
mountain towns which We have learned to know
we'll rs Sandy Bar, Poker Flat, and Wingdam.
Bat al tie w1ls the 1.-THE, agile and alert young artist
WEE alsorhiag impressions Of the picturesque lfc
Esener,, manners, and taK, which surrounded him as
In 1857, or tereabouts, he drited back to San Fran
ssco+ The Bay rs the pleasant city by the sea vas
Tie Bay WAC tic little Heaven where were cool sea-
Winds good cheer, and glmpses Of that Ifc
aen og n Hsrs
speedily deTciopea into clever young hHeTatet.r-
o1s IN III sne ;nt 81 q s weey
noticed md appreciated y lie editor, and he
toral room Of the Golden Era, where some Of the
pleasant papers which n place in his later published
o5is nos SSss ana
3 Balcony" Meantime, marriage and the cares of .
growing household had changed the vasrant fancy Of
g-e2t dcs which has not been gathered up and in the
columns of the daily papers as well as IN the Cd!gor
arne.red innnm i,sners which enriched the cur.
1ent literature Of those times and sweed the volume
of thst higher quality Of California journalism which
Eeema now to have passed quite away.
s:a:cs Branch Mint IN san Francisco position which,
Pas o1tast? r. s Ssies +
had heretofore accomplished During this time BONO
eene SKULL" Tho Society Upon tho stanislow, .
gems Of verse were written about this lime and Tst
nnrc.red or the most part anonymously IN tno san
s Tas Bre nsse
IS its organizer and editor The success Of tho 1nsga
zine vas immediate and decided We cannot tell how
ablo stories which Immediately began to flow from
tho p=n Of. .the accomplished editor, or how
much to tho talent which he seems to hare had in
akng tie dormant energies Of those who constituted
hts loyal saf Of contributors. The Overland became
~ s a sad
multitude Of readers on both sides Of the Atlantic
In its pages, August, 1868. appeared The Luck OF
merits of those which hnvo succeeded it, gave Harte
tile first Of lis great fame ewriter. But it
;sed sppeite Of tie mp.tent pnb;c vas appeassd By
the production OF 'tThe 0utcssts OF Poker
Eat" dramatic tale Which probably contains .,.u
or sketches. Migglss" came next, and, mar
Who gare EN- IN stin ater Stories emerged from their
siedo~y realm and passed into the language and f.
Col. sarbottle. John o,khurat, stnmpy, Tennessees
Partner, and A1igg!ea-with laughter and with tears
remember them al We shall know them az long a. ne
know Sam Weller, Micawber, Little Nell, and the
oodIy company called into being By that other mag-
cian who hss, at 1sst lsid down his wand forever.
THE ACCENT OF MOUNT HAYDEN
.is q neT chapter OF Western discovery, by X. F.
Eangford, who rolntes his adventures and the
discoveries of DR.. Haydens Geological Survey
in the Wonderland Of the Upper Yellowstone re-
ion. The article is illustrated profusely and beau
:tifu1ly, and has an additional interest from the
~aase explorations OF Gen. Forsyth in the same di
as:~~,a Mr. ,Luugdon delights in recounting
Amone our sS sASseapes and practical jokes
edaa nve wss trsnper NAMED med SseR S!se
nato pgrim tender eG2n any unfertu,
enough to conde in his stories Of noI1atu hiaef
Mha. night" said Shep the moon rose
Enipe!n @8
Here was so,nething new. Two of our Young ncn !
were eager to learn all abort the mystery:
. Driving snipc! what's that, 8hep7 Tell US about
npd ye never bear :" replied shep, with face or-
weather lis for drvia spe The snpe see sosa Fl
too; tel yoa, breaKfast q sn;pe. broed On ths
Buffalo clips, is not bad to take, is it, Dick :"
geayer D:sk, ,Fho had Just arrived in esmp thus ap-
4eaiea to, gruTed assent to the proposition CON
tla1 syS BTsS5sd ss5 sheR e fr ta esanatioa
haze we got to do, s1.ep:" -:
Oh, vel, responded Shep, "if you're so plaguey
ignorant, I'm afeared yon won't d.: HoWscmsyer.
5oq can try. You boys Get couple Of them gunny-
SACKS snd ;s; ssndles 2nd ws11 60 out and start
breakfast the two young men, under shepz direction
each equipped with q Eupny-eack and candle fol- |
lowed him out upon the plain, half mile from camp
accompanied by some half-doxen members Of or |
party- The spit s7as cho7cn hccsslse Of its prox-
1r::ty to marsh, which ~as supposed to DO filled
with snipe. In re=Gy it was tho swar1ning-
place for mosquitoes. |
Now" said shep, sta:ionins Tic boys about ten
feet apart, :" open your sacE lie suro aud Keep tho
rcutls Of 'e1n wide open, and after leave you light
sour candies and hold I'm well into the SICK 80 that
he snipe sec, aud tie rest If viii drive e up.
Il may take little spell to sc. e Started but if you
wait 1t =, natient's the5 II come"
With this assurance tnc suipcdriycrs left them and
returned iC1uediately to camp. -, 4
I've Got coupls Of green 'ns out there, said lie,
With sly wink. "They:n wait como time for the
=a:nc to come M, Ircckon.r
The boys followed directlons,-thc sacks wero held
aiao oren, the candies kent in Place. There they
TODD :he easy prey Of the teuorse!css mosquitoes
A hour Fassed away, and yet from tho ridge above
he camp the light Of tic candles could bc see across
hs pa,n. saop nov stole quietly out Of camp, and,
MAKING long CIRCUIT, came up behind the Victims |
s2d r,:sng ra.-whoop, fired Lis pistol in the air.
TIE boyR dropped their sacks aud started on two
2.ty psee for camp coming in ald the laughter and
houts OF fneir companions. '~'.
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