CHAPTER LIII

. Jim Blaine and his Grandfather’s Ram—Filkin’s Mistake—Old

Miss Wagner and her Glass Eye—Jacobs, the Coffin Dealer—Waiting for a Customer—His Bargain With Old Robbins—Robbins Sues for Damage and Collects—A New Use for Missionaries—The Effect—His Uncle Lem and the Use Providence Made of Him—Sad Fate of Wheeler—Devotion of His Wife—A Model Monument—What About the Ram?

## CHAPTER LIV . Chinese in Virginia City—Washing Bills—Habit of

Imitation—Chinese Immigration—A Visit to Chinatown—Messrs. Ah Sing, Hong Wo, See Yup, &c.

## CHAPTER LV . Tired of Virginia City—An Old Schoolmate—A Two Years’

Loan—Acting as an Editor—Almost Receive an Offer—An Accident—Three Drunken Anecdotes—Last Look at Mt. Davidson—A Beautiful Incident

## CHAPTER LVI . Off for San Francisco—Western and Eastern Landscapes—The

Hottest place on Earth—Summer and Winter

## CHAPTER LVII . California—Novelty of Seeing a Woman—“Well if it ain’t a

Child!”—One Hundred and Fifty Dollars for a Kiss—Waiting for a turn

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