. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. :*^^.fm,;3. VANk KI\ISI1IM_ Till OLD SLENES we had to drill and blast it into small pieces before we could eatit. But dont you remember the next loaf I baked was so infernalhard, Jim, that you broke the drill try in to ]mt in a blast ? Yes, you bet I do, Yank. Well, youve got an awful good memory, Jim; and you remem-ber I threw that loaf of bread out among the ashes in front of thehouse, Yank ? Well, now, listen. I see them chaps at work up there in front 288 THE AR
. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. :*^^.fm,;3. VANk KI\ISI1IM_ Till OLD SLENES we had to drill and blast it into small pieces before we could eatit. But dont you remember the next loaf I baked was so infernalhard, Jim, that you broke the drill try in to ]mt in a blast ? Yes, you bet I do, Yank. Well, youve got an awful good memory, Jim; and you remem-ber I threw that loaf of bread out among the ashes in front of thehouse, Yank ? Well, now, listen. I see them chaps at work up there in front 288 THE OF CALIFORNIA. of the cabin grindin an axe, and I could hear one of em growlinand cussin about somethin, so I walked up that way to have a talkwith them. They told me that they had been to work morn twohours tryin to grind the axe on that grindstone, but twasnt wortha cuss. I asked them where the stone came from, and one of themsaid that he found it among that old pile of ashes and tried threeor four days to git a hole through it so they could use it. Out of the ash heap, said I, thats queer. 1 stepped up closeto get a good lo
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