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Temperance Hotel。           Jinny was nowhere to be seen。             Her devious course�察�

however�察  �was   pleasingly   indicated   by   vegetables   that   strewed   the   road 

until she was at last tracked to the veranda of the Arcade saloon�察�where she 

was   found   looking   through   the   window   at   a   game   of   euchre�察  �and   only 

deterred   by   the   impeding   cart   from   entering   the   building。        A  visit   one 

Sunday to the little Catholic chapel at French Camp�察�where she attempted 

to   introduce     an   antiphonal      service    and   the   cart�察 �brought     shame     and 

disgrace      upon    her   unlucky     master。      For    the   cart   contained     freshly´ 

gathered vegetables�察�and the fact that McCarty had been Sabbath´breaking 

was painfully evident。          Father Sullivan was quick to turn an incident that 

provoked only the risibilities of his audience into a moral lesson。                   ;It's the 

poor     dumb     beast   that   has   a  more     Christian    sowl    than   Michael�察─     �he 

commented�察�but here   Jinny  assented   so   positively  that they  were   fain   to 

drag her away by main force。 

     To her eccentric and thoughtless youth succeeded a calm maturity in 

which      her   conservative      sagacity     was    steadily   developed。       She     now 

worked for her living�察�subject�察�however�察�to a nice discrimination by which 

she   limited   herself   to   a   certain   amount   of   work�察  �beyond   which   neither 

threats�察  �beatings�察  �nor   cajoleries      would   force   her。    At   certain   hours    she 

would start for the stable with or without the incumbrances of the cart or 

Michael�察�turning two long and deaf ears on all expostulation or entreaty。 

;Now�察  �God   be   good   to   me�察─  �said   Michael�察  �one   day   picking   himself   out 

from a ditch as he gazed sorrowfully after the flying heels of Jinny�察 �but 

it's   only   the   second   load   of   cabbages   I'm   bringin'   the   day�察  �and   if   she's 

shtruck NOW�察�it's ruined I am entoirely。;               But he was mistaken�察�after two 

hours of rumination Jinny returned of her own free will�察�having evidently 

mistaken the time�察�and it is said even consented to draw an extra load to 

make      up   the   deficiency。      It   may    be   imagined      from    this   and   other 

circumstances        that   Michael     stood    a  little  in  awe    of   Jinny's   superior 

intellect�察   �and    that   Jinny    occasionally�察     �with   the   instinct    of   her   sex�察�

presumed upon it。         After the Sunday episode�察�already referred to�察�she was 

given   her   liberty   on   that   day�察  �a   privilege   she   gracefully   recognized   by 

somewhat unbending her usual austerity in the indulgence of a saturnine 

humor。       She    would     visit  the   mining     camps�察    �and�察  �grazing    lazily   and 



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thoughtfully before the cabins�察�would�察�by various artifices and coquetries 

known   to   the   female   heart�察  �induce   some   credulous   stranger   to   approach 

her with the intention of taking a ride。           She would submit hesitatingly to 

a halter�察�allow him to mount her back�察�and�察�with every expression of timid 

and fearful reluctance�察�at last permit him to guide her in a laborious trot 

out of sight of human habitation。           What happened then was never clearly 

known。      In   a   few   moments   the   camp   would   be   aroused   by   shouts   and 

execrations�察�and the spectacle of Jinny tearing by at a frightful pace�察�with 

the stranger clinging with his arms around her neck�察�afraid to slip off�察�from 

terror of her circumvolving heels�察�and vainly imploring assistance。                 Again 

and     again    she   would     dash   by    the   applauding     groups�察    �adding    the 

aggravation      of   her  voice    to  the  danger     of  her   heels�察  �until  suddenly 

wheeling�察  �she   would   gallop   to   Carter's   Pond�察  �and   deposit   her   luckless 

freight   in   the   muddy   ditch。   This   practical   joke   was   repeated   until   one 

Sunday she was approached by Juan Ramirez�察�a Mexican vaquero�察�booted 

and   spurred�察  �and   carrying   a   riata。   A  crowd   was   assembled   to   see   her 

discomfiture。      But�察�to the intense disappointment of the camp�察�Jinny�察�after 

quietly surveying the stranger�察�uttered a sardonic bray�察�and ambled away to 

the    little  cemetery    on    the  hill�察 �whose     tangled    chapparal     effectually 

prevented      all  pursuit   by   her   skilled   antagonist。     From     that  day    she 

forsook the camp�察�and spent her Sabbaths in mortuary reflections among 

the pine head´boards and cold ;hic jacets; of the dead。 

     Happy would it have been if this circumstance�察�which resulted in the 

one poetic episode of her life�察�had occurred earlier�察�for the cemetery was 

the   favorite    resort  of  Miss    Jessie   Lawton�察   �a  gentle    invalid   from   San 

