. Ralph's scrap book . as closed—hnancially em-barrassed. (Jui- iiilnnnant directed us in an apology tdr ahiitel n\ er a / n <) bai nxini, which we declined with had made gnod time thus far, and with more than ane\en chance of being storm stayed decided to pull nn til Icimnna where we arrived at , four hours from Pasa-dena, distance tliirt\ miles. Oil! IOitDiNc; .\ i;i\ i:k The churning motion of his mode of conveyance had]ium|ied an abundance of fresh air into our invalid Star rep-resentati\e, which had, for the time being, entirel) cmed his loss of appeti
. Ralph's scrap book . as closed—hnancially em-barrassed. (Jui- iiilnnnant directed us in an apology tdr ahiitel n\ er a / n <) bai nxini, which we declined with had made gnod time thus far, and with more than ane\en chance of being storm stayed decided to pull nn til Icimnna where we arrived at , four hours from Pasa-dena, distance tliirt\ miles. Oil! IOitDiNc; .\ i;i\ i:k The churning motion of his mode of conveyance had]ium|ied an abundance of fresh air into our invalid Star rep-resentati\e, which had, for the time being, entirel) cmed his loss of appetite. He w^asfull of enthusiasm andempty of everything was hungry. Hewas so hungry that wehad much difficult)- ingetting him past a show-window which was artis-ticall) trimmed with dinner we wentout to do the cit\.The hay seed in thebrown locks of the (). B. was now most ccjnspicuous. Heseemed to have forgotten all the home journal etic|uettehe had ever learned. His hrst bieak was to rush int(.) a 334. party iording .i Calitornid niilliiut) stoic aiul ask fnr six postal cards for fi\c SaKation Arni\- a|)i)carc(l on the scene, and heactually ,L;ot so financially reckless that only with nuichdifficulty did we pre\ent him Ironi buying; a harmonica andjoining; their lanks. llis antics on the street attracted theattention of a man who a|)parentl\ ha<l the peace ol Iomonaat heart. .After sizing; npouruowd he put us down assporting; men and politel) informed us that an amateur |)rizeh,L;ht was on the boards at the opera house. We thankedlum politcK and luistled into our liotel to |)re\eiit ,L;ettin,L;-arrested. This morniuL; dawned with a hea\ \ sk\, lojlowed by rain,makiut; it necessary to remain at iomona. The pro|)rietorof our hotel had spent thirteen years in Africa and Egypt,was a member of Stanleys African expedition, beini, one ofthe part)- that discovered Pharaohs nuimm)-. He has anillustrated lecture on his travels, also a lart,rc collectio
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