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     ;It ain't that�察─�said Captain Stidger energetically�察 �but the trouble with 

Harry Pendleton is that he hasn't grown with the State�察�and never adjusted 

himself to it。 And he won't。 He thinks the Millennium was between the fall 

of '49 and the spring of '50�察�and after that everything dropped。 He belongs 

to the old days�察�when a man's simple WORD was good for any amount if 

you knew him�察�and they say that the old bank hadn't a scrap of paper for 

half that was owing to it。 That was all very well�察�sir�察�in '49 and '50�察�and 

Luck�察�but it won't do for '59 and '60�察�andBusiness� �And the old man can't 

see it。; 

     ;But he is ready to fight for it now�察�as in the old time�察─�said Mr。 Slate�察�

;and that's another trouble with his chronology。 He's done more to keep up 

dueling than any other man in the State�察�and don't know the whole spirit of 

progress and civilization is against it。; 

     It  was    impossible    to  tell  from   Paul   Hathaway's      face   whether    his 

sympathy with Colonel Pendleton's foibles or his assent to the criticisms 

of his visitors was the truer。 Both were no doubt equally sincere。 But the 

party   was    presently    engaged    in  the  absorption     of  refreshment�察    �which�察�

being   of   a   purely�察  �spirituous   and   exhilarating   quality�察  �tended   to   increase 

their   good   humor   with   the   host   till   they   parted。   Even   then   a   gratuitous 

advertisement of his virtues and their own intentions in calling upon him 

was oratorically voiced from available platforms and landings�察�in the halls 

and stairways�察�until it was pretty well known throughout the Golden Gate 

Hotel that the Hon。 Mr。 Paul Hathaway had arrived from Sacramento and 



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had received a ;spontaneous ovation。; 

     Meantime       the   object   of   it  had  dropped     into   an   easy´chair    by   the 

window       of  his  room�察   �and    was   endeavoring      to  recall   a  less   profitable 

memory。 The process of human forgetfulness is not a difficult one between 

the   ages   of   eighteen   and   twenty´six�察  �and   Paul   Hathaway   had   not   only 

fulfilled   the   Mayor's     request   by   forgetting     the   particulars   of  a  certain 

transfer    that   he  had    witnessed     in  the  Mayor's     office�察  �but   in  the  year 

succeeding that request�察�being about to try his fortunes in the mountains�察�

he had formally constituted Colonel Pendleton to act as his proxy in the 

administration of Mrs。 Howard's singular Trust�察�in which�察�however�察�he had 

never participated except yearly to sign his name。 He was�察�consequently�察�

somewhat   astonished   to   have   received   a   letter   a   few   days   before   from 

Colonel Pendleton�察�asking him to call and see him regarding it。 

     He   vaguely  remembered   that   it   was   eight   years   ago�察  �and   eight   years 

had worked considerable change in the original trustees�察�greatest of all in 

his superior officer�察�the Mayor�察�who had died the year following�察�leaving 

his trusteeship to his successor in office�察�whom Paul Hathaway had never 

seen。 The Bank of El Dorado�察�despite Mrs。 Howard's sanguine belief�察�had 

long been in bankruptcy�察�and�察�although Colonel Pendleton still survived it�察�

it was certain that no other president would succeed to his office as trustee�察�

and   that   the   function   would   lapse   with   him。   Paul   himself�察  �a   soldier   of 

fortune�察    �although      habitually    lucky�察   �had    only    lately   succeeded      to   a 

professionif his political functions could be so described。 Even with his 

luck�察  �energy�察  �and   ambition�察  �while   everything   was   possible�察  �nothing   was 

secure。   It   seemed�察  �therefore�察  �as   if   the   soulless   official   must   eventually 

assume   the   duties   of   the   two   sympathizing   friends   who   had   originated 

them�察  �and   had   stood     in   loco   parentis   to  the   constructive   orphan。      The 

mother�察  �Mrs。   Howard�察  �had   disappeared   a   year   after   the   Trust   had   been 

madeit   was   charitably  presumed   in   order to   prevent   any  complications 

that might arise from her presence in the country。 With these facts before 

him�察  �Paul   Hathaway   was   more   concerned   in   wondering   what   Pendleton 

could want with him than�察�I fear�察�any direct sympathy with the situation。 

On the contrary�察�it appeared to him more favorable for keeping the secret 

of    Mrs。    Howard's      relationship�察   �which     would     now    die   with    Colonel 



