The record-union., 1896-08-30


horribly poisoned with poison oak.
She looks dreadfully. 1t didn't touch me.
1t reminds me of the year I was at
Point Lobos Mr. was there, too,
and it was perfectly amusing the way
he'd so carefully hold the poison oak
aside with his cane so it wouldn't hurt
me. Say, did you go to the funerals?
Yes; I'll tell you all about it when
| see you. / have to go down to the
church and will drop in and see you on
my way down. We are preparing a
set of resolutions to send Mr.. O.; he is
in San Francisco now. Oh, say, Ella!''
yes"
to Miss -?'
mo, indeed; not worlds that so?
The ideal"
Yes, it's true every word. She has
just returned from Europe, you know,
and she's such a fine conversationalist
and so cultivated-lovely girl! Eds
| awfully in love with her, you may well
believe"
THAT accounts for the funny way he
treated me when we met at IS That
was the last time l saw him. thought
he was cool, but I suppose, you know,
he was only absorbed
''Oh, yes, of course; you know how 1t
is, don't you? And she is just lovely.
L am awfully pleased with the match.
"Well, I suppose congratulations are
in order when we meet, but l must go
now. I'm fearfully tired
'Of course you are, poor child, and
am keeping you. How thoughtless
am! Well. good-by till Wednesday
night, Ella
"GOod-by."
EXuent omnes.
Have you any cantaloupes?" ?" asked
| a vegetable man, who made a daily pill
grimage of the cottages at, the springs
with his wares. whats cantaloupes"
he asked, I've got watermelons and
mushmelons, but l don't know what
cantaloupes isl
| One of the bits of excitement at the
| springs, where excitement of any sort
is at a premium, was the passing of the
circus train. 1t did not stop at the
springs, however, as other trains do.
Manager Tomblin saw to that, and 1t
was all on account Of an incident that
happened last year. 1t was when cir
Gus train passed the springs and
stopped for the usual sampling of spring
water. The troupe had no performance
pending for that night, and were a lit
tie hilarious in consequence. After
Painting the springs the usual vermil-
ion, as is customary in such cases, they
finally seized the clown and dipped him
head foremost into the deep basin that
held the spring water, dousing him in
up to his waist. That was the last
straw. Manager Tomblin had to have
the water all emptied out and the spring
thoroughly cleaned. This year he would
not risk repetition of the offense.
The Win. Davises have returned from
Shasta Springs, where they have spent
the last two weeks.
Mrs. Dewitt Littlefield and two chill
dren have returned from visits made in
San Francisco and Antioch.
Many are the expeditions made to the
summit of Mount Shasta, but to make
the trip one must have a guide, and a
stop is made halfway up, and the trip
IESUIilCQ lilS next dOOQl -
o'clock, to insure the snow be-
ing hard enough to make the
ascent in safety. A story is
told up there of an Englishman who Of
fered a prize of $1,000 for the lady who
would make the ascent on horseback. A
lady finally came to the front, who was
anxious to make the ascent and win the
prize. The road is very steep and dan
gerous, and her husband took the pre-
caution to put a strap about her waist,
he holding the other end. The ascent
was made in safety until within very
short distance of the summit, when sud-
denly the horse stumbled and fell, going
over the precipice, and was dashed to
death on the rocks below. The lady was
saved by the strap with which her hus-
band dragged her from her horse
and saved her life. She was
of course glad to escape from so
horrid fate but was nevertheless hor-
ribly disappointed that she failed by so
short a span to win the prize. Someone
said: 81 think the Englishman ought to
have given her the prize any way, when
she came so near to winning it." And
so do L
Mrs. Charles Quatman of San Fran
cisco, who has been visiting in this city,
has returned TO her home at the Bay.