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where I also tobk rooms after June the first, upon leaving 

 Dr. Zeile's place. Hess charges me fifty dollars a month 

 and treats me well. "Kosher food" is good for Gen- 

 tiles. 



As our business, like all Jewish mercantile houses, 

 closes on Saturdays at one o'clock, I find ample time 

 for excursions. The Contra Costa ferry lines and the 

 railroad connection to San Jose offer many a wholesome 

 outing. During the spring, however, most of my Sun- 

 day trips were directed to Oakland where my friend 

 Schubnell had found a home at Conrad Zimmermann 's. 

 These visits gave me at first considerable pleasure, as 

 I sincerely enjoyed the company of the plain honest 

 hearts who met under the green foliage of the pretty 

 little garden. But alas! Simon Schubnell 's health 

 grew poorer and poorer, so that we had to stay in his 

 little room and cheer him, while our hearts were aching. 

 I tried to be more punctual in my visits than ever. At 

 last the end came on June 21st a. c. As my Los Angeles 

 friend, Dr. Wollweber, happened to be in the city, he too 

 took part in the Masonic rites, which distinguished the 

 otherwise simple funeral. 



At the beginning of September the Jewish holidays 

 gave me a chance to pay my friend, Henry Jackson 

 (Griinhagen of old), a short visit at his place in "Watson-, 

 ville, but as I did not arrive until seven o'clock in the 

 evening, we had only the night for a friendly chat, as 

 the stage left at six o'clock the next morning. This 

 mountain trip did me a great deal of good and the scen- 

 ery is truly magnificent. 



As my genial landlord has sold his "St. Nicholas" 

 and installed himself in new quarters at the corner of 

 Markel and Third streets, T followed him hither and 

 occupy now a room on the fifth floor, with a magnifieenl 

 view of the bay, foT which I have to pay ten dollars 

 more than at the old place. But I get my money's worth 

 and the board is excellent. The new year finds me in the 

 same position and home comforts as heretofore. My 

 employers are gentlemen. 