Francisco�察�who had sought the foot´hills for the balsam of pine and fir�察�and 

in the faint hope that the freshness of the wild roses might call back her 

own。      The   extended   views   from   the   cemetery   satisfied   Miss   Lawton's 

artistic   taste�察 �and   here   frequently�察   �with   her   sketch´book     in  hand�察   �she 

indulged that taste and a certain shy reserve which kept her from contact 

with strangers。      On one of the leaves of that sketch´book appears a study 

of a donkey's head�察�being none other than the grave features of Jinny�察�as 

once projected timidly over the artist's shoulder。 The preliminaries of this 

intimacy have never   transpired�察�nor is it a settled   fact if Jinny  made   the 



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first advances。      The result was only known to the men of Sawyer's Bar by 

a vision which remained fresh in their memories long after the gentle lady 

and her four´ footed friend had passed beyond their voices。                 As two of the 

tunnel´men were returning from work one evening�察�they chanced to look 

up   the   little   trail�察  �kept   sacred   from   secular   intrusion�察  �that   led   from   the 

cemetery to the settlement。          In the dim twilight�察�against a sunset sky�察�they 

beheld     a  pale´faced    girl  riding   slowly    toward    them。    With     a  delicate 

instinct�察�new to those rough men�察�they drew closer in the shadow of the 

bushes      until    she   passed。     There     was     no   mistaking      the    familiar 

grotesqueness of Jinny�察�there was no mistaking the languid grace of Miss 

Lawton。      But a wreath of wild roses was around Jinny's neck�察�from her 

long   ears   floated   Miss   Jessie's   hat   ribbons�察  �and   a   mischievous�察  �girlish 

smile was upon Miss Jessie's face�察�as fresh as the azaleas in her hair。                  By 

the   next   day   the   story   of   this   gentle   apparition   was   known   to   a   dozen 

miners in camp�察�and all were sworn to secrecy。               But the next evening�察�and 

the next�察�from the safe shadows of the woods they watched and drank in 

the   beauty   of   that   fanciful   and   all   unconscious   procession。     They   kept 

their secret�察�and never a whisper or footfall from these rough men broke its 

charm or betrayed their presence。            The man who could have shocked the 

sensitive reserve of the young girl would have paid for it with his life。 

     And   then   one   day   the   character   of   the   procession   changed�察  �and   this 

little incident having been told�察�it was permitted that Jinny should follow 

her friend�察�caparisoned even as before�察�but this time by the rougher but no 

less loving hands of men。          When the cortege reached the ferry where the 

gentle   girl   was   to   begin   her   silent   journey   to   the   sea�察  �Jinny   broke   from 

those who held her�察�and after a frantic effort to mount the barge fell into 

the swiftly rushing Stanislaus。         A dozen stout arms were stretched to save 

her�察  �and   a   rope   skilfully   thrown   was   caught   around   her   feet。    For   an 

instant she was passive�察�and�察�as it seemed�察�saved。                But the next moment 

her dominant instinct returned�察�and with one stroke of her powerful heel 

she snapped the rope in twain and so drifted with her mistress to the sea。 



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           ROGER CATRON'S FRIEND 



       I think that�察�from the beginning�察�we all knew how it would end。                   He 

had    always     been   so   quiet   and   conventional�察     �although     by   nature   an 

impulsive man�察�always so temperate and abstemious�察�although a man with 

a   quick    appreciation     of   pleasure�察   �always     so  cautious    and    practical�察�

although   an   imaginative   man�察  �that   when�察  �at   last�察  �one   by   one   he   loosed 

these bands�察�and gave himself up to a life�察�perhaps not worse than other 

lives   which   the   world   has   accepted     as   the   natural   expression   of   their 

various   owners�察  �we   at   once   decided   that   the   case   was   a   hopeless   one。 

And when one night we picked him up out of the Union Ditch�察�a begrimed 

and weather´worn drunkard�察�a hopeless debtor�察�a self´confessed spendthrift�察�

and a half´ conscious�察�maudlin imbecile�察�we knew that the end had come。 

The wife he had abandoned had in turn deserted him�察�the woman he had 

misled had already realized her folly�察�and left him with her reproaches�察�the 

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