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stepped   forward�察  �stammered   that   the   Princess   would�察  �without   doubt�察  �be 

charmed to receive me later�察�and skipped upstairs�察�leaving the impression 

on my mind that he contemplated ordering his bill at once。 There was no 

excuse for further prolonging the interview。 ;Say good´by to the strange 

gentleman�察  �Sarah�察─  �suggested   Sarah's   companion   stiffly。   I   looked   at   the 

child    in  the  wild   hope    of  recognizing      some    prompt    resistance    to  the 

suggestion that would have identified her with the lost Sarah of my youth´ 

´but   in   vain。   ;Good´by�察  �sir�察  �said   the   affected   little   creature�察  �dropping   a 

mechanical curtsey。 ;Thank you very much for remembering my mother。; 

;Good´by�察�Sarah� ─�It was indeed good´by forever。 



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     For   on   my   way   to   my   room   I   came   suddenly   upon   the   Prince�察  �in   a 

recess of the upper hall�察�addressing somebody through an open door with a 

querulous protest�察�whose wild extravagance of statement was grotesquely 

balanced   by   its   utter   feeble   timidity   of   manner。   ;It   is�察─  �said   the   Prince�察�

;indeed   a   grave   affair。   We   have   here   hundreds   of   socialists�察  �emissaries 

from   lawless   countries   and   impossible   places�察  �who   travel   thousands   of 

miles to fall upon our hearts and embrace us。 They establish an espionage 

over us�察�they haunt our walks in incredible numbers�察�they hang in droves 

upon our footsteps�察�Heaven alone saves us from a public osculation at any 

moment� �They openly allege that they have dandled us on their knees at 

recent     periods�察   �washed      and   dressed     us�察 �and    would    do    so  still。  Our 

happiness�察�our security; 

     ;Don't be a fool�察�Prince。 Do shut up� ─�

     The   Prince   collapsed   and   shrank   away�察  �and   I   hurried   past   the   open 

door。   A   tall�察 �magnificent´looking         woman      was   standing     before   a   glass�察�

arranging her heavy red hair。 The face�察�which had been impatiently turned 

towards the door�察�had changed again to profile�察�with a frown still visible 

on the   bent brow。  Our   eyes   met   as   I   passed。 The next   moment   the   door 

slammed�察�and I had seen the last of Sarah Walker。 



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                               A SHIP OF '49 



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     It had rained so persistently in San Francisco during the first week of 

January�察�1854�察�that a certain quagmire in the roadway of Long Wharf had 

become   impassable�察  �and   a   plank   was   thrown   over   its   dangerous   depth。 

Indeed�察�so treacherous was the spot that it was alleged�察�on good authority�察�

that a hastily embarking traveler had once hopelessly lost his portmanteau�察�

and was fain to dispose of his entire interest in it for the sum of two dollars 

and   fifty   cents   to   a   speculative   stranger   on   the   wharf。 As   the   stranger's 

search   was   rewarded   afterwards   only  by   the   discovery   of   the   body   of   a 

casual   Chinaman�察  �who   had   evidently   endeavored   wickedly   to   anticipate 

him�察    �a   feeling    of   commercial       insecurity    was     added    to   the   other 

eccentricities of the locality。 

     The plank led to the door of a building that was a marvel even in the 

chaotic     frontier   architecture    of  the   street。  The   houses    on   either   side 

irregular frames of wood or corrugated ironbore evidence of having been 

quickly     thrown     together�察  �to   meet    the  requirements      of   the  goods    and 

passengers who were once disembarked on what was the muddy beach of 

the infant city。 But the building in question exhibited a certain elaboration 

of   form    and   design    utterly   inconsistent     with   this   idea。  The    structure 

obtruded a bowed front to the street�察�with a curving line of small windows�察�

surmounted   by   elaborate   carvings   and   scroll   work   of   vines   and   leaves�察�

while     below�察    �in  faded     gilt  letters�察  �appeared     the   legend     ;Pontiac 

Marseilles。; The effect of this incongruity was startling。 It is related that 

an inebriated miner�察�impeded by mud and drink before its door�察�was found 

gazing     at   its  remarkable      facade    with    an   expression     of   the   deepest 

despondency。 ;I hev lived a free life�察�pardner�察─�he explained thickly to the 

Samaritan who succored him�察 �and every time since I've been on this six 

weeks' jamboree might have kalkilated it would come to this。 Snakes I've 

seen afore now�察�and rats I'm not unfamiliar with�察�but when it comes to the 

starn of a ship risin' up out of the street�察�I reckon it's time to pass in my 



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checks。; ;It IS a ship�察�you blasted old soaker�察─�said the Samaritan curtly。 

