Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . CALIFORNIAN TRAILS, INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE OLD MISSIONS 97 in his room of exhibition where, with reverent care, havebeen collected all sorts of relics dug from out the wreck-age, even to hand-wrought nails, hinges and other metalodds and ends. It took many a month just to cleanaway the debris—months of discouragement at the littleprogress made with one pair of hands. Then, one night,there came a knock at his door and he opened it to atramp begging for a nights lodging. He had foundanother pair of hand
Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . CALIFORNIAN TRAILS, INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE OLD MISSIONS 97 in his room of exhibition where, with reverent care, havebeen collected all sorts of relics dug from out the wreck-age, even to hand-wrought nails, hinges and other metalodds and ends. It took many a month just to cleanaway the debris—months of discouragement at the littleprogress made with one pair of hands. Then, one night,there came a knock at his door and he opened it to atramp begging for a nights lodging. He had foundanother pair of hands and knew now where to find stillothers. In the years that followed, every hobo for milesaround who applied for help was directed to FatherBuckler. In his diary of vagabondia he keeps a recordof each of these wanderers. Their names, when theygive them, though most frequently the diary reads:Rambling Willie, XhiU-Blanes, Travelling Tank,Hand-out Harry, or Bean-Booster, and, accordingto this diary, two hundred came to the mission in oneyear, many of them skillful mechanics, guttered bydri
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