Southern California; . ry and mumbled to me in ajargon of Spanish and Indian as she worked. Presentlythe hole was completed, for she stoodup and inserted a stake which she had§^?>? ->^. ifj). brought to the spot. With the same deliberation auother hole was dug stake stood in place. Othersticks and a pile of brush lying close —-- g^^ hand were to take their place upon the structure and ere night this venerable and deliberatebuilder of houses would doubtless be ensconced in hernew home. Even the birds labor wdth more design thanthis upon their nests ! I went into many of the ho
Southern California; . ry and mumbled to me in ajargon of Spanish and Indian as she worked. Presentlythe hole was completed, for she stoodup and inserted a stake which she had§^?>? ->^. ifj). brought to the spot. With the same deliberation auother hole was dug stake stood in place. Othersticks and a pile of brush lying close —-- g^^ hand were to take their place upon the structure and ere night this venerable and deliberatebuilder of houses would doubtless be ensconced in hernew home. Even the birds labor wdth more design thanthis upon their nests ! I went into many of the houses in search of baskets, but my quest was not unlike Paddys effort to get a frying pan on the coast of France. I would greet the bright-faced women who sat by the door with their patchwork or were busy within about the cooking, with a polite buenas tardes! as if I were a master of the language, and then, after a courteous rejoinder I proceeded to ask them if they had my baskets, to which they generally shook their.
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