| Show FI MIM KIT CARSONS SON I KI is NO Now sun Old I Maim I and Lives In California rt U to Who has ha not nOI heard ar of 01 Carn Carson made famous by talc of t the California mining camp ot of the winter o of 41 and te the sprIng of 11 60 V Il ONe Grace wr wrIn In WI Los Angeles Alele HIl His was wa 0 one of 01 lb the mOt most familiar name cnn ted ee with th the life of 01 the early 1 days woven u I it wu was I so closely into Inlo the Ibe fabric of 01 adventure which helped to make tb the blo history of to by 1 guile tImes DUI But thul there ar are few 1 who knows that hi hii son on Sam em Caln Carson now an aD old ma man taI lives stone aone amid well wl night in a Ite canyon almost within walking wilkin of For ears lie h has lived there and cine Ince hula hll death alon lie He usually keeps a few fW b bees and Ute the money received 1 front trum hi his honey add added to what he ran can earn chopping wo Wood helps to 10 supply hi his humble nH though RI at times h he I Ii fold forced t te accept outside assistance The day we t visited him W we found him In ld bed where he had lain far Ion long weary weeks weck with I a f leg III the oC a vicious kick from I a wicked hure horse After tl th accident he was wa taken to the cabin or n a tIA Cn can woman who card cared for tor him during Ills hll enforced helplessness Accompanied by I Fio who drove our art over I entered the hut where upon Ullon a narow narrow bed In iii tim corner rf ret lined the hue turin furm of oC tine old wrapped Tapped In u a faded adell red quilt rim fl room was U smith anti anc dirty the bed clothing looked anything but restful A couple oUI oC chairs scarred Ild old and a Imal table completed the furnishings of the rOm an open door one olle caught a glimpse of ofIL f fI I IL In tiny kitchen where I a short horl stun lun Mexican hOt d I ahu I a 0 dilapIdated stove anti cm 0 IUle Mexican girl and lent peeped loppe at one from behind th the shelter o Sf her lothers skirt Ca r spoke to lb the Invalid iii II Span Ih amid I ne we e t thus hI M lie he helal eat lal up anti extended hi his hor baud to 10 11 rime with as I cordial a smile j R ci one could wish to 10 receive Now Im real glad to e ye get getright t right down tl to a chair by th th t e ami make yourself as ai munch much itt It heat us ye cn And u as I 1111 did so 10 I thought that ILer after al dl It I is I lt a t what oe one has ha t to Il i Ia but buthe he spirit and time way hl lie oer It Ini It ng niches makel this the gift wort worth tha l liar that hers here as aSme one me who ho not 0 be to 10 a lttie I stated my errand at al ia jf e maying I had he Wa was a 01 mid lit Kit Caron arson and I hould like to Ig snore about boul him hIm Yes 11 I am Im 11 lila hil sop lon hu h said ld the blue e and lie he drw himself nit a 11 bit a as though o of ln an dignity At being the oC if IP g noted 1 a sire lire How noll long butt h I ben been here Oh nigh into yer year right h lucre r but aZure hat I worked a coal col mine min tm Ia at lasa lens Ilena the nit bluff I it woe wn wnm m II I u u l J uL I u u uj u u u u from fr m that thaI big bl hotl hotel what burt burned the Raymond Yon on UD can see a part par o 0 the shaft nu its Il Clo up Th The cal coal ther there wal was 11 15 feet under round ground but t i cleaned OUI on quite a lot abut about 1 my life Wel I dont know a as theres much to 10 tell 1 1 Irn burn II in Te Tax that city cit that bea been uDder water but bUI a goot part pal of oC my life IC ha has been spent lii In theta par parts Oh I live lived In and al iii through Iv Ive worked ir In mm sonic ant Iv Ive taught a and I Jun ud and the English language C C C When J I him concerning hit hll relatives h be said Aid tbt hI he believed him hll lather had five brothers bruthe besides himself him himI self I and th three skaters tn ne He there was U mot most ot of nl dead d Unless IW IWU hll hi Uncle MO MosS Clr Car Carson ln son I lie himself hii has one sister Ivl In He H told lold me m that his hi father died at al Yort Lyon Colo Cob In 1865 but bul that the by body II had since ben been removed Cronl its original burial place Ia where he II has just Juat a lne fine monument We ar are told lold that Ihal Christopher arson was wa a a small Inan ot of compact frame framework work about aut fly ad and feet et tall wih WhIm a lar large wel will head twinkling gray eI eyes a nu nose ald end sandy hair combed back ack from ruIn R a abroad brad broad bight forehead The Th sun when younger muss In man many wa ways have hav reo re amble iii father le lie Is II small mal stud now quie quIte 1111 thin and a stubby gray graybeard ra br beard and whitening hall hair make him lok biuk older ohler Ihan hi really II Hut lul tIme the eyt eyes of the fath fah father faher er IRh hash ot out alone at one from rom th the brows browl ot of the son lii Js capacity rot for acquiring languages seem also alo to tomave have mave n Inherited from the old hunt huntr r md trapper lather father for ht he also puke ant and Spanish besides bing ing conversant with Ith several Indian Sams father Cather was wal married when quite young to an I Indian girl vito filed shortly ater after Ih the birth of oC their lAter lie he married Senura Senors Jose JaM Ilha ihma R a SpanIsh woman ot of grAI beauty who was wat said laid to b be a as gOI toot IS as she was wa fair Some Urn Ume ater she Ih died le leaving three lter Mr fir Carson I wu wits marMet married A third tint tt t hi his del ileath th leC left seven children hUI tnt I dId tiki not learn Iun to 10 which witS Sam h l le lie said al his hll memory wal was lot 1101 good its It once was wall anti I found I R mu lo In believing him hut he III whose name lie he bears and nd hat Ihal what won de that thaI h lie should rel feel pride In a l par t f whom could write In WOrl words Qt If auch praise In a letter rom John Charles Fremont remont eg Jon Caron all as a bearer bearr ot of Ki lal r I to the government iii 14 1847 lie he Writes Wih me Carfon arson and truth len mean the thing lie He is I always the same Ime tid I While II H HI ralant 1 assistant of Ih the I flon States arm army at al that tl who rae wae wih with him at al lila his death writes of hll tim lie He WI was one ot of natures noblemen a I true 1100 In al all that tiit constitutes truthful situ In noble impulses a true knight weak the ready treat ever tor lal to the strong without reward warl titer than Ihan his hll own conscience Truly Trul Sam though old and Iu o r It La LaIL IL I e |
