| Show ti IN CALIFORNIA I Old Anya nn of tho a aland Jan land Council at tho To Ta 5 Story Hurt Hart Who S 4 2 Set 5 et a p flight Hight 5 I W There Thero cons n period of Urn time In Call ornI o the tl ie toor r or of goltl broll h u n tin g had mud batore the hail hilI de destroyed Wt we were 1111 and 1 quiet In the enjoyment or of Ilfe In ilia cotes cities and towns If the con comet t The hurt hurry and the bustle ot of the carper days were over liver and the lit In t and had rent oot broken In upon the regular Ilfe ot of tho those e of us who oro duet t to r something of Iho 1 that after Atter a which t ll s a 11 It tens during Interregnum It If 1 may In U use e I that hat phrase that the was wa launched and the litem tune ture ot of California began hegan to Ink take I In ton Hall then nit nil I now It with 1 a certain wall very cry ot of life were vere no longer lonH out nut of the r Tench of men ot of slender puros everybody knew w else and Inti there Will was I Ic i c ot of which utter after the railroad came Into the stale from the thi enat In ono ol of the early ot of the Overland Monthly Henry George titan then In th the budding tine time ot of Lila hiM had nn article entitled What the Will V Us lIe he did not reckon on Ih the II of oC th of e t whIch actually tol fol followed lowed the Intro n of men and arlI manners when the wee as wp II math malls the other side HIlle of tho conti mient II lint lintIn In lays Jaye lire Uret Hirte and I were to dine lne tto to ther very ery fre frequently the fortune and time the 1 of the nevi In whIch we bud em co 0 lIan many lopes hopes and rs Fur baits te who was Wal ever lver of Ida hi riven re to lake of at the Overland ho were nil nn and 1 my titles dullos In that humble Ilot we were to Jut such talks tie nM those width which Wl we lad huel over thu dinner table at Loul flint Thul wait on Corn Com and had born been mAl made II by RII an ex expert rt chef cher who triune to New NII York amid hie Call fortune on I a more gorgeous es H on Linen quare who him Will an land l genial and watchful ot of nil that wont on In hla house houlle 1118 only daughter I u the pride of hl the II life fl waa nM gifted with n it tin In soprano voice and won renown In th the title role of La In In later inter Th The public room of as aR the Iho continued to lu bO called was the resort of Homo lIoma of n the ht h Rt people tit of ofSan San Ban who liked I quiet elegance and ancl perfect cooker conker rather than and One of the fee tre of the place wit Iho agent of Wells Co and Vb tea noticed that he brought In 10 dinner with him when the cares of the day were over porno or patron ot of that Ihal great t corporation which then ml monopolized the tho money of the slat one wall wae I a rough looking titan mall garb and went were In III strong rOil t with his hm t And we ee s that nR n o OUI or of the tho agent ump In and peat nt at the table the stranger tranger wee In Introduced to them as 9 Mr Ir So and so o ot of Reno sae repealed so eo fre frequently that we began to Invent nil nu environment and career for tor forthe the gentleman from Reno as Wit we hint him Reno Heno h then th tho and nJ somewhat ten ter ot of tit the WO After much light talk ot of title this eort lIo be between tween Hartl said There Thore you ou are a story ready to your expert hand Thorell OUI The Gentleman From Reno neno could be b more morp to renders who know nn about Reno or gentle gentlemen men WI Ve have elected ston elory enough h for you to go with and weave In the rest nR ne you ou know BO a well how tu to I 1 surrender to you ou all 1111 tny right title awl and Interest kt III th the you hive I It to mF me tl to print The story MO ao oddly warm nM mutually written amt n nIl In due U time lime In those nil all to the Overland were primed w the names of time the authors author being ot ab and when the copy or of the tho mR msg azine containing my modest tote laIc reached the enst Bowles of the Springfield who was over ver on the lookout tor Bret stories The From iteM and tacking s Huml to 10 It hinted It In his hlA paper It was th the highest ever hold to t the me thenea nea story writer One n at I dinner cUnner In and I amused ourselves with making rhymes to some of the goo gao graphical of l on nn east enst ern wrIter r salt that wa Was t I ht Ir rt ds ble Our rhymes worl conn connof of oC the tho variety and I regret that I can enli only one of The second syllable of Milpitas Is pro as It If 1 pee con ran thus There n 11 young suna girl of Who had an attack ot of bronchitis Atilt And she said I cough qty Iy infernal hind oft off offit It I 1 dont clont get out or of Milpitas One of the tho reporters on the staff of the Alta California which I was than thon the editor was 1 a son ot of Now York who bore till the honored tI of one of mho hl oldest i of that state JI pf IC his unfortunate habits WM was nn an addiction to the hol and the thC ho bowl bOIl for tor him the themore more elegant and Ilke were his manners On the of open opening ing InE ltd it Ii iii oen Sou f ports II a great cope given by br the of f commerce Among t the 11 WAS vas Gin chin W then th the division ot of the Our ot of the provided s Ith II a ot of fb the generals speech already In type In our to h