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Pendleton and himself�察�and there was no danger of any emotional betrayal 

of   it   in   the   cold   official   administration   of   a   man   who   had   received   the 

Trust     through     the  formal     hands    of   successive     predecessors。       He   had 

forgotten the time limited for the guardianship�察�but the girl must soon be 

of    age   and   off   their  hands。    If  there   had    ever   been    any   romantic     or 

chivalrous impression left upon his memory by the scene in the mayor's 

office�察�I fear he had put it away with various other foolish illusions of his 

youth�察�to which he now believed he was superior。 

     Nevertheless�察  �he   would   see   the   colonel�察  �and   at   once�察  �and   settle   the 

question。 He looked at the address�察 �St。 Charles Hotel。; He remembered an 

old hostelry of that name�察�near the Plaza。 Could it be possible that it had 

survived the alterations and improvements of the city�拭�It was an easy walk 

through remembered streets�察�yet with changed shops and houses and faces。 

When   he   reached   the   Plaza�察  �scarce   recognizable   in   its   later   frontages   of 

brick   and   stone�察  �he   found   the   old   wooden   building   still   intact�察  �with   its 

villa´like     galleries     and    verandas       incongruously        and    ostentatiously 

overlooked   by   two       new    and   aspiring    erections     on  either   side。   For   an 

instant he tried to recall the glamour of old days。 He remembered when his 

boyish eyes regarded it as the crowning work of opulence and distinction�察�

he remembered a ball given there on some public occasion�察�which was to 

him the acme   of social brilliancy  and display。  How   tawdry and trivial   it 

looked beside those later and more solid structures� �How inconsistent were 

those   long   latticed   verandas   and   balconies�察  �pathetic   record   of   that   first 

illusion of the pioneers that their climate was a tropical one� �A restaurant 

and billiard´saloon had aggrandized all of the lower story�察�but there was 

still   the   fanlight�察  �over   which   the   remembered   title   of   ;St。   Charles�察─  �in 

gilded     letters�察 �was    now     reinforced     by   the   too   demonstrative       legend�察�

;Apartments   and   Board�察  �by   the   Day   or   Week。; Was   it   possible   that   this 

narrow�察  �creaking   staircase   had   once   seemed   to   him   the   broad   steps   of 

Fame and Fortune�拭�On the first landing�察�a preoccupied Irish servant´girl�察�

with a mop�察�directed him to a door at the end of the passage�察�at which he 

knocked。 The door was opened by a grizzled negro servant�察�who was still 

holding a piece of oily chamois´leather in his hand�察�and the contents of a 

dueling´case�察  �scattered   upon   a   table   in   the   centre   of   the   room�察  �showed 



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what had been his occupation。 Admitting Hathaway with great courtesy�察�he 

said�此�

     ;Marse Harry bin havin' his ole trubble�察�sah�察�and bin engaged just dis 

momen' on his toylet�察  �ef yo'll   accommodate   yo'self on   de sofa�察  �I   inform 

him yo' is heah。; 

     As   the   negro   passed   into   the   next   room�察  �Paul   cast   a   hasty   glance 

around the apartment。 The furniture�察�originally rich and elegant�察�was now 

worn     threadbare      and   lustreless。    A   book´case�察    �containing�察     �among     other 

volumes�察      �a   few    law    booksthere      being     a  vague     tradition�察   �as   Paul 

remembered�察  �that   Colonel   Pendleton   had   once   been   connected   with   the 

lawa     few    French     chairs    of   tarnished     gilt�察 �a  rifle   in  the   corner�察   �a 

presentation sword in a mahogany case�察�a few classical prints on the walls�察�

and   one   or   two   iron   deed´boxes   marked   ;El   Dorado   Bank�察─  �were   the 

principal     objects。    A   mild    flavor    of  dry   decay     and   methylated       spirits 

pervaded the apartment。 Yet it was scrupulously clean and well kept�察�and a 

few   clothes   neatly   brushed   and   folded   on   a   cha
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