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Acting upon her urgent request, Mrs. Keith revived the Berkeley club, which soon doubled its membership and with the Oakland and Alameda clubs became a strong influence. There were three clubs in San Francisco and an active organization in Santa Clara county, made up of San Jose, Palo Alto and other clubs. Mrs.
One of the writer's vantage points of observation was a balcony of the central window of the Hall of Ambassadors, from which he had a magnificent prospect of mountain, valley, and vega, and could look down upon a busy scene of human life in an alameda, or public walk, at the foot of the hill, and the suburb of the city, filling the narrow gorge below.
A Boom in Building Lots. Pleasant Suburbs. Night Watchmen. The Iturbide Hotel. A Would-be Emperor. Domestic Arrangements. A New Hotel wanted. Places of Public Entertainment. The Bull Ring. Repulsive Performance. Monte de Piedad. An English Syndicate purchase it. The Alameda. The Inquisition. Festal Days. Pulque Shops. The Church Party. Gilded Bar-Rooms. Mexican Marriages. Mothers and Infants.
She completed her arrangements, though it was rather messy work, especially the clay covering, but finally she finished and the lump of "mud," as Alameda called it, was put to bake in the fire hole, hot ashes and embers being piled on top. "Dat's de craziest notion whut I eber hearn tell on," grumbled Alameda to Zeb. "I'se gwine cook do odder fish in mah own style."
At that time, Lieutenant McClellan reported to me there were no signs of the enemy in any portion of the Alameda; and I suggested to General Worth that his whole division be moved forward. In the meantime, with the engineer company and the infantry detachment, I passed beyond the Alameda, breaking open, as before, and examining all strong buildings on our route.
And the leperos, flinging about the corners of their dirty white mantas, yelled their approbation. General Montero, Gamacho howled with conviction, was the only man equal to the patriotic task. They assented to that, too. The morning was wearing on; there were already signs of disruption, currents and eddies in the crowd. Some were seeking the shade of the walls and under the trees of the Alameda.
The Alameda is quite at the thither end of Algeciras.
Flowers, "the air-woven children of light," are always beautiful, but especially so at sea, no greater contrast being possible than that between these winsome blossoms and the cold, fretful element which surrounds the ocean-bound ship. Voyage through the Mediterranean. Gibraltar on Sunday. Beautiful Alameda. Visit to the Famous Fortress. Wild Monkeys. Cannon and Flowers. Tangier. Morocco.
They tore through Santa Fe, only stopping long enough to wet their throats, and after several hours of hard riding entered Alameda, where they found Hopalong in the manner narrated. After some time the three left the room and headed for Albuquerque, twelve miles to the south.
Yet, in the early morning Peter Winn learned by telephone that his sister's home in Alameda had been burned to the ground. Two days later the pigeon was back again, coming this time by freight in what had seemed a barrel of potatoes. Also came another letter: Mr. You have raised hell, aint you. Send ten thousand now. Going up all the time. Dont put any more handicap weights on that bird.
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