The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
don't mean to say that you ever get anybody

don't mean to say that you ever get anybody
to go with you on such iaunt as that?"
Certainly" answered the pedestrian, with
an air of wounded pride. 81 got George Barnes
over there once. If you are sure you don't pro-
pose to come with me to-day Pll tell you what
happened to him."
"Rest assured, J. B., you'll not get chance
at me. Proceed with your story"
"Well, Barnes found prince, or a duke, or q
baronet at the Baldwin Theater one night-this
was two years ago-and brought him over to
Sausalito to get bowl of chowder at Charley
Dexter's. 1t was very hot day, and both
Barnes and his friend were dressed little
heavy for such weather l happened to be
there, and Barnes took off to one side to tell
me that the Duke was great lover of nature,
child of the field, and all that sort of rubbish
you know, and that he would like TO have me
take little walk with them out among the wild
| flowers and the green trees. OF course, could
not refuse one of the nobility an opportunity
to see the beauties of this coast so just gath
| cred both him and Barnes in and started them
| for Dan OConnelPs house, via Lime Point,
distance of fourteen miles Every time we
| struck little hill Barnes would look at me
! with pathetic lace and whisper, Jim, are we
nearly there?' / assured him that wewere every
time he inquired. The perspiration was rolling
off his forehead, and the Duke had taken off his
collar and cuffs. His glasses kept slipping
| from his nose, and he was unable to see the
| points of interest / constantly kept pointing
out to him. l walked right on without resting,
because was used to the trip Every once in a
while asked Barnes how he felt, and he gen.
orally responded by looking very hard at me
and muttering something to himself about the
absence OF point to practical jokes When we
reached the top of the last hill the Duke made
| a squirt and threw himself down on rock abso-
lutely exhausted. Barnes urged him to brace
! up and come along, in order to hide his own
condition. Finally got them both down to
Dams house, and there was no one at home
"Barnes was wild and sat down on the porch
beside the Duke, who had taken off his coat,
vest and suspenders. / suggested that we walk
around to Waldo Point and return to Sausalito.
| MOI roared Barnes, 'Pll be hanged if Pll go.
l will wait here until Dan gets home. don't
call on Dan often, and when do, by thunder,
will camp here until he shows up. The Duke
agreed that Barnes idea about the ethics of
| personal calls all right, and they both went
! to sleep on the lawn.
"The next day met both my friends on the
street, but they were still so full of the Won
| drous beauties of nature that they could see
nothing else and forgot to speak to me.
"Well, here comes my car. must catch the
boat Sorry you won't come. Good-by," and
the man of leagues and miles let out another
| button in his vest and took himself off,
"Who do you think is the latest crank on
wheels" asked Sam Rainey, the manipulation
of politics. of crowd of friends who were con-
graduating him yesterday on his return from
Santa Barbara; but before any one could reply
he added, "It's Denny, ana he's wheeler
| from Wheeltown."
| The Denny he referred to is Dennis J. Sulli-
van, the chief engineer fthe Fire Department
of this City, who returned with him from
months vacation in the lower country.
"While down in the country" continued
Rainey, che became a fine rider, and 1t
wouldn't surprise me if he gave up his horse
| and got wheel to go to fires. You see, when
Denny was down on the porch of the hotel he'd
watch the fellers flying past on their bikes
and he says to me, Sam, how do you THINK ia
| look on one of them things% and told him |
couldn't tell till l saw him on one. He said
never word, but the next thing knew saw
him sitting astride of carpenters horse
working his legs for all he was worth. says
| to him, What in Santa Barbara are you doing
| now, DennyT and he says, Getting the
| notion
"The next know see my Denny a-coming
| up the road on somebody's bike and from the
way he was making the thing scoot l con-
Guided that he had got it down fine. OF course,
| you know, Denny always likes to show OFF, and
! he thought he had a show so he put on little
more speed and went by the hotel like a shot,
| and the crowd gave him the grand hurrah.
"Then he got ready for the grand finish. You
who has been down to Santa Barbara knows
| that there's fence alongside OF the Arlington,
and carriage-way thirty feet wide in it. Well,
Denny made header for this carriage-way,
aiming for the dead center, but somehow or
| other the bike bucked like yellow broncho,
| and he couldn't manage it. He worked and
worked and finally got it to running again
\ and struck the fence ten feet below the gate.
| where was Denny? Why, when he got up
/ and looked around to see where he was at he
found himself sixteen feet away from the fence.