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The   wife   of   the   hotel´keeper�察 �actuated   by  a   low  jealousy�察  �had   suggested 

that    she   ;seemed      to  live   OFF     them�察─   �but   as   that   person    tried   to 

demonstrate the truth of her statement by reference to the cost of the raw 

material   used     by   the   old   lady�察 �it   was  considered   by   the   camp   as    too 

practical and economical for consideration。              ;Besides�察─�added Cy Perkins�察�

;ef old Mammy wants to turn an honest penny in her old age�察�let her do it。 

How would you like your old mother to make pies on grub wages�拭�eh�拭─�

A   suggestion   that   so   affected   his   hearer   ��who   had   no   mother��   that   he 

bought     three   on   the  spot。   The     quality   of  these   pies   had   never    been 

discussed but once。         It is related that a young lawyer from San Francisco�察�

dining at the Palmetto restaurant�察�pushed away one of Mammy Downey's 

pies with every expression of disgust and dissatisfaction。                At this juncture�察�

Whisky Dick�察�considerably affected by his favorite stimulant�察�approached 

the stranger's table�察�and�察�drawing up a chair�察�sat uninvited before him。 



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     ;Mebbee�察     �young    man�察─   �he   began    gravely�察   �ye   don't   like  Mammy 

Downey's pies�拭─�

     The stranger replied curtly�察�and in some astonishment�察�that he did not�察�

as a rule�察 �eat pie。; 

     ;Young man�察─�continued Dick�察�with drunken gravity�察 �mebbee you're 

accustomed to Charlotte rusks and blue mange�察�mebbee ye can't eat unless 

your grub is got up by one o' them French cooks'�拭              �Yet WE us boys yar 

in this campcalls that piea gooda com´pe´tent pie� ─�

     The   stranger   again   disclaimed   anything   but   a   general   dislike   of   that 

form of pastry。 

     ;Young   man�察─  �continued   Dick�察  �utterly   unheeding   the   explanation�察�

;young      man�察  �mebbee     you    onst  had   an   olea   very   ole  mother�察   �who�察�

tottering down the vale o' years�察�made pies。              Mebbee�察�and it's like your 

blank epicurean soul�察�ye turned up your nose on the ole woman�察�and went 

back on the pies�察�and on her�         �She that dandled ye when ye woz a baby�察�

a little baby�    �Mebbee ye went back on her�察�and shook her�察�and played off 

on her�察�and gave her awaydead away�              �And now�察�mebbee�察�young manI 

wouldn't hurt ye for the world�察�but mebbee�察�afore ye leave this yar table�察�

YE'LL EAT THAT PIE� ─�

     The stranger rose to his feet�察�but the muzzle of a dragoon revolver in 

the unsteady hands of Whisky Dick�察�caused him to sit down again。 He ate 

the pie�察�and lost his case likewise�察�before a Rough´and´ Ready jury。 

     Indeed�察  �far   from   exhibiting   the   cynical   doubts   and   distrusts   of   age�察�

Daddy   Downey   received   always   with   childlike   delight   the   progress   of 

modern improvement and energy。              ;In my day�察�long back in the twenties�察�

it took us nigh a weeka week�察�boysto get up a barn�察�and all the young 

onesI was one thenfor miles 'round at the raisin'�察�and yer's you boys 

rascals ye are�察�tooruns up this yer shanty for Mammy and me 'twixt sun´ 

up   and   dark�   �Eh�察  �eh�察  �you're   teachin'   the   old   folks   new   tricks�察  �are   ye�拭�

Ah�察�get along�察�you� ─�and in playful simulation of anger he would shake his 

white hair and his hickory staff at the ;rascals。;             The only indication of 

the   conservative   tendencies   of   age   was   visible   in   his   continual   protest 

against the extravagance of the boys。            ;Why�察─�he would say�察 �a family�察�a 

hull family��leavin' alone me and the old woman��might be supported on 



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what   you   young   rascals   throw   away   in   a   single   spree。  Ah�察  �you   young 

dogs�察�didn't I hear about your scattering half´dollars on the stage the other 

night when that Eyetalian Papist was singin'�拭              �And that money goes out 

of Amerikyivry cent� ─�

     There was little doubt that the old couple were saving�察�if not avaricious。 

But   when     it   was   known�察  �through   the   indiscreet   volubility   of   Mammy 

Downey�察�that Daddy Downey sent the bulk of their savings�察�gratuities�察�and 

gifts to a dissipated and prodigal son in the East��whose photograph the 

old man always carried with him��it rather elevated him in their regard。 

;When   ye   write   to   that   gay   and   festive   son   o'   yourn�察  �Daddy�察─  �said   Joe 