It If the speaker made nil any material deviation from his prepared oration In the midst of one of the It best sentences our elegant reporter interrupted inter J with Jg hag pardon general emolument WA was the word you In your menu manu script Imagine the consternation and the tho limit these until n a feW teve minutes later Inter when the tho alerts censor n broke In with Nog Bel pardon lardon gen genera oral era Its a I better word but bul you ou wrote not Halleck was wal a roan of fow words olds but buton buton on this he spoke several TuM gig III to me lUe he sold Will you ou take to that ass T It 18 s hardly necessary to add that our too willing commentator went out JUI lly ly to finish his In nn an ante anteroom room was waR succeeded In command b by pen George 11 Thanas n 0 m man n whose or and politicians was so nM its to be almost oInk ornIc Otis One tiny while r i woe chatting with mho Iho general In hl hip time tho of Mr Hen Ben VOS brought t In The general laughed mid said Now T 1 Twill will ask osk t to tell you about his stock toek In n a senatorial election It chancel that an 1111 election for Cor Stains was Willi then pond log hIlt In th the It and 1111 Mill that thaI he had been trolled 10 II ell on IW by an agent of one OM of In to subscribe to the tumid of his patron tron 1101 ladny ln to o his hili men story salil to the Well I 1 have 0 tn taen stock tolk In n treat mAny cattle c wagon roads trading 8 and all sorts lIt of legislatures but i 1 took tonk any stock In II a halted SUrtes senator Just for tor the n novelty or of the thA thing J I will now How Haw much Is III Jt It II a The tale talt d Yhomas distrust ot of nil but hp he regarded with monte omo because he would never toll the nano of the In whom hom ho tool took stork White d waR teas editor ot of the Alln Call Justice Stephen SIt phell J riled of the tho States Supreme court carne Into possession of n written lease or of II a known billiard room In III San Bun Francisco co the lesso a being S 8 Grant and 11 army rill It appeared that the two rot th i ifor lookout for tor nn an to th lr slender Incomes s were offered the tho lease leaHI with whit to sublet It If they cho chose l and their with Ih the lessees was the tho Ilo document ulm nt In fields hands i 1 had It copied timid printed ht the columns of thu tho Alta liS as nil an Interesting ree rec record ord ordA A certain auctioneer n San I Funnels Cu co with II a name a Maine par parentage und and pro southern took umbrage nt at title and coining Into the Ihl publication one morning when the Junior pr was nH stooping over till the t counter marking out nets ails trait Crom that layR naper General C as we will call him denounced Grant as n a butcher who hUll desolated de the south southern ern rn lanes and hall hail carried out a pre pet l dentist policy of loll lion sluice since he hail ben been In Nevertheless lie he concluded he Is h or 0 th the Slates rout as q 1 high office and to connect hint i I Ia a lessor hor I call a l most pro The Tho paused for want ot of breath and the newspaper n proprietor tor lifting his broad 1011 and rubicund J visage from hi his work only said General C a you Oll know too much and resumed his pencil Bret Brot who knew nil all the he to this little Interlude mightily tickled hy by the tho story r I have told here herl Not long otter lifter that thaI our pupae printed nn ot of the Iho bull building of 1 a large RIll mid elegant residence tit nt near San Francisco for William C the Ihl money king of Uw the coast That day while J I was In the bank on saw me from till the throne on which ho sat sal behind a J Plato pInto i glass screen overlookIng the entire ell cc and ho be beckoned come com lit In h him In mm rn me I lv T 1 did I cons WOY nut t 1 thega began hega to scold u about out t the n hI groot groat house mint of I la that e sold hi I INow Now I ask tie 1111 n a personal f r as n JI matter of rl right ht that yo OJ 1 ord not na your I to my I e ler Iq Q your our paper under any lt i r l whatever unless It comes In from fan the lie or In ru tn ten from Inc Of course I promised Wit Wh J I hat 1 dodged among the tho teams on I cry street nt at tho ho risk of Iny Im If o III a WIlY n hack to 10 my I 1 mm I t I o as tie edge of It time the Pr r rIP who wore oro JI a broad smile on his II the mutter Ir n h asks I 1 h I Ithe 1 nu look k tie nB It If Ice I hl hi t the whole world knew too rl II air much 4 I got 01 even een with my r x Not Nol long utter title episode en 11 h b 4 tumid wave Q 1 t e elion or lion ot of the vest coast of Saute 1 Ica I Ill ca destroying much property t 1 the people San I F FCo H Co 10 eta to its Ita Ills Instincts 1 n a foul for or th the rII hb I tit nl tita a of The h 11 tor ot of our Paper mindful or orlone lone brought mu me ulla a list or of s1 1111 u uto to 10 the teller fund amid Horn of C t I r nil the rest cst I out t and Inserted the word Co Ch e town next tiny clay why did not appear mind m modest titan win who refused 1 lute his n 0 n credited 1000 to 10 Cash n II III nI I took early opportunity to SI s e tit lit In the most waY to t the ho ri t added JIll I like It l 1 like it II v vAll All time tho Rail cattle l I never though a alike like It NOab Brooks I r w York Sun Run |
