Crusoe's island . GOLD niLL. 380 A PEEP AT WASHOE. tions and feverish thirst for gain—all combined to giveme a forcible impression of the unhallowed character ofthe place. What dreadful savage is that ? I asked, as a ferocious-looking monster in human shape stalked through thecrowd. Is it—can it be the — ? No ; thats only a mur-derer. He shot three men a few weeks ago, and willprobably shoot another before night. And this agedand decrepit man, his thin locks floating around his hag-gard and unshaved face, and matted with filth ? Thats. SAN FRANCISCO SPECULATORS. a speculator from San Francisco
Crusoe's island . GOLD niLL. 380 A PEEP AT WASHOE. tions and feverish thirst for gain—all combined to giveme a forcible impression of the unhallowed character ofthe place. What dreadful savage is that ? I asked, as a ferocious-looking monster in human shape stalked through thecrowd. Is it—can it be the — ? No ; thats only a mur-derer. He shot three men a few weeks ago, and willprobably shoot another before night. And this agedand decrepit man, his thin locks floating around his hag-gard and unshaved face, and matted with filth ? Thats. SAN FRANCISCO SPECULATORS. a speculator from San Francisco. See how wildly hegrasps at every indication, as if he had a lease of life A PEEP AT WASHOE. 381 for a thousand years! And this bull-dog fellow, with amutilated face, button-holing every by-passer ? That fel-low ? Oh, hes only a bummer in search of a this—and this—all these crazy-looking wretches,running hither and thither with hammers and stones intheir hands, calling one another aside, hurrying to offices, pulling out papers, exchanging mysterious
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