Breeder and sportsman . ?. ? AWAlDSTtlN, ALBERT W. By ELECT0HEEf\._SISTEf\ToAUKOF(A BY JOJl^ BY , SAN FfyONCISCO CAL. Vol. It Qhz fkmter and j&poristtrott. No A CALIFOKNIA ROMANCE. The Canary Bird and the Lottery Ticket—A Tale of Oakland. A long time ago, that is a long time in California history,there lived and worked in Oakland a German shoemaker. Ashort, square-built man with florid complexion and small,sparkling black eyes. In the early morning, before the sunbroke over the crests of the Contra Costa range, he was bnsilyat work, and when the grand Inminary w
Breeder and sportsman . ?. ? AWAlDSTtlN, ALBERT W. By ELECT0HEEf\._SISTEf\ToAUKOF(A BY JOJl^ BY , SAN FfyONCISCO CAL. Vol. It Qhz fkmter and j&poristtrott. No A CALIFOKNIA ROMANCE. The Canary Bird and the Lottery Ticket—A Tale of Oakland. A long time ago, that is a long time in California history,there lived and worked in Oakland a German shoemaker. Ashort, square-built man with florid complexion and small,sparkling black eyes. In the early morning, before the sunbroke over the crests of the Contra Costa range, he was bnsilyat work, and when the grand Inminary was settling beneaththe Pacific horizon in a haze of glory the sound of the hammeron the lapstone reverberated from the little shop. A shopnot much larger than a big dry goods bos, and clattered withold boots and shoes past his skill to repair. And yet therewas a neat look about it, and on the low walls hung cages ofcanaries and linnets, with a few wood engravings pasted onthe vacant spaces. He was a cheery little m
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