And by and by he would become very rich, and return homeīy sea, and be able to talk as calmly about San Francisco and the ocean, and "the Mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work wasĭone, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and Write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero. Great plains and deserts, and among the mountains of the Far West, and would seeīuffaloes and Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds ofĪdventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such a fine time, and Pretty soon he would be hundreds and hundreds of miles away on the Travel! I never had been away from home, and that word "travel" had a seductiveĬharm for me. To make, and the curious new world he was going to explore.
Splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going I coveted his distinction and his financial To the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. Salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer,Ĭomptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence.
MY brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such Page: xviii (Table of Contents) -19 Switch to Image Mode CLOSE Page xviii (Table of Contents) -19 Roughing it CHAPTER I.
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