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of   Dona   Anna's   lisp�察  �and   with   another   smile�察  �but   more   faint   and   more 

ghostlike than before�察�vanished with her companion。 



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     At   eight   o'clock    the  next   morning     Paul   was    standing    beside   his 

portmanteau on the veranda。 

     ;But this is a sudden resolution of yours�察�Hathaway�察─�said Mr。 Woods。 

;Can you not possibly wait for the next train�拭�The girls will be down then�察�

and you can breakfast comfortably。; 

     ;I have much to domore than I imaginedin San Francisco before I 

return�察─  �said   Paul�察 �quickly。   ;You   must   make   my   excuses   to   them  and   to 

your wife。; 

     ;I hope�察─�said Woods�察�with an uneasy laugh�察 �you have had no more 

words with Don Caesar�察�or he with you�拭─�

     ;No�察─�said Paul�察�with a reassuring smile�察 �nothing more�察�I assure you。; 

     ;For you know you're a devilish quick fellow�察�Hathaway�察─�continued 

Woods�察 �quite as quick as your friend Pendleton。 And�察�by the way�察�Baker 

is awfully cut up about that absurd speech of his�察�you know。 Came to me 

last night and wondered if anybody could think it was intentional。 I told 

him it was dd stupid�察�that was all。 I guess his wife had been at him。 Ha� �

ha� �You see�察�he remembers the old times�察�when everybody talked of these 

things�察�and that woman Howard was quite a character。 I'm told she went 

off to the States years ago。; 

     ;Possibly�察─�said Paul�察  �carelessly。 After   a pause�察�as   the carriage drove 

up   to   the   door�察  �he   turned   to   his   host。   ;By   the   way�察  �Woods�察  �have   you   a 

ghost here�拭─�

     ;The house is old enough for one。 But no。 Why�拭─�

     ;I'll   swear   I   saw   a   figure   moving   yonder�察  �in   the   shrubbery�察  �late   last 

evening�察�and when I came up to it�察�it most unaccountably disappeared。; 

     ;One of   Don   Caesar's   servants�察  �I   dare   say。 There   is   one   of   them�察  �an 

Indian�察�prowling about here�察�I've been told�察�at all hours。 I'll put a stop to it。 

Well�察�you must go then�拭�Dreadfully sorry you couldn't stop longer� �Good´ 

by� ─�



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                               CHAPTER IV。 



       It was two months later that Mr。 Tony Shear�察�of Marysville�察�but lately 

confidential     clerk   to  the   Hon。   Paul    Hathaway�察    �entered    his  employer's 

chambers in Sacramento�察�and handed the latter a letter。 

     ;I only got back from San Francisco this morning�察�but Mr。 Slate said I 

was to give you that�察�and if it satisfied you�察�and was what you wanted�察�you 

would send it back to him。; 

     Paul took the envelope and opened it。 It contained a printer's proof´slip�察�

which he hurriedly glanced over。 It read as follows�此�

     ;Those of our readers who are familiar with the early history of San 

Francisco      will  be   interested    to  know     that  an   eccentric    and   irregular 

trusteeship�察�vested for the last eight years in the Mayor of San Francisco 

and two of our oldest citizens�察�was terminated yesterday by the majority of 

a beautiful and accomplished young lady�察�a pupil of the convent of Santa 

Clara。   Very   few�察  �except   the   original   trustees�察  �were   cognizant   of   the   fact 

that   the  administration  of  the  trustees has   been   a  recognized   function of 

the    successive    Mayors      of  San   Francisco     during    this  period�察  �and    the 

mystery surrounding it has been only lately divulged。 It offers a touching 

and   romantic   instance   of   a   survival   of   the   old   patriarchal   duties   of   the 

former Alcaldes and the simplicity of pioneer days。 It seems that�察�in the 

unsettled conditions of the Mexican land´ titles that followed the American 

occupation�察     �the   consumptive      widow     of   a  scion   of  one   of   the  oldest 

Californian   families   intrusted   her   property  and   the   custody  of   her   infant 

daughter   virtually   to   the   city   of   San   Francisco�察  �as   represented   by   the 

trustees specified�察�until the girl should become of age。 Within a year�察�the 

invalid    mother     died。   With   what    loyalty�察  �sagacity�察  �and   prudence     these 

gentlemen   fulfilled   their   trust   may   be   gathered      from   the   fact   that   the 

property left in their charge has not only been secured and protected�察�but 

increased a hundredfold in value�察�and that the young lady�察�who yesterday 

attained her majority�察�is not only one of the richest landed heiresses on the 

Pacific Slope�察�but one of the most accomplished and thoroughly educated 

of her sex。 It is now no secret that this favored child of Chrysopolis is the 

Dona   Maria   Concepcion   de Arguello   de   la Yerba   Buena�察  �so   called   from 



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her     ancestral     property     on    the   island�察   �now     owned      by    the   Federal 

government。 But it is an affecting and poetic tribute to the parent of her 

adoption   that   she   has   preferred   to   pass   under   the   old�察  �quaintly   typical 

name of the city�察�and has been known to her friends simply as 'Miss Yerba 

Buena。'      It  is  a  no  less   pleasant    and   suggestive      circumstance       that  our 

'youngest       senator��'    the   Honorable        Paul    Hathaway�察      �formerly      private 

secretary to Mayor Hammersley�察�is one of the original unofficial trustees�察�

while the chivalry of the older days is perpetuated in the person of Colonel 

Harry Pendleton�察�the remaining trustee。; 

     As soon as he had finished�察�Paul took a pencil and crossed out the last 

sentence�察  �but      instead    of  laying    the  proof    aside�察  �or   returning    it  to  the 

waiting   secretary�察  �he   remained   with   it   in   his   hand�察  �his   silent�察  �set   face 

turned towards the window。 Whether the merely human secretary was tired 

of   waiting�察  �or   the   devoted   partisan   saw   something   on   his   young   chief's 

face   that   disturbed   him�察  �he   turned   to   Paul   with   that   exaggerated   respect 

which his functions as secretary had grafted upon his affection for his old 

associate�察�and said�此�

     ;I hope nothing's wrong�察�sir。 Not another of those scurrilous attacks on 

you for putting that bill through to relieve Colonel Pendleton�拭�Yet it was a 

risky thing for you�察�sir。; 

     Paul   started�察  �recovered   himself   as   if   from   some   remote   abstraction�察�

and�察  �with   a   smile�察  �said�此   �No��nothing。   Quite   the   reverse。   Write   to   Mr。 

Slate�察�thank him�察�and say that it will do very wellwith the exception of 

the lines I have marked out。 Then bring me the letter�察�and I will add this 

inclosure。 Did you call on Colonel Pendleton�拭─�

     ;Yes�察  �sir。   He   was   at   Santa   Clara�察  �and   had   not   yet   returned��at   least�察�

that's what that dandy nigger of his told me。 The airs and graces that that 

creature puts on since the colonel's affairs have been straightened out is a 

little too much for a white man to stand。 Why�察�sir� �dd if he didn't want to 

patronize YOU�察�and allowed to me that 'de Kernel' had a 'fah ideah' of you�察�

'and   thought   you   a   promisin'   young   man。'   The   fact   is�察  �sir�察  �the   party   is 

making a big mistake trying to give votes to that kind of cattle it would 

only be giving two   votes to the   other side�察�for�察�slave   or free�察�they're   the 

chattels   of   their   old   masters。   And   as   to   the   masters'   gratitude   for   what 



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you've done affecting a single vote of their partyyou're mistaken。; 


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