Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-08
A SICK LETTER FROM PANT.
ELS LIFE IN LOWER CALIFORNIA AND ON TIE
RAGING MAIN.

built up and bursted up oy senator 'onos'
who has done more good things for the pub
lie that have paid him less money IN return,
than any man ON the coast. Santa Monica
will some day be a great summer resort. The
hotel is large and well kept, but should have
been bnilt up in the canyon, three miles from
where it is Carson's well known citizen.
General Day, lives near Santa Monica.
thorough gentleman Of the old school, Is MI
Day: simple aud unassuming, yet full OF self
respect, he makes you cordially at home. and
meets you frankly and generously, showing
gentle soul and refined courtesy, with facl-
nation of address seldom met with (nore es-
pecially in an afflicted person like himsel1), IN
these days of rush and greed fer gain and po-
elton May he hive for many year. is all the
harm " Pant wifhes him. Finding the salt
baths at Santa Monica did me no good, LETT
for Paso Robes Hot Springs l ssssred my
ticket at Los Angeles, and as 1 ~ ten hours
to snare before the steamer saifsd, concluded
| would hire horse and ride over to the
Ranchita, and pay visit to my lido! 0dol
is good), mentioned in my last letter
HE sTROLLs WITH HIS IDOL
| found her seemingly more beautiful than
ever, and apparently glad that l had visited
her. Ordering the servant TO get up Span
ish dinner she proposed a stroll through the
beautiful grounds. We strolled. Dinner was
cooked, set until cold, warmed over, and cold
again, but still we strolled. have travelled
considerable, and consider myself tolerably
az fat in the stroll business, but she can,
could aud did out stroll me; and for half day
poured such stream of unmistakable " taffy'
in nv ear, that it made me hungry, and has
tened my departure and the dinner by full
hour. The meal was thoroughly Spanish; red
pepper chicken and corn; eggs and red pep
per; beans red pepper and srewed rabbit; red
pepper ana more red pepper; but it was good,
and would have boen there until vet, had
not an accidental leok at the clock " armed me
that it was time to leave, and full OF pepper,
love and native claret, en-. bracsd all hands,
lingering longest with the fair stroller, who,
hastily wiping away tear and mosquito,
kissed me good bye for riy grand father, and
l was off on my journey; and less than hun,
dred yards l was of on my head, for the horse
stepped in a squirrel hole, stumbled, fell and
turned complete hand spring; made holy
circus of himself and me too. He stopped
still, but went on; went on my head; on nay
ear, ON my nose. l wanted to get > the
steamer, was in a hurry; was not tied to the
saddle, and nothing bat ships cable could
have held me there. l was forty feet from
the horse when l concluded to stop blowing
the ground with my chin. And such laugh
as came waited to my scraped and bleeding
ears from the fair " stroller was enough to
drive ME frantic. Hastily remounting, rode
at break neck pace for the steamer.
GETS sEA-sICK.
l arrived Just in time to get on board and
comfortably settled, when she steamed cut OF
the harbor and to the open sea, 1t was blow
ing living ga! and the ocean was having
high old jamboree. At frat was quite risky,
and slanting my hat at an angle of As, resting
it jauntily on my starboard ear, tried to look
sea wise and sailor-like. The red pepper
helped me to brace up for awhile, but old Nep-
tune had marked me down for Misseurian,
and " Puke " OF the first water ana feeling
that lie was correct, attempted to go below,
when a sudden gulp and suggestive movement
of the stomach, warned me to move to the
side of the vessel and commence operations at
once. Ga! how did throw up red pepper
and lovs, while holding ON with both hands,
eyes sh 1T, mouth open, afraid would die one
minute, and hoping I wou.l the next; and in
this condition / was approached by one Of the
ships officers, who asked me - if was slck!'
Turning my agonzed face full toward hinl, |
sneeringly said: L" Sick! Am sick! do you
think I'd come all the way from Bsiie to fool
you'll waste Spanish dinner to amuse you,
dashed shellbacks' rack myself al to pieces,
and fairly feel my seeks move every time l
/ ave, Just to be merry and sociabse? No
Sir. net lauch! This is my affair and none OF
your funeral Get thee gone, girl, get thee
gomez Left to my own meditation, and M
boarded ambition to turn myself inside oa:,
fairly beat my previous record before tie
oil GERS interruption. md the wreck OF
Stanish G1nuer flowed in a continuous stream
from INV delnoraizea stomach, until in oes
perat:on | cried: "Oa, Lord! what have ]
dons to BE- so tried2 On heavens. c.s such
.hines BEL" Echo auswe ed: " Fr"ta appear