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olald was stricken down almost
at once and lay FOR ee mol,ths Ia.
tFeen lie. and death ii the house of Fa-
ther aporte Kind French Canadian;
priest: who ttoolx good care sc him and
his effects and when he was ablestd
dictate wrote Tor him to my father,
though neither that letter nor three
others written from Hferent places BY
Donald himself were ever received
quite common occnrre during the
first two years Of the California excits-
n1ent. s
During the whole Of his masters
Illness Prince stuck close to him, though
a. Father Laporte afterward related,
Snothing but tho dog . own fierce courage
and fidelity had prevented him being.
stolen by covetous thieves.
d AT last Donald got tstrong enough to
sail for San Francisco, where he arrived
after 8 five weeks voyage and in robust
health. Here he wrote q long home let
ter, and, accompanied BY Prince. went
of at once to San Juan diggings. He
had good luck from the very first, and
/ 81 eight months cleared above all ex-
penses nearly s. 600. Then, being no
longer able to bear up under that awful
homesickness which all OF us are begin
ming to know so well, he pulled up
stakes and started for home.
He told as that often, while on the
diggings and in the city, too, he had
been offered so ounces of gold for Prince
but that SO times 80 could not have
bought him. very fortunately for DON
aid himself, for on his journey from the
mines to San Francisco he was waylaid
one night by two Mexican ftramps and
saved from robbery and death only
through the dogs watchfulness and
courage.
1t seems the vagabonds had conceal
ed themselves in a clump Of chaparral
by the roadside and were in the act Of
stealing out upon their intended VIC
tim when sharp eyed Prince sprang for
ward and bore one Of item to the ground
before he could use his murderous knife,
then held him by the throat until Don
aid had bound him, while his villainous
comrade, seeing the game was up, dis
appeared in the bush.
Without further serious adventure
my brother had returned home BY way
Of Callao, thence to Panama, then across
the isthmus again, and SO by an Attain
tho steamship to New York, where he
sold his gold, all except few specimen
nuggets, for $17. 10 per ounce, that be-
ing then the highest price for California
gold.
While he was telling his story the
noble old dog listened intently, and, I
do believe, understood every word, as
at the most striking passages he thump-
ed the floor with his great tail in token
Of approval. =
You had q jolly time, then, after all,
eh, Fred?'' said one Of our fellows.
jolly! Well, I should say SO. Our
New Years day, which began with anx-
ious doubts and went along with forced
gayety, ended in regular jubilee"
Feeling too greatly shocked by the
tragic death Of our comrades to remain
longer on the Lodden, four Of us Jack
Urquhart, Fred Ross, Joe Wells and I
started next day for Eagle Hawk
gully, Bendigo, whence, after three
weeks Of profitable work, we went
across country to Jim Grow creek.
I may add that Ross, Wells and I,
after many stirring adventures, got back
to America all right, and that Jack Ur-
quhart married pretty English girl
and remained in Australia. Romance.