     It was indeed a ship。 A ship run ashore and abandoned on the beach 

years   before   by   her   gold´seeking   crew�察  �with   the   debris   of   her   scattered 

stores and cargo�察�overtaken by the wild growth of the strange city and the 

reclamation of the muddy flat�察�wherein she lay hopelessly imbedded�察�her 

retreat   cut   off   by   wharves   and   quays   and   breakwater�察  �jostled   at   first   by 

sheds�察 �and   then   impacted   in   a  block   of   solid   warehouses   and   dwellings�察�

her    rudder�察  �port�察  �and   counter     boarded     in�察 �and   now    gazing    hopelessly 

through her cabin windows upon the busy street before her。 But still a ship 

despite   her   transformation。   The   faintest   line   of   contour   yet   left   visible 

spoke of the buoyancy of another element�察�the balustrade of her roof was 

unmistakably   a   taffrail。   The   rain   slipped   from   her   swelling   sides   with   a 

certain lingering touch of the sea�察�the soil around her was still treacherous 

with    its  suggestions�察     �and   even    the  wind    whistled     nautically    over    her 

chimney。   If�察  �in   the   fury   of   some   southwesterly   gale�察  �she   had   one   night 

slipped   her   strange   moorings   and   left   a   shining   track   through   the   lower 

town to the distant sea�察�no one would have been surprised。 

     Least of all�察�perhaps�察�her present owner and possessor�察�Mr。 Abner Nott。 

For by the irony of circumstances�察�Mr。 Nott was a Far Western farmer who 

had never seen a ship before�察�nor a larger stream of water than a tributary 

of the Missouri River。 In a spirit�察�half of fascination�察�half of speculation�察�

he    had   bought     her   at  the   time    of  her   abandonment�察       �and    had   since 

mortgaged        his  ranch    at  Petaluma      with    his  live   stock�察  �to   defray    the 

expenses of filling in the land where she stood�察�and the improvements of 

the vicinity。 He had transferred his household goods and his only daughter 

to her cabin�察�and had divided the space ;between decks; and her hold into 

lodging´rooms�察�and lofts for the storage of goods。 It could hardly be said 

that   the   investment   had   been   profitable。   His   tenants   vaguely   recognized 

that his occupancy was a sentimental rather than a commercial speculation�察�

and   often   generously   lent   themselves   to   the   illusion   by   not   paying   their 

rent。 Others treated their own tenancy as a joke��a quaint recreation born 

of the childlike familiarity of frontier intercourse。 A few had left carelessly 

abandoning their unsalable goods to their landlord�察�with great cheerfulness 

and a sense of favor。 Occasionally Mr。 Abner Nott�察�in a practical relapse�察�



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raged   against   the   derelicts�察  �and   talked   of   dispossessing   them�察  �or   even 

dismantling his tenement�察�but he was easily placated by a compliment to 

the   ;dear   old   ship�察─  �or   an   effort   made   by   some   tenant   to   idealize   his 

apartment。 A photographer who had ingeniously utilized the forecastle for 

a   gallery   ��accessible   from   the   bows   in   the   next   street���察  �paid   no   further 

tribute than a portrait of the pretty face of Rosey Nott。 The superstitious 

reverence   in   which   Abner   Nott   held   his   monstrous   fancy   was   naturally 

enhanced by his purely bucolic exaggeration of its real functions and its 

native element。 ;This yer keel has sailed�察�and sailed�察�and sailed�察─�he would 

explain with some incongruity of illustration�察 �in a bee line�察�makin' tracks 

for days runnin'。 I reckon more storms and blizzards hez tackled her then 

you ken shake a stick at。 She's stampeded whales afore now�察�and sloshed 

round   with   pirates   and   freebooters   in   and   outer   the   Spanish   Main�察  �and 

across     lots   from    Marcelleys      where     she   was    rared。   And    yer   she    sits 

peaceful´like just ez if she'd never been outer a pertater patch�察�and hadn't 

ploughed the sea with fo'sails and studdin' sails and them things cavortin' 

round her masts。; 

     Abner   Nott's   enthusiasm   was   shared   by   his   daughter�察  �but   with   more 

imagination�察�and   an intelligence   stimulated by  the scant   literature of her 

father's   emigrant   wagon   and   the   few   books   found   on   the   cabin   shelves。 

But   to   her   the   strange   shell   she   inhabited   suggested   more   of   the   great 

world than the rude�察�chaotic civilization she saw from the cabin windows 

or met in the persons of her father's lodgers。 Shut up for days in this quaint 

tenement�察  �she   had   seen   it 

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