Robinson�察 �send him this yer specimen。              Give him my compliments�察�and 

tell him�察�ef he kin spend money faster than I can�察�I call him�               �Tell him�察�ef 

he wants a first´class jamboree�察�to kem out here�察�and me and the boys will 

show him what a square drunk is� ─             �In vain would the old man continue 

to protest against the spirit of the gift�察�the miner generally returned with 

his   pockets   that   much   the   lighter�察  �and   it   is   not   improbable   a   little   less 

intoxicated than he otherwise might have been。                It may be premised that 

Daddy   Downey   was   strictly   temperate。         The   only   way   he   managed   to 

avoid   hurting   the   feelings   of   the   camp   was   by   accepting   the   frequent 

donations of whisky to be used for the purposes of liniment。 

     ;Next to snake´oil�察�my son�察─�he would say�察 �and dilberry´juice�察�and 

ye don't seem to pro´duce 'em hereabouts��whisky is good for rubbin' onto 

old bones to make 'em limber。            But pure cold water�察�'sparklin' and bright 

in its liquid light��' and�察�so to speak�察�reflectin' of God's own linyments on its 

surfiss�察�is the best�察�onless�察�like poor ol' Mammy and me�察�ye gets the dumb´ 

agur from over´use。; 

     The fame of the Downey couple was not confined to the foot´hills。 The 

Rev。   Henry   Gushington�察  �D。D。�察  �of       Boston�察  �making   a   bronchial   tour   of 

California�察�wrote to the ;Christian Pathfinder; an affecting account of his 

visit to them�察�placed Daddy Downey's age at 102�察�and attributed the recent 

conversions in Rough´and´Ready to their influence。                  That gifted literary 

Hessian�察�Bill Smith�察�traveling in the interests of various capitalists�察�and the 

trustworthy correspondent of four ;only independent American journals�察─�

quoted him as an evidence of the longevity superinduced by the climate�察�



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offered him as an example of the security of helpless life and property in 

the mountains�察�used him as an advertisement of the Union Ditch�察�and it is 

said   in   some   vague   way   cited   him   as   proving   the   collateral   facts   of   a 

timber     and   ore´producing       region    existing    in  the   foot´hills   worthy     the 

attention of Eastern capitalists。 

     Praised   thus   by  the   lips   of   distinguished   report�察  �fostered   by  the   care 

and   sustained   by   the   pecuniary   offerings   of   their   fellow´   citizens�察  �the 

Saints led for two years a peaceful life of gentle absorption。                     To relieve 

them   from   the     embarrassing       appearance      of  eleemosynary        receipts��an 

embarrassment          felt   more     by    the    givers     than    the    recipients��the 

postmastership of Rough´and´Ready was procured for Daddy�察�and the duty 

of   receiving   and   delivering   the   United   States   mails   performed   by   him�察�

with the advice and assistance of the boys。               If a few letters went astray at 

this time�察  �it   was   easily  attributed   to   this   undisciplined   aid�察 �and   the   boys 

themselves were always ready to make up the value of a missing money´ 

letter   and    ;keep    the  old   man's    accounts     square。;     To    these   functions 

presently were added the treasurerships of the Masons' and Odd Fellows' 

charitable     funds��the     old   man    being    far  advanced      in  their   respective 

degrees��and   even   the   position   of   almoner   of   their   bounties   was   super´ 

added。      Here�察  �unfortunately�察  �Daddy's   habits   of   economy   and   avaricious 

propensity      came     near    making     him    unpopular�察    �and    very    often   needy 

brothers   were   forced   to   object   to   the   quantity   and   quality   of   the   help 

extended。       They always met with more generous relief from the private 

hands of the   brothers   themselves�察 �and   the remark�察  �that   the   ol'   man   was 

trying to set an example��that he meant well�察�and that they would yet be 

thankful   for   his   zealous   care   and   economy。       A  few�察  �I   think�察 �suffered   in 

noble silence�察�rather than bring the old man's infirmity to the public notice。 

     And so with this honor of Daddy and Mammy�察�the days of the miners 

were long and profitable in the land of the foot´hills。                 The mines yielded 

their   abundance�察  �the   winters   were   singularly   open   and   yet   there   was   no 

drouth   nor   lack   of   water�察  �and   peace   and   plenty   smiled   on   the   Sierrean 

foothills�察�from their highest sunny upland to the trailing falda of wild oats 

and poppies。        If a certain superstition got abroad among the other camps�察�

connecting the fortunes of Rough´ and´Ready with Daddy and Mammy�察�it 



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was a gentle�察�harmless fancy�察�and was not�察�I think�察�altogether rejected by 

the   old   people。    A   certain   large�察  �patriarchal�察  �bountiful   manner�察  �of   late 

visible in Daddy�察�and the increase of

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