Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-01
aNistellanu,
Daisy's Mission.

rnl puulOniOuS name, nor 4 reVerential
one. but. considering the character of its
jewellers. il was an exceedingly fitting one
fnrthe locality that bore it. 4 six months
residence there convinced me 50 thoroughly
uf this fact that | could not conscientiousIv
have changed Il single letter of the name,
,,,n hlI possessed the power to do So
Not tIat it -ayored Of sulphmous odors :;
r.,. that the roariugs Of its apparent patron
saint were ever heard echoing among the
.-,rvop- tllat cncompassed it: but for sin
l.rnu--. luI wickcdncss, and riOtOus de
faurhery. IL WAS peerless among all the
mining camps | had ever visited i'll Cali
.uruia.
us,- sent there i'll the summer Of 1888,
b. 20 san Francisco firm, to close out a
.r-inc-- that WAS drifting into involuntary
.7u.rrutcy. and Il long dusty ride found
.. there carly in June of that year. y
.i.v uf tha camp from the mountain had
no. impressed me favOrably with it, and a
,ft.s,I.4. acquaintance only confirmed that
first impression; but, ike a half-reluctant
Bridegroom. I had resolved to take it for
-. better or worse" with but slight hope
however, that it would prove any better
rl:m it looked
Hello, deacon What 10 you want in
iIi-Eoariu-} oaehers don't stand much
-hpw III these d.--in~. You amt wanted !:
better ~i,,
This was my greeting. l hal iu~t
aIightoJ from my mule, tire, and out Of
lumOr, and felt half inclined to resent the
-quc.unmanncrly salutation, but did not.
10 WAS not Il consciousness Of the truth that
He'cI me. for NY appearance WAS certain
-lightlr clerical. True I had Il perfect
.-Lt to differ in opinion with the speaker.
-,acier- were wanted, and Just the place
.cy should stay; but making no profcs-
-ru~ OF eodlmes-. held my tongue for Il
aomrut. I looked up; braWny and
nwrrlul figure confronted me, and pru-
nry held my temper. replied blandlv
tIat | expected to remain there awhile, and
~Iw~e-ted with all mccknc-~. that appear
.r.rr- were sometimes dcceitful. Soon the
H.r was a.r1@ with curiosity. and Il crowd
-thered. And such "a crowd. Great
n'ad->haHldercd fellows. dirty and m-
-ltNrd deeply marked with chronic. dis~i-
p .ion. whose every second word WAS an
nh; -triplin4~ whose tongues were
y.u,lN impuient and early trained to bias
2 "mY in Imitation of their elders. gathered
i mj. while | m~1ddlrd my mule in so
81 kWar. q manner Us to excite deri~ion
These reoulc weighed everything. like
.ir CoI.j-l.!~t. In their own scales. and.
a~ured lr their standard was regarded
"a worthless impo~tor. ! had " store
'.hc~ on, and tlli, fact alone was too
Jrh for the fixed convcntionuIi~m Of the
r- Ruch~kin and gray flannel assumed
iIguItE in carly times among the e honest
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