Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

stuck-up beauty. who is now my.
squaw. Eth. Professor Smith, times is
|, changed, times is changed. Here, you,
woman, take of my moccasins. and
lively about it want Professor
Smith to see how well have you
trained
II saw her clench her teeth, and the
fame of revolt rise in her face. He
drew back his gnarled fist to strike,
and was afraid, and sick at heart. !
could do nothing to prevail against
him. So got up to 60. and not be
witness to such indignity. But the
Chauffeur laughed and threatened me
with a beating If I did not stay and
behold. And sat there. perforce, by
the campfire on the shore of Lake
Temescal and saw Vesta, Vesta Van
Warden, kneel and remove the moe
casins Of that grinning, hairy, ape.
like human brute.
oh, you do not understand, my
grandsons. You have never known
anything else. and you do not under
stand.
Halter broke and bride WISE the
Chauffeur gloated, while she performed
that dreadful, mental task. "A trifle
balky at times, professor, a trife balky;
but clout alongside the jaw makes
her as meek and gentle as a lamb
"And another time he said: We've
got to start all over and replenish the
earth and multiply. You're handi-
capped, professor. You amt got no
wife, and we're up against a regular
Garden-of-Eden proposition. But
amt proud. I'll tell you what, profess
sor.' He pointed at their little infant.
barely year old There's your wife.
though you'll have to wait till she
grows up. It's rich, amt it? We're
all equals here, and I'm the biggest
toad in the splash. But amt stuck
up-not I. I do you the honor, Pro
lessor Smith. the very great honor, Of
betrothicg to you my and Vesta War
den's daughter. Amt it cussed bad
that Van Warden amt here to see?
Il lived three weeks of infinite tor
ment there in the Chaufeur's camp.
And then, one day. firing of me, or
Vesta, he told me that the year before,
wandering through the Contra Costa
hills to the straits Of Carquinez, across
the straits he had seen smoke. This
meant that there were stilr other hu-
man beings. and that for three weeks
he had kept this inestimable precious
information from me. departed at
once. my dogs and horses, and jour-
neyed across the Contra. Costa hills to
the straits. I saw no smoke on the
other side, but at Port Costa discov-
cred q small steel barge on which l
was able to embark my animals. Old
canvas which found served me for
a sail, and a southerly breeze famed
me across the straits and up to the
ruins of Vallejo. Here, on the out.
skirts of the city found evidences of
a recently occupied camp. Many clam
shells showed me why these humans
had come to the shores Of the bay.
This was the Santa Rosa tribe, and l
followed it's track along the old rail-
road right of way across the salt
marshes to Sonoma valley. Here, at
the old brickyard at Glen Ellen, came
upon the camp. There were eighteen
souls all told. Two were old men.
one of whom was Jones, q banker.
The other was Harrison, retired
pawnbroker, who had taken for wife
the matron of the State Hospital for
the Insane at Napa. OF all the per.
sons Of the city OF Napa, and Of all the
other towns and villages in that rich
and populous valley, she had been the
only survivor. Next, there were the
three young men-Cardih and Hale,
who had been farmers, and VAIN
wright, common day laborer. All
three had found wives. To Hale. q
crude, illiterate farmer, had fallen Isa-
dore, the greatest prize, next to Vesta,
of the women who came through the
plague She was one Of the worlds
most noted singers. and the plague
had caught ner at San Francisco. She
had talked with me for hours at
time. telling me of her adventures, un.
til, at last, rescued by Hale in the
Mendocino forest reserve, there had
remained nothing for her to do but
become his wife. But Hale was
good fellow in spite of his illiteracy.
He had keen sense Of Justice.
1.-THE wives Of Cardiff and Vain.
wright were ordinary women. &C.
customed to toll, with strong constitu.
tions-just the type for the wild new
life which they were compelled to live.
In addition were two adult idiots from
the feeble-minded home at Eldredge.
and five or six young children and in.
fants born after the formation Of the
Santa Rosa tribe. Also. there was
Bertha. She was good wom-
an. Hare-Lip, IN spite Of the sneers
Of your father. Her I took for wife.
She was the mother Of your father.
Edwin. and Of yours. Hoo-Hoo. And
It. was our daughter. Vera. who mar,
ried your father. Hare-Lip-your f.
Their, Sandow. who was the eldest SON
Of vesta Van Warden and the Chauf-
feur.
There are only two other tribes
that We know of-the Los Angelitos
and the Carmelitos. The latter start
ed from one man and woman. He
was called Lopez, and he was descend
ed from the ancient Mexicans and was
very black. He was cowherd in the
ranges beyond Carmel. and his wife