Roughing It

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CHAPTER I. My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory—an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the du…
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In Syria, once, at the head-waters of the Jordan, a camel took charge of my overcoat while the tents were being pitched, and examined it wi…
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The cayote will go swinging gently off on that deceitful trot of his, and every little while he will smile a fraudful smile over his should…
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“Now, do you know where the fault lies? It lies in putting Eckert on his guard. The minute the boys go to pumping at Eckert he knows perfec…
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Slade took up his residence sweetly and peacefully in the midst of this hive of horse-thieves and assassins, and the very first time one of…
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CHAPTER XII. Just beyond the breakfast-station we overtook a Mormon emigrant train of thirty-three wagons; and tramping wearily along and d…
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The second day, we made the acquaintance of Mr. Street (since deceased) and put on white shirts and went and paid a state visit to the king…
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And when I am far on the road to conviction, and eight men, be they grammatical or otherwise, come forward and tell me that they have seen…
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The mules, under violent swearing, coaxing and whip-cracking, would make at stated intervals a “spurt,” and drag the coach a hundred or may…
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Then he rode over and began to rebuke the stranger with a six-shooter, and the stranger began to explain with another. When the pistols wer…
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So singularly clear was the water, that where it was only twenty or thirty feet deep the bottom was so perfectly distinct that the boat see…
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Nothing in this world is palled in such impenetrable obscurity as a U.S. Treasury Comptroller’s understanding. The very fires of the hereaf…
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I confess, without shame, that I expected to find masses of silver lying all about the ground. I expected to see it glittering in the sun o…
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There were two men in the company who caused me particular discomfort. One was a little Swede, about twenty-five years old, who knew only o…
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It came stealing over us presently, and then we bade each other a last farewell. A delicious dreaminess wrought its web about my yielding s…
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The process of amalgamation differed in the various mills, and this included changes in style of pans and other machinery, and a great dive…
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About seven o’clock one blistering hot morning—for it was now dead summer time—Higbie and I took the boat and started on a voyage of discov…
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Captain Nye was very ill indeed, with spasmodic rheumatism. But the old gentleman was himself—which is to say, he was kind-hearted and agre…
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“Now you talk like a rational being. Come along.” We plowed a couple of blocks through the snow, got the report and returned to our office.…
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After that, the Commission got itself into systematic working order, and for weeks the contributions flowed into its treasury in a generous…
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After Buck Fanshaw’s inquest, a meeting of the short-haired brotherhood was held, for nothing can be done on the Pacific coast without a pu…
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The table we were sitting at was about five feet long, and unusually cumbersome and heavy. He asked us to put our hands on the dishes and h…
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When the history of this affair reached California (it was in the “early days”) it made a deal of talk, but did not diminish the captain’s…
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Two tons of silver bullion would be in the neighborhood of forty bars, and the freight on it over $1,000. Each coach always carried a deal…
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All Chinamen can read, write and cipher with easy facility—pity but all our petted voters could. In California they rent little patches of…
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That was astonishing enough, in itself, to set the whole town buzzing, for it only rains (during a week or two weeks) in the winter in Neva…
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421.jpg (20K) I comforted myself with the thought that may be the speculation would amount to nothing—poor comfort at best—and then went ba…
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In that one little corner of California is found a species of mining which is seldom or never mentioned in print. It is called “pocket mini…
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Every one was amazed at the man’s rashness. The idea of deliberately inviting annihilation was a thing incomprehensible. The retreat came t…
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This ancient temple was built of rough blocks of lava, and was simply a roofless inclosure a hundred and thirty feet long and seventy wide—…
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“No? Not a missionary! Not a whaler! not a member of his Majesty’s Government! not even Secretary of the Navy! Ah, Heaven! it is too blissf…
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“After this, his sickness increased to such a degree that he had not strength to turn himself in his bed. When another season, consecrated…
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“In the morning I read it again, but with difficulty and uncertainty still, for I had lost some little rest and my mental vision seemed clo…
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The native canoe is an irresponsible looking contrivance. I cannot think of anything to liken it to but a boy’s sled runner hollowed out, a…
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He got out and we hunted for the path with the lantern. He said there was only one path and that it was but vaguely defined. We could not f…
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555.jpg (42K) I said I had the headache, and so excused myself and went home. And on my diary I entered “another night spoiled” by this off…
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Mormonism is only about forty years old, but its career has been full of stir and adventure from the beginning, and is likely to remain so…
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WHEN WILL THE CIRCLE JOIN? How long before the whole of your prophecy will be fulfilled I cannot say, but under the shadow of so much fulfi…
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I submit that that unguarded remark of Philip Lynch convicts him of having been privy in advance to Mr. Winters’ intentions whatever they m…