tha item actually cost and what he had to pay for It 

 He liked to do that type of thing. In fact« I 

 think I remember he got hia start with a phoney 

 discovery of a manuscript* 



Gilbs Well^ I got the impression that Joaquin Miller 

 was somowhat of a poseur * 



Cogginsx Oh yes* INit the thing that surprised me about a 

 man like Joaquin Miller is how sensitive he could 

 ba about some things and yat do things that attract 

 so much attention* 



0ilb: What type of things was he sensitive about? 



Coggins: For instance^ ona time wa vara going past the 



Bulletin to lunch Just as Fremont Older was getting 

 into his car* 1 said, "Here's Fremont*" Ha didn*t 

 aay anything* I thought he didn't hear bm« Than 

 he said« "You keep telling me Fremont Older is 

 there* X don t want to see him* He said I was a 

 drunken bunf** Wallf those things want pretty deep 

 with him* 



Gilbs He couldnH take criticism. 



Coggins t Wall, ha wanted to be admirable* It burtf X gpmuMt 

 because it was true* You can see that a man can 

 be brutal and also sensitive* He can do cruel 

 things or mean things and yet not Hant them dona 

 to him* 



