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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE.

ARRIVAL IN ALABAMA.

MOVED TO TOWN.

CHANGE OF VOCATION.

BECOMES A PRINTER.

MEXICAN WAR.

STARTS ON HIS WANDERINGS.

THE GOLD EXCITEMENT.

STARTS FOR THE FAR WEST.

NEW ACQUAINTANCES.

ANOTHER START WEST.

STRIKES OUT ALL ALONE.

A PLUNGE IN THE OVERFLOW.

FELL IN WITH THE MILITARY.

STRIKES HANDS WITH OLD FRIENDS.

FOOD SCARCE.

ALONE CONFRONTED BY INDIANS.

ALONE AGAIN.

REACHES CALIFORNIA.

LOST HIS OXEN.

IN GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST.

GOT A JOB.

TO TAKE SAIL.

HEARS SAD TIDINGS.

NO PAY FOR SERVICES.

AT ORO CITY.

IN THE MINES.

AT ROUGH-AND-READY.

STARTS BACK HOME.

IN A WRECK.

ON TO PANAMA.

IN NEW ORLEANS.

FINDS HIS BROTHER.

DETAINED IN MOBILE.

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN CALIFORNIA,

BACK TO THE MINES AGAIN.

RETURNED TO ALABAMA,

HIS OPINION ABOUT SLAVERY.

HOW I BEGAN TO LECTURE.

I WAS WITHOUT AMBITION.

"SUCKER, READY TO BITE AT ANY BAIT."

MY BROTHER'S COUNSEL CAME TO MY AID:

OFF TO SEA

I WAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.

LOOKING FOR A JOB.

A HOSTLER

TO SAN FRANCISCO

TAKING A SACK IN EACH HAND, I TRUDGED AWAY UP THE STREET.

TO OAKLAND,

"HURRAH FOR JEFF DAVIS!"

MY FIRM RESOLVE

THIS REQUIRED A LAY-OVER AT PITTSBURG,

AT BELOIT, WISCONSIN,

THE FALL OF FT. DONELSON,

"LET MR. W. B. CRUMPTON INTO THE CAMP TOMORROW."

THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON I HAD IN "SHUT-MOUTH"

I STARTED OUT AFOOT DOWN THE RAILROAD.

FORTY FROGS SEEMED TO JUMP INTO MY THROAT.

TOOK THE TRAIN, WHICH WAS LOADED DOWN WITH FEDERAL SOLDIERS,

AT DAYLIGHT I STARTED WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,

THREE YEARS AFTER THEY SENT THE PISTOL TO ME,

"THE ROAD IS FULL OF YANKEES."

WENT FORTY-FIVE MILES THAT DAY.

THERE CAME IN SUCH A MAN AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE

HE WAS NOT A PRAYER-MEETING MAN

REACHING OLD 'UNCLE McCULLOUGH'S,'

I FELT LIKE ONE IN A DREAM.

YOU PEOPLE, WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER:

MIND WAS MADE UP NOT TO REMAIN.

RELEASED ON PAROLE.

ON THE LOOKOUT.

REACHES HELENA, ARK.

BOARDED THE STEAMER.

TAKES FEVER.

BLACK COFFEE.

FINDS ONE MAN WHO BELIEVED HIM.

IN TEN MILES OF NEWTON.

MY TROUBLES BEGAN AGAIN.

THEN HE COMMENCED CURSING.

REACHES HOME.

"GOOBER PEAS"

Chapter I

OFF ON SECOND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AFTER FORTY YEARS.

MY HOME IN MARION,

BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH MY TRIP.

DRY DOCK

"NOT ANOTHER BERTH

GREAT SALT MINE

BEAUMONT

SAN ANTONIO

THE ALAMO

HE EXPECTS IT OF ME.

THE NEXT TWO DAYS. "IT IS THE DRIEST, DULLEST RIDE I EVER TOOK."

OUT IN THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE.

AS WE NEAR THE DEL RIO,

THE SEMINOLE CAVE CANON—

WE BREAKFASTED AT EL PASO

THE RIO GRANDE

CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE

AT LORDSBURG

AT SAN SIMONS,

TUCSON,

PEOPLE GO TO EUROPE

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

PLOWING MACHINE

NOTED FOR ITS OIL.

SAN FRANCISCO

THE UNION FERRY DEPOT,

FORT ALKATRAS

SAUSALITO

POOR HAND AT SIGHT-SEEING.

SEAL ROCKS.

THE GOLDEN GATE

SUTRO BATHS AND MUSEUM

CHINATOWN,

THE UNITED STATES MINT.

JAMES LICK

THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY

THE CLIMATE

LOS ANGELES.

"SEEING LOS ANGELES."

THE RETURN

"THE PIT"

THE MIRAGE.

OLD FORT YUMA

RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

BAPTISTS

AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE.

PASTOR'S CONFERENCE,

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE,

ONE SERIOUS QUESTION

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