THE LITTLE TOWN OF THE GRAPE VINES 



and if the occasion lacks, send for the 

 guitar and dance anyway. 



All this requires explanation. Antonio 

 Sevadra, drifting this way from Old Mexico 

 with the flood that poured into the Tappan 

 district after the first notable strike, dis- 

 covered La Golondrina. It was a gener- 

 ous lode and Tony a good fellow ; to work 

 it he brought in all the Sevadras, even to 

 the twice-removed ; all the Castros who 

 were his wife's family, all the Saises, Ro- 

 meros, and Eschobars, — the relations of 

 his relations-in-law. There you have the 

 beginning of a pretty considerable town. 

 To these accrued much of the Spanish 

 California float swept out of the southwest 

 by eastern enterprise. They slacked away 

 again when the price of silver went down, 

 and the ore dwindled in La Golondrina. 

 All the hot eddy of mining life swept away 

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