The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12
PART IL.

had
Uncle Billy his suspicious of the relating
clandestne
called 2oant busi
own might his own removal there
sinEuay from the absent linn
dated San Francisco begging MIN not 10 be anxious about
his pecrae departure suggestion
widered In profound simplicity be extraordinary
@ fortune @ @ eb h su Sn % h @ TO some 1lansion Of his
n;mauOn of taking bis partners binding
Jim appealing and apoorerc
somewhat incOherent bs:lng with mis-
pise only assurances his own bsh
sing or two Uncle Billy sukel
but his inncb optimism and good humOr
but always address, Postoffee
@ the mpeminde Uncle Billy
From certain ptuitye nrse in his narnsr md M g @ ?
Billy did camp although
freely OF his former partners promising future
with unsuspng confidence. On contrary,
~ humorous but always aoat Cedar
quarreed over their cloth-Unc jim who was
taller than Uncle Billy
had quaeed over cardsUne Jim had discovered that Uncle Billy
Billy grinding up
ous pills in The mornings coffee gloOmy imaginative mulever
had darky
camp he was still there and his bones would found the
thought the of ceeh owl the Uncle Jim
highly camp-and indeed
in Caiorniatha nobody themselves
believed their
dsprov it. Happily Uncle Billy knew moved all
And then singular change took place in the attitude of the
agreed PAT the upon he was
glowing of
abscondng partner pro-
Bsgs letter Indignation
Uncle Billy and uncouh
made his loneliness half dozen
mn WITH % e dance no I bt e b ] se @ nnt ' to a fben s bi
ecipsel and remind nlm of happier
Sorprise working parties visited his claim with pasmodo
oward helping m and great good humor and hay prevailed
was not unusual thing for an honest miner arise from idle gath
ne Bly's ailnqsl' yet before
improbable reckless really believed
in their
Kind OF hopeful cynicm through their performances Like
laughing he's ndin him OF Omooin'
And winter passed and the rains and the days cIou
@ @ Jd bib n fs sierran pas.e. and ihs bop" p @ @
but that passed too and only the
Gus as the seasons were there ws faint stirring in the camp with the
STANCE o excitement on op the bar -' was
BiI claim partners names
IN ih Ls ana n@e Io ada "a to to no excitement there was the
the outskirts of the mbng As the
Uncle Billy hysca brathIess
little under the baekapPing and Of the whole
T Sn'. By had F1oE m yo it just discovered pocket
Although in that he missed the old
could
shining in the eyes OF all who him. 1t was OF
jealousy the unfortunate but rather pme and
but yielded up her secret There was no prescribed limit 10 her
bounty conviction Suffering but still
patted large boulder with the pOstrOph Good old gall"
on and speoulatot lued to by the good
Caml-Unc Billy, his
Francisco and took leave Of the forever!
When Uncle Billy landed
coming
itertd along the climbed sandhl
Western brought thrilled inland
b. the amasd sea-eong ships he felt of
impressed startled women passing
sudden that
1t had
his working othes and then table
share
brilliant sudden and
of cheap hotel
hours butterfly
he
glaringly ifttng
he
of
behind which occupied wte wall and q1al
he him
benin Uncle Billy leaned forward
kin llne he mi b'long is
ccrksta
Bot egrinnirg
sked 10 orepeat question He did
$50 his box? said the
a.nF hanta