Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-09-07
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lGal1s edge, in the high Sierras,
,lear shs head waters of the Little
Krr,s River, and about seventy
miles cast or Visalin, In Tulare
county, California. I had several
psrgner3, among them two brothers,
nsn4ed Henry and Lew Redheld,
4een< veiy. Henry was the owner
81 Hi1e or ten OF the sorriest-lo0k-
INK. lea nest, lankest, cid Mexican
jae kassss miners outfit was ever
Mashed IN. As prayers. these jacks
Were decided success. Their
clarion notes made musical the
aislss ii stately pines, and resound-
! ~ with magic echo from the misty
naiintein crags. want to speak
a'hiefiy, at this time, OF Gopo-poor
old Gopo! He was my friend. l
lceed Gopo with as great q love as
nan, III the pIenitude of his nature,
Z aver bore to patient, deserving
jacksss. Gopo was not Of ordinary
Ssfoisid Gopo was ethereal; Gopo
wa - atimental; Gopo loved the
Ideal. He scorned the practical.
Ana Town In Gopo's soul was q
ireaIo u love -of platonic, asinine
affection. But Gopo, thus far, was
a victim Of single blessedness, al
thcegh he must have been at least
1Ifty yesrs old, having been ridden
into Los Angeles by Sonora
WOMAN long before the Mexican
war. Though his hair was gray
: aud HE teeth nearly all gone, he had
nc yer ct known the sympathetic
happi ntse Of
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
Two carts that beat az one.'
Gopc lad been tout OF luckn all of
his life; yet, as have said, deep
down In his heart he loved the ideal
with almost spiritual intensity.
/, Stiil, there was nothing low or
eonmnn In this impulse Of Gopo's.
IL was pure as the moonbsams.
Du cling our march to the noun
faics mad q dark foreboding that
oar egel friend would, ere our re.
tnta, 4 eet with come misfortune
that would end his earthly career,
and so 1t happened. We finally
Xlsde our camp near the centre Of q
small, Grassy plat, ut the very head
OF The little Kern river, between
tuc-Jssty and almost perpendicu.
lar n.uuntains, away up on the side
81 which our mines were situate.
Near our camp was o large, pyra-
ruid-shsped, white granite rock,
sbsut as high as mans head. AS
soon 20 we urpacked our traps
s.osa cf the jacks, this rock
caught Gopo's eye. The whole
lackase seemed to change. His
gofru BECAME erect, his ears point.
Cd STEWARD, his nostrils dilatei,
aha mis- eye CLEANED as with the
sire OF youth. He gave one loud,
prolonged "o-o-ui-c-k," and darted
foFwani to vent his long pent-up
X affection on What lie evidently re-
gsf1ed az ee realization and full
fslllnens a his SOULS ideal. He
n 4,eS~ea a Pie kissed it, he csressed
& Il, he slroked 1t gently with his
ears, ard brushed 1t softly with his
ta.i Nor could he be persuaded 10
leave u. He stayed by it day and
night; ne quilt the society of the
other jscIxAsses entirely. He paid
no attention to business Of any
Z kind; he did nothing but fondle and
love this fulflIlment of his cherish.
cd drea ms. He would not even
take rink of water, unless we
gut rope around his neck and led
I4 illlIl 20 the creek. AS soon as his
thirst vas quenched he would pull
away from US and run like light.
ming, 5-aying as hard as lie could,
fiil be onee more etood beside his
Beloved rock. This continued for
several weeks, until, through loss
49, -. .<tl,A md drink old Gnnn
became reduced to mere ruckle of
4 bnnsR, Yet he still lived on. A
strange light shone in his deep,
gf&y eyes, and his high, white fore
head was crossed by queer lines.
We al saw that Gopo, in his great
love, had become insane--R s'ma-
aiseal iover.u There need be no
Enircing of words--there could be
no mistake about it. We tried to
help hin, but 1t was no use. We
tcok him across the river on log,
Then pulled the log away; he in
ttAptiy plunged into the wild noun
tasn stream, and, although he was
eweelt of his feet, carried nearly
hail nile by the current, and
a woeiclly battered by the rock, he
isManaged finally to get out, and
was coon back ia the mystic pres
z ehce Of ais love. We built fences
OF al hi nds to keep him away from
{ this pure, glistening, white stone.
He would either break through
them, or climb over them, and
COME sock to his work. We hob
bed hiri-he would get down on
! BIZ znees, and, with mOur nful,
ffiecN look, work his way to his
tryeline place. We even took him
around aud across mcuntains COW
efed with snow-next morning
he would tie ut the accustomed
-spot. Ropes would not hold
FtiEl; lls would not stay tied to
pickst, rims or trees. AT last it
WAS eyident that but one thing re-
inclined 20 be done-Gopo must be
taken tack to the valley whence
{ Ege eagus and where he would be
, removed from the inAu.
pues u he idol of his heart. We
ssestea way with him; we made
the bgst days drive. Gopo could
l.arrls walk, he was SO lean and
vsAk. We finally camped for the
nighi, Id tied our animals. Dur.
Ing " light a great storm came
-pp. lhs next morning the ground |
rs ~ eotared with snow. Gopo was |
Ftue For little way we could |
fAte we tracks ever the great |
failqp fifts, up into the noun
frilF where the white |
Atnua ay. We never saw
slulo vain, But next Spring,
ssgbe q ths snow had melted off, and |
sws eslirived to get back to our
'ss3r4 10 found the skeleton of a |
3sokh5a lying at the foot Of the |
DAap7iial white rock, in the centre
IF lile iiltIe green plat. That rock |
Fte5sgs iaere still in oil Its gIisten-
4 'gg ~ iteness, forming, in the