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Updated: June 4, 2025
It did seem till lately as if horse-tradin', cattle-raisin', and the butcher business was industries against which the Lord had set his face. Sairy married an undertaker; Samanthy couldn't refuse Doctor Tapper. And, rain or shine, folks must have teeth if they want to eat the steaks they sell in Californy, and likewise they must have caskets when their time comes.
He was a new man outer England fresh caught and talked down his throat. And he fooled ME the darter of an old family that was settled on the right bank of the Mizzouri afore Dan'l Boone came to Kentucky with his new philanderings. Then he broke up, and went all to pieces when we struck Californy, and left ME Sally Magregor, whose father had niggers of his own to wash for Rough and Ready!
"So you walked out from Mouzle to see the last of Joe's ship?" he asked, quite seriously and with no light note in his voice. "From Newlyn. I ed'n a Mouzle maid," she answered. "Is the 'Anna' coming home again soon?" "No, sir. Her's bound for the Gulf of Californy, round t'other side the world, Joe sez. He reckons to be back agin' come winter." "That's a long time." "Iss, 'tis."
"Only one thing heavy as that, Mister Kit!" said Bridger fiercely. "Where'd you git hit? My gran'pap had some o' that. Hit come from North Carliny years ago. I know what hit is hit's gold! Kit Carson, damn ye, hit's the gold!" "Shut your mouth, you fool!" said Carson. "Yes, it's gold. But do you want me to be a liar to my General? That's part of my dispatches." "Hit" come from Californy?"
And he's not a day over forty and calkilates to git out of Californy with that there gold and be a big-bug in his native land. I hesitated some time, fur I ain't no slouch at keepin' a promise; but in the end I had to tell him. Why, a man's a criminal if he don't put another man out of misery when he kin " "You did quite right," interrupted Roldan.
Even now, husband and son joined their entreaties to hers, though Samson soon brought them to hear reason, and to withdraw from public for the present, asking, indignantly: "Have you folks lost all your manners, as well as your dollars, up there on the foothill? The idee of a woman screeching her lungs out afore all the ranchers in Southern Californy! Your money? Well, what of it?
"Capm, where d'ye think we're bound?" he presently inquired. "Whereabouts doos this river come out?" "It runs into the Colorado of the West, and that runs into the head of the Gulf of California." "Californy! Reckon I'll git to the diggins quicker 'n I expected. Goin' at this rate, we'll make about a hundred 'n' twenty knots a day. What's the distance to Californy?"
Parker's tie fell off then, but neither he nor his sister noticed it. "Gamblers!" he snorted. "There ain't no gamblers there. Playin' a hand or two of Californy Jack just for fun ain't gamblin'. I wouldn't gamble, not for a million dollars." Captain Obed laughed. "Neither would I," he observed. "Nor for two cents, with that clubroom gang; 'twould be too much nerve strain collectin' my winnin's.
Very carefully this was washed out, and it was found that there were over fifty ounces of gold dust. "I believe," Abe said, "that we have hit upon the richest spot in Californy. Ef it's like this on the surface, what is it going to be like when we get down to the bed rock?"
"Only that was sorta different, not kinda personal like this here. We was sittin’ round on our heels then, waitin’ for some general to make up his mind as to where he was gonna throw some lead fast. This is waitin’ to know if we’re goin’ to be throwed—out!" "I heard California——" Drew began again. "You’ve sure taken a shine to Californy lately," Anse commented. Under his fingers the rowel whirred.
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