Show A california STORY in the northern part of this state cali call california ia is a stream called yuba river across it some enterprising individual built a bridge and on the banks somebody else built bunt three or four houses the inhabitants inu bitante bi tants called the place yub dam three bars were instantly 1 erected and the toan town increased rapidly I 1 i about noon one cool day a traveler arld and so sio jo fourmer jou raer in the I 1 nd passed th abs tbs s flourishing locality and seeing a lork leg lebed ved ted sp op aimen of humanity in a red shirt smoking before one of the b ars rs thus addressed him hello ho 11 hello e lo 10 replied the shirt with vigor re movin m 0 1 in his bis Is pipe from his bis mouth what place is ia this di dt maudesthe maud mand banded edthe the traveller e r whose biame was thompson the answer of the shirt vaa as unexpected unell acted yuba daml I there was about fifty yards between them and the wind was as blowing mr air thompson thou thought glit be had bad been mistaken what did you say he be asked yuba dam replied the stranger cheer fully what place is this roared mr thompson yuba yu ba camill dam said the shirt in a slightly elevated tone fone of voice loo ee here berell yelled the irate thompson I 1 asked yu y u politely what place this was why in hunder bunder dont yon answer 21 the str stranger auger became excited he rose and replied with tho tha voice of an eighty yu ba dahil daml do you hear bear that Ina lna in a minute thompson burning with the wrath of t e righteous jumped on off his bis horse and advanced on the bt ranger with an expression press lod IOD not riot to be mis mistaken the shirt arose and assumed bostur a of en ceffrice nce nee and defence arrived within a yard of him TL ompson said 1 I ask you for the last time what place ia is this putting his bis bands to his mouth his bis opponent roared yu ba damo daro the next minute they vere mere v ere at t it first Mi thompson ompson was down then the he shirt and then it was a dog fall that is both were down they rolled tolled about kicking up a tremendous dust they squirmed around so energetically that have thou ht bt the they had bad a dozen egg eeme ir instead istead of four it looked like a prize plize fig fight ht between two puli pull pugilistic listic centipedes finally they both rolled afi the bank batik and into the river the water coole cooie I 1 them they went down together but came i p separate and aud put out for the shore both reached it about the same time and thomps n scrambled up the bank mounted bis his warlike steed and made tracks leav ving his foe gou gouin gouging a in the mud out of one of his bis eyes having left the business portion of the town that is to say the corner where whit re the three bars were kept he struck a house i the ibi ba before which blittle girl of about four yearb of age was nas playing 11 what place B s this sissy Sis sib syly syll 1 be asked Thelin le girl frightened at the d owned rat figure which the stranger cut treaded tre aked it for the house having reached the door sha phe stopped ii arned urne and squealed squeal ed oo bee da daml danl mil good He heavens avenell said thompson digging diggin his heels between lia lla iia bils borsen ribs goa gon good heavens let me ine get out of this horrid p ace acer acey where rot only the men hut but ah very babe babes and suc klings swear at inoffensive t |