The San Francisco call., 1897-08-27

one more effort managed to just move it, and
then awoke.
The morning was beautiful and all should
have made one happy in the thought of pelhs
in such gorgeous surroundings, but L lelt de-
pressed as though some thing was gong u
happ2n
Icould not shake this feeling off, and after
making a breakfast on fruit and milk, that
had packed with me, wended my way fur
ther up the mountain. On reaching the sum
nit l stood as one transfxed, for beEo q
there was the very stream | had been unaDe
to cross in my dream 1 stood looking down
with awe into its depths as beEeld the very
Bracelet had dreamed OF. VINO can say tnat
the hard OF fate was not in this?
threw my baggage across TO the other slde,
intending 10 jump over. But was spell
bound. as | seemed 10 know for the first time
in my life what fear was. surely could not
yet be awake, but al showed me plainly that
/ was very much that way. A hurried glance
through my dressng-case brought outE look.
ing-glass. Well, viii / ever forget the express
sion upon my face. was trembling ike O
leaf, scare,y daring to move.
With a supernuman effIrt | determined 10
gain the bracelet at all hazards. | used my
tishing-pole, which had kept with me, as a
staff and touched the golden circlet. Ii
seemed even more beautiful in reality than it
did in my dreams. l caught ii in such way
thatlt seemed safe to draw up the pole. did
so and to my utter amaZament and horror
found i! 10 be G snake in the mouth of a water
dog. Try 10 imagine, ii you can stretch your
| imagination so far what l must have xpe-
rlenCeu upon seeing lnlS. W NdSu tnlS 700
awful? This spot is we'll known to all lovers
of sport in or about the vicinity of San Jose.
This was the most terrible of all my expert
ences. AS many equally peasant ones have
had and some doubly interesting. One OF
about the same time occurred between CofaX
and Auburn. l had camped out 1or seven
weeks-one OF my most pleasant trips-and
was close to place | thought occupied by
good lava bding woodchoppers. We would
always pass eacn other with a salute, for one
OF the two men who lived here was accustomed
TO driving livestock back aud forth, and mad
many an occasion to pass MIN on the 70 I'd.
s)on discovered a striking resemblance and
came to the conclusion that they were broth
ers. The SIN maller of the two wss always kind.
He showed his kindness by offering me his
horse to ride. | used 10 take the liberty OF
riding it while ne was away, but not when he
would make the offer.
There came a Gay when thought it wise to
leave, and few days after / saw an account in
one of the Auburn papers OF an attempt TO
wreck or derai train at Collax. Who but
my late neig bors were the cu pri, s. The
crowbar they used L had often sem. | have
wondered if. should l have remained tco
might not nave been arrested as accom-
plice.
There is no place OF interest scarcely from
Blue Lakes TO Los Angeles that have not seen
in q shorter time than it takes 10 tell it.
While in the City of San Francisco | visited
every place OF any note, even TO Chinatown.
| saw and played lottery on several occasions
as went the second time because l won i'll
the frst-somethiug like the story of the moth.
found the people like semi barbarlans, but OF
a most interesting type.
AS Il natural outcome of my roaming I have
been thrown much in the company of men in
all walks of life. ] once attended some
'jnk," where men who were accustomed to
fatier and pay pretty tributes to their lady
acquaintances TOOK advantage OF their exclu-
sion 10 make fun of the ladies and in the
most uDgentlemanly manner criticz ze some
one of their failings. These society be les
were undergoing the most Illuminating criti-
cisms and still were not aware OF it. ] went
with one Mr. Myer formerly of Myers d. Co.,
tobacco importers OF st. Louis, Mo. venture
to give his name, though as he has since
passed away, thinking some one of those pres
ent may recall the affair, which took place on
Christmas eve in 1892.
must here confess that, no m after where l
have been, have .let with good and noble
men-the kind you read about. The world is
full Of them, as it is with pure and noble
women; but while the world goes on we shall
hear more OF evil than of good. So it will be
In the case OF good men and women; they will
not be mentioned while a morset OF tempting
scandal is left to serve the ever eager tn hrong
OF people call mankind We're the goou
deeds of our true men and wome more freely
discussed, both around The family circle and
by the press, the appetite and craving for W at
is vulgar, coarse and sensational would soon
die ont, or at least become diminished.
In few days Miss Bean will be speed
ing across the continent in search OF other
scenes, for she much dislikes the notoriety
her discovery has brought about.