Excerpt from The Mystir Spring: And Other Tales of Western LifeDuring the half century that I was in active life I made copious notes Of events as they transpired. I carefully studied the peculiarities Of speech, the habits and mode Of life, and the frailties as well as the virtues Of the early gold-seekers on the Pacific Coast, and now venture to lay some of the most startling incidents that came to my knowledge before the reading public for ...
Excerpt from The Mystir Spring: And Other Tales of Western LifeDuring the half century that I was in active life I made copious notes of events as they transpired. I carefully studied the peculiarities of Speech, the habits and mode of life, and the frailties as well as the virtues of the early gold-seekers on the Pacific Coast, and now venture to lay some of the most startling incidents that came to my knowledge before the reading public for ...