The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20


Il l am q man Of good average size
broad shoulders. big chest. wear
seven and q half hat. and have eve
been noticeable ON account OF tn
blackness OF my eyebrows. the white
ness of my teeth, and the brominenc
u OF my nose. My friends tell me / hav
! = pecpliay face, and that they woul.
know me among. ten thoussnd--no
that / am altogether lovely. but be
cause, though not handsome, I am no
common looking. ~. " - '3sssils
IL, ln ,e8I found myselfin San Diego
I6ne Of the dupes Of the Lower Califor
bsa Emigration Society. Unlike thu
hundreds who had riske aud lost theI
9ll IN the adventure, had money left
4 and deciding to make the best Of my
\ iil1luck, stepped over to San DIEGO
j with the view OF examining the teoun.
try epds looking around for chances fol
Investment. a.ff..
There is one thing about San Diego
that attracts the stranger, and that Il
the show hospitality takes In this city
IN the hndangos where you a Q invited
TO public dance, meet every body on
the most familiar terms, without an
introduction aud contribute to pay-fOr
the entertainment before 1t il over. /
am not dancer by birth or by educa-
ton and, like the Chinese prince /
| would prefer to pay sOrlle oneito do Il
for me, rather than do 1t myselfr-if
dancing by proxy were delight,
F. My friend, Captain Hammond,
though an older man, 10 dancer, and,
! as, far as I am a judge of the art,
think he might be classed rs first
rate one. If he Is not, he has not hem
Gifted by his opportunities nor failed
for want of practice. ~ w =, isnr
THE ball tonight, major, is In honor
of you and your friends from the PEN
insnla, so of course you will 20 round .
said the captain, as he appeared In my
room at the hotel In his very best at
tire. sipsif n2f at
l pleaded iindisposition, but the CAP
| tain would not hear to 1t. He told ME
was to sail for San Francisco on the
morrow; that the chances were L
would never visit San Diego again,
and he was anxious, having seen the
houses In buggy with him by day,
that 1 should see the Occupants of
those houses with him by night.
AS 10 was reduced to q matter of
courtesy / yielded to the captains
wishes, and making some slight
changes in my toilet, announced
myself as ready. AS we were about
to leave the room the captain, who
bad been cycling me very closely, said
in a tone of surprise
I"I never saw such resemblance 70
'What do you mean, Hammond ?n
/ asked, somewhat nettled; for be it
remembered, up to this time / was not
. little vain OF my facial peculiarities.
Why, / never saw two men look
more alike in my life,n he replied.
You mean / look like somebody
else.n
"Mnst decidedly; with that coat and
hat on, and your beard brushed out
from. your chimp ~ 49,
1 was not complimented, yet ] ask
PRAY, who is my double?p
"Dr., PleasontOn, who used TO live
here"
Where is DIR. Pleasonton now p,
If / didn't know YOU since you
were boy, I'd swear he was in this
room; as 1t is, believe he is now liv-
ing in P, or rather at G., near
there,n said the captain.
"And the doctor lived here?"
"Oh, yes ~ with a shrug.
"HOw long since ~ sht
."About q year."
"Went home with fOrtune?n said
ironically.
"Well, yes" said the captain. "The
fact Is, he ran away with Senorita
Diaz, the prettiest girl in the country,
and, what made the matter noticeable
was that she was to have been married
to Carlos Costill, q member of one of
our largest and most influential fami-
lies" .ls n.s
"Then, captain, he I'm no way re-
sembles me, for / never saw the wo-
man L would not rather run away
from, II had my choice between that
and running away with her."
The captain shrugged his shoulders
again-it was disagreeable habit with
him-and lighting our cigars we START
ed for the scene of the fandango.
The moment 1 entered saw I was
an object of attention TO all, partic-
clarly to the dark-eyed men, who
watched me like hawks, and discussed
me from distance in groups.
Telling me to make myself at home,
the captain, who could no more resist
the opportunity to dance thana child
could u sugar plum, disappeared, with
his arm encircling dark br0wed sem
orita. g.L r-
The better to observe the dance and
avoid the crowd, I took d position. in
the corner near the door, and from this
vantage ground began my favorite
study of human nature. My seclusion
did not lessen the attention / at first
attracted, for the men still stared at
me, and found myself the target for
whole batteries of black eyes as the
senoritas swept by me In the dance.
AS could not complain to the cap.
tain Of the rudeness, 1 determined to
go back to the hotel. This resolve
made, undecided, hoped, but I was
mistaken. I hal just got out Of the
light, when L felt hand on my
shoulder, and turning I saw tall man
beside me.
.tWbyldo you detain meT, Iasked.
not u little surprised Of the mans
manner for, though still keeping his
hand on my shoulder, he did not
speak.
"Ah, the yoice--the same voice. DIR.
Pleasonton, you are not good at dis
guises. We have caught your
AS he said this saw he was right In
using the plural pronoun, for there
were four Mexicans around me, and,
dark as It was, my eyes caught the
CLEAN of their knives, j protested that
I was not DR.. that I had
never seen the gentleman, andl de-
manded to be permitted TO go In peace
I'd the hotel Z, lg 81 AZ
a They Laughed Mt what they consid-
cred my. falsehood, - and In concert
sprang on me and bore me 70 the
ground. 4 was iinarmed, but Halter
myself four such men could not have
overpowered me had ! suspected their
purpose. did not lose my presence
of mind, but tried to call for assistance.
NV cries were smothered by q gag, my
feSs were bound, and four men picked
me up like hand-barrow and carried
me off. AZ.
They must have walked an hour,
when they stopped before house that
in the darkness looked not unlike a
great packing box. The door was
opened and was thrown on the floor.