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ent from the East. The climate is
much finer and not subject to such

severe scnallSes. OIL bOardlHg-
schoohlife to one sof absolute free
dom:i 10 avery agreeable change, 4
assure you. 1 cannot say much for
the society. I am very much dis
appointed in it. Ny sex is too
much in the minority, and the Ian
guage is too dialectic to be compre=
hensible. You must find this life
very irksome Y4r sz@ 5
.@sOn the contrary, ]. .prefer.it, and
find tito my interests to stay here.
In the capacity of banker and cap
italist there are many chances of
my getting rich
The pale face she glanced at was
perfectly calm, with the exception!
Of curious twitching Of the upper
lip. is,fT
The basket was filled with the
'wild tea,' as Miss Gussie called it,
and then they,sought the shade of
a fine madrona which. stood near
BY The hot sun beat down OH the
green, shining leaves af this beau
tiful tree, and its bright rays lit up
the clusters Of red berries which
grew thickly upon the slender
branches. 81 Miss Gussie was peeling
off the bright red outer bark, re-
vealing the.pea-green inner;cut
which was destined to assume the
sanguine hue ofits covering in
time. Mr.. Banker watched the
antics Of a couple of squirrels III a
large nut-pine short distance of;
o ground-squirrel popped out Of.
his hole, firted his tail and popped
back again, while a red-tailed hawk
settled himself in a sugar-pine and
calmly looked OH. .5,.g
There said Miss Gussie, point
ing to her handiwork, sthis tree is
going to lead a checkered exist
ince.' tl 5sa"nt
Like allthe rest Of US, I Isuppose,
Miss Gussie. s,t.' .,toJ-s,i'. 7. =.
Miranda looked inquiringly while
Ferdinand looked mystical.
sThe sun is getting too strong,
Miss Gussic. You had better 60
back. lam going to San Francisco
tomorrow to be there on steamer
day. and I am obliged to settle up
some business arrangements here
before [ start y" ~! .
will you be gone long? in a
very low voice. """ =
Not very. Will you do me the
favor to keep this until | return ?
and he slipped a valuable ring upon
her finger. a. l.g. ...... ,.sc. Il.
I-I-Oh -, j.,
!, 'Thank you. Good BY
* -. x x
.'Gussie, [ don't like this yer
stranger a-hangin' around yer - a3
'Why, father? !he z
Because I don't know nothin'
about him. There's too much loafer
about him to suit me. lie don't
seem to hev no occupation, an thet
looks bad in the fust place. I wish
he acouM dry up. It's d. pity ye.
hain't got nomother, gall How DO
I know but he's a gambler an, an
Urinary skunky ,tr2io3 YI
He says he is a man of wealth,
father e.a 4a lg-s5
sHow do ye know? Wot's to
prove it? Mebbe he's been run.
out O. some camp and darsen't show
his face whar he's known. Mebbe
he's likesso1ne lion browsin' aroun'
seekin' fur whom he may deyour-
thet's scripter-an' if he triaes.
with my child, why, by the living
Eternal, I'll shoot him as 1. would
a thievin' coyote! He ruther holds
over me, any way 45
sHe can't be bad, father; he's SO
gentlemanly and polite 4.
MY own fault!p muttered the old
man. Il had no aslisiness TO bring
her out yer auiongs tbis yer slun1.
1 thought it best an I was very
lonely.-Gussie,' he said aloud;
you must ferget this man. Hes a
blk an good fur nothin'. There's
many an honest man would be
proud to marry ole Tom Gardner's
darter. Ferget him an his white,
bad face, fur he's not worthy of ye.
Do it, gal, fur my sake as we'll ez.
yer own
The girl made no reply, but ta-
king the ring from her finger she
handed it to her father and silently
left the room. ~ a
Again the sun hid itself behind
the long range of mountains on the
far side of the Sacramento Valley.
Again the cool Pacific breezes came
rolling in, driving the hot vapors
! of the lowlands before it, playing
among the leaves of the far-spread.
/ ing oaks, and tanning the heated
brows turned towards them. Again
the Stockton stage came dashing in
from it's weary, monotonous trip,
and poured out its load of tired,
dust-be. grilned passengers: Miss
Gardner stood at the gate looking
down the long vista Of towering
trees, whose dancing leaves changed
from brown to green and from
green to brown again. She looks
pale and dreamy. Maybe the heat
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