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prosperous towns of Rough´and´Ready and Red Dog�察�was met with simple 

derision   from   the   squatters   and   miners。      ;Looks   ez   ef   we   woz   goin'   to 

travel three thousand miles to open up his dd old wilderness�察�and then 

pay for the increased valoo we give itdon't it�拭             �Oh�察�yes�察�certainly� ─�was 

their    ironical   commentary。        Mulrady       might    have    been    pardoned     for 

adopting   this   popular  opinion�察�but   by  an   equally  incongruous sentiment�察�

peculiar�察�however�察 �to   the   man�察 �he called   upon   Don   Ramon�察 �and   actually 

offered to purchase  the land�察 �or   ;go shares;   with   him in   the  agricultural 

profits。    It was   alleged that the   Don was   so struck with this concession 

that    he  not   only    granted    the   land�察  �but   struck   up   a   quaint   reserved 

friendship      for  the   simple´minded        agriculturist    and   his   family。    It   is 

scarcely necessary to add that this intimacy was viewed by the miners with 

the     contempt      that   it   deserved。       They      would      have     been    more 

contemptuous�察  �however�察  �had   they   known   the   opinion   that   Don   Ramon 

entertained   of   their   particular   vocation�察  �and   which   he   early   confided   to 

Mulrady。 

     ;They are savages who expect to reap where they have not sown�察�to 

take   out   of   the   earth   without   returning   anything   to   it   but   their   precious 

carcasses�察  �heathens�察  �who   worship   the   mere   stones   they   dig   up。;       ;And 

was there no Spaniard who ever dug gold�拭─�asked Mulrady�察�simply。                        ;Ah�察�



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there   are   Spaniards   and   Moors�察─  �responded   Don   Ramon�察  �sententiously。 

;Gold   has   been   dug�察  �and   by   caballeros�察  �but   no   good   ever   came   of   it。 

There   were Alvarados   in   Sonora�察  �look   you�察  �who   had   mines   of   SILVER�察�

and worked them with peons and mules�察�and lost their moneya gold mine 

to work a silver onelike gentlemen�                �But this grubbing in the dirt with 

one's   fingers�察  �that   a   little   gold   may   stick   to   them�察  �is   not   for   caballeros。 

And then�察�one says nothing of the curse。; 

     ;The      curse� ─    �echoed       Mary     Mulrady�察      �with     youthful      feminine 

superstition。      ;What is that�拭─�

     ;You knew not�察�friend Mulrady�察�that when these lands were given to 

my ancestors by Charles V。�察�the Bishop of Monterey laid a curse upon any 

who      should     desecrate     them。      Good�       �Let     us   see�     �Of    the   three 

Americanos   who   founded   yonder   town�察 �one   was   shot�察  �another   died   of   a 

feverpoisoned�察       �you   understand�察     �by   the   soiland    the  last  got   himself 

crazy   of   aguardiente。       Even   the   scientifico��*   who   came   here   years   ago 

and spied into the trees and the herbs�此�he was afterwards punished for his 

profanation�察  �and   died   of   an   accident   in   other   lands。      But�察─  �added   Don 

Ramon�察  �with   grave   courtesy�察   �this   touches   not   yourself。           Through   me�察�

YOU are of the soil。; 

        *   Don   Ramon   probably   alluded   to   the   eminent   naturalist   Douglas�察�

who visited California before the gold excitement�察�and died of an accident 

in the Sandwich Islands。 

        Indeed�察�it would seem as if a secure if not a rapid prosperity was the 

result of Don Ramon's manorial patronage。                  The potato patch and market 

garden   flourished   exceedingly�察  �the   rich   soil   responded   with   magnificent 

vagaries   of   growth�察  �the   even   sunshine   set   the   seasons   at   defiance   with 

extraordinary and premature crops。               The salt pork and biscuit consuming 

settlers   did not   allow  their   contempt   of   Mulrady's   occupation to   prevent 

their profiting by this opportunity for changing their diet。                   The gold they 

had    taken    from    the   soil  presently     began    to   flow   into   his   pockets    in 

exchange for his more   modest treasures。                 The little cabin�察�which barely 

sheltered   his   familya   wife�察  �son�察  �and   daughterwas   enlarged�察  �extended�察�

and   refitted�察  �but   in   turn   abandoned   for   a   more   pretentious   house   on   the 

opposite hill。      A whitewashed fence replaced the rudely´split rails�察�which 



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had     kept   out   the   wilderness。      By     degrees�察   �the   first  evidences     of 

cultivationthe gashes of red soil�察�the piles of brush and undergrowth�察�the 

bared boulders�察�and heaps of stone melted away�察�and were lost under a 

carpet of lighter green�察�which made an oasis in the tawny desert of wild 

oats on the hillside。 Water was the only free boon denied this Garden of 

Eden�察�what was necessary for irrigation had to be brought from a mining 

ditch    at   great   expense�察    �and   was    of   insufficient    quantity。     In   this 

emergency Mulrady thought of sinking an artesian well on the sunny slope 

beside   his   house�察  �not�察  �however�察  �without   serious   consultation   and   much 

objection     from   his   Spanish    patron。    With    great   austerity   Don    Ramon 

pointed out that this trifling with the entrails of the earth was not only an 

indignity to Nature almost equal to shaft´sinking and tunneling�察�but was a 

disturbance of vested interests。         ;I and my fathers�察�San Diego rest them� ─�

said Don Ramon�察�crossing himself�察 �were content with wells and cisterns�察�

filled by Heaven at its appointed seasons�察�the cattle�察�dumb brutes though 

they   were�察  �knew   where   to   find   water   when   they   wanted   it。     But   thou 

sayest truly�察─�he added�察�with a sigh�察 �that was before streams and rain were 

choked   with   hellish   engines�察  �and   poisoned   with   their   spume。        Go   on�察�

friend Mulrady�察�dig and bore if thou wilt�察�but in a seemly fashion�察�and not 

with impious earthquakes of devilish gunpowder。; 

     With   this   concession   Alvin   Mulrady   began   to   sink   his   first   artesian 

shaft。    Being debarred the auxiliaries of steam and gunpowder�察�the work 

went on slowly。        The market garden did not suffer meantime�察�as Mulrady 

had employed two Chinamen to take charge of the ruder tillage�察�while he 

superintended       the  engineering     work    of  the  well。   This   trifling  incident 

marked an epoch in the social condition of the family。                 Mrs。 Mulrady at 

once assumed a conscious importance among her neighbors。                       She spoke 

of   her   husband's    ;men;�察   �she   alluded    to  the  well   as  ;the   works;�察   �she 

checked   the   easy   frontier   familiarity   of   her   customers   with   pretty   Mary 

Mulrady�察�her seventeen´year´old daughter。              Simple Alvin Mulrady looked 

with astonishment at this sudden development of the germ planted in all 

feminine nature   to   expand   in   the   slightest   sunshine   of   prosperity。   ;Look 

yer�察�Malviny�察�ain't ye rather puttin' on airs with the boys that want to be 

civil to Mamie�拭       �Like as not one of 'em may be makin' up to her already。; 



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;You   don't   mean   to   say�察�Alvin   Mulrady�察─  �responded   Mrs。   Mulrady�察  �with 

sudden      severity�察   �that   you   ever   thought    of   givin'  your    daughter    to  a 

common miner�察�or that I'm goin' to allow her to marry out of our own set�拭─�

;Our   own   set� ─  �echoed   Mulrady  feebly�察 �blinking   at   her  in   astonishment�察�

and   then   glancing   

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