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Farther down was Finch's, better known as John the Tinker's bowling alley; Cooper's groggery, nicknamed "Jack the Sailor's," Vioget's house, later to be Yerba Buena's first hotel. The new warehouse of William Leidesdorff stood close to the waterline and, at the head of the plaza, the customs house built by Indians at the governor's order looked down on the shipping.
"Ah," O'Farrell said, "they laugh at it because I have to change Vioget's acute and obtuse angles. They call it 'O'Farrell's Swing. You see, I've had to change the direction of some streets. There are many more now. Eight hundred acres laid out like a city." As the music stopped he led her to a bench and fumbled in his pocket for a drawing which he straightened on his knees.
He beckoned to the elder, who approached and was presented. Inez, as she looked into his kindly eyes, forgot her fears. Brannan eagerly explained his printing press. She left him feeling that he was less enemy than friend. Captain John J. Vioget's house was the busiest place in Yerba Buena, and John Henry Brown its most important personage.
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