The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-05

upon the camp. There were eighteen
souls all told. Two we're old men,
one of whom was Jones, a banker.
The other was Harrison, a retired
pawnbroker, who had taken for a 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-Cardiff and Hale
who had been farmers, and Vain
wright, a common day laborer All
three had found wives. To Hale, a
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 her at San Francisco. She
had talked with me for hours at a
time, telling me of her adventures, I'M
til, at last, rescued by Hale in the
Mendocinn forest reserve. there had
remained nothing for her to do but
become his wife. But Hale was a
good follow in eni+o of hio nliteracv
He had a keen sense of Justice.
1.-THE wives of Cardiff and Vain.
wright were ordinary women, ac-
|ue'oiieu ~ 'oii' Win Stlohs conSIi'u'
tions-just the type for the wild new
ll'e "nlci Ihey were colhpe!leu " ll'e'
N "uuitioh were TWO auuit lulots from
the leeDle-mlnded nome at hldreoge'
anu liVe Vi SIN young cnlluleh anu IN
lants porn alter the lormatlon OIL the
santa rosa trlDe' Also there was
bertha' Sne was goou Wom'
an Hare-Llp' IN spite OF the sneers
OF your rather. her | took for wire.
one was the mother OF your iatner,
huWln' ana OF yours Hoo-Hoo. ANA
II was our daughter, vera, VINO mar
rled your rather, Hare-Lip-your Ia
ther, Sandow, VINO was the eldest son
OIL Eesta van warden ana the Cnaui-
teur'
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
was maidservant in the Great Del
Monte hotel. 1t was seven years be-
fore we first got in touch with the Los
Angelitos. They have a good country
down there, but it is too warm. l
estimated the present population of
the world at between three hundred
and fifty and four hundred-provided,
of course, that there are no scattered
little tribes elsewhere in the world.
If there be such, we have not heard
of them. Since johnson crossed the
desert from Utah, no word or sign mas
come from the East or anywhere else.
The great world which knew in my
Doyhood and early MANHOOD is gone.
It has ceased to be. am the last
man VINO was awe IN the days Oh the
plague ana VINO Knows the wonders Oh
that lar-oH tlme' we, VINO mastered
the pianet-its earth, and sea- ana
sky-aho VINO were as very gous' no"
i've IN primitlVe sa'agery along the
water courses OIL tnls oaiilornla coun'
Try.
But we are increasing rapidly
your sister, Hare-Lip' already mas FOUR
chiloren. we are increasing rapidly
ana making readysfor a new climb TO-
ward civilization. In tlme' pressure
OF population VIII compel us to spread
out, and hundred generations from
now we may expect our descendants
TO start across the Sierras, oozing
Slowly aions' seheIalioii Wy genera
Iioh, over tne greae continent 70 the
eo,o oa oi ,ne hast-a ne" AfSali
urile arounu .ne woriu'