Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-28
&c In Hotel Corridors &c

/ west and that it was here that Mark
/ Twain and Bret Harte tried their luck
at pocket mining, with the success that
later drove both into literature. An
gels Camp was visited and the place
which is the scene of TWain's Jump
ing Frog"
The tourists thought they would go
a bit outside the beaten paths, and
so one day team was engaged and
a drive to the west of Angels taken.
A mile and a half from town they
were attracted to a little cabin and
/ on inquiring of a WOman-Who looks
much younger than she is-who lived
there, was informed Jaspar Tarr. Fur
/ ther inquiry brought forth the infor-
nation that Tarr at the time was down
by the river trying to "rOck' out a
few grains of gold. There are still
| such gOings on up in old CalaVeras.
! OF course, the tourists had to pay a
visit to Tarr's "diggings." There he
was found hard at work, shoVeling
away with one hand and pouring water
| with the other But he had to stop
and tell the tourists the story of his
| life, how he had come there in the
early fifties as a mere boy. He knew
of both Twain and Harte, and told a
number of stories-most of them camp
legends of the literary duo.
A young woman in the party had
been carefully studying the grizzled
old man. and during lull in the con-
versation she spoke up:
"And have you lived here all your
life?"
promptness replied:
mo, ma'am, not yet
This is one which emanates from the
,f of the HOl-
lenbeck. one of the guests of the
house, Mrs. Thompson, has a son
years old who is the pride of the nos
telry. Last Sunday he accompanied ms
mamma to church and was much I'M
pressed with the vestments of those
conducting the services.
The tot was standing in front of the
desk on his return when Clerk Allan
leaned over and said: "Well, Ralph,
did you see God?"
mo, l didn't" responded the little
fellow thoughtfuly, but saw MS
clerks"
Among the distinguished guests who
are in the city at the present time is
the Countess de Colmar of France,
whose son. Count Robert de Colmar, is
working in the oil fields of Bakersfield.
The countess arrived in Los Angeles
Yesterday and is registered at the Van
Nuys.
II want to say this right now be-
gan the FrenchWoman last evening, in
speaking about her son, that story
which one of the papers here printed
had very little truth in it. My son in
ze-what it is you call tnem?-over-
oVeralls and with the dirty face. New
er! He wore the nice khaki suit and
looked very nice" she added with
mothers pride beaming in her face.
The countess went on to explain.
Her son Robert does not have to do the
work he is doing. He has plenty of
money and great estates in France. 1t
is his own desire that he gets in and
digs. He and his mother both admire
the Americans very much and the boy
wishes to be like them. He is only l6
years old, but having had a tutor all
his life he has assimilated as much
book learning as is required of one
born in his station of life. Now he
wants to get out and run up against
some real problems
His mother stated last evening that
she had decided to allow her son to re-
main at work at Bakersfield, but would
stay there with him until he had fin
ished. She has sent to France for his
automobile, which he will use in traV
cling between Bakersfield proper and
the fields
The mother is extremely proud or
her sons ambition and is willing to
sacrifice few years from her beloved
France in order that he may make
man of himself in his own way if he
will. She intends to let him get out
and mix" with every class to be
found in the oil fields. He is at pres
ent working for the Union Oil COM
pany.
Those who registered at the Hollen-
beck recently include: William Robert
English a member of the reclamation
service located at Yuma; Mrs. w II.
McClelland of Lethbridge Alberta,