CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.--Start for Sacramento City--The “Niagara

Co.”--Frederick Jerome--A Love Chase--Heroine under a Blanket--Suspicious Boots--Part of a Lady’s Hat found--A Ball--Arrival at Sacramento City--Poor Accommodations--Return to the Interior--A Chase--A New York Merchant--Beals’ Bar--Embark in Trade--A Mountaineer--Indian Characteristics, 87