188 THE COUNTRY BOY 



Finally, with the change, I again proceeded 

 to a car. This time I got on a blue car, told 

 the conductor I wanted to get off at the 

 Murphy Building. The car rolled up Market 

 Street with the beautiful gliding, soothing 

 noise. I don't think I have ever been so im- 

 pressed or bewildered as I was by that ride. 

 It seemed that I rode hours. Finally the car 

 sheered off to the left and came to Eucalyptus 

 Trees and then to Scant Settlement, and 

 finally to the end of the line. Everj^body got 

 off but me, and the conductor said, "Oh, yes; 

 you wanted to get off, didn't you?" 



I said: "Yes, at the IMurplw Building." 

 He said: "Stay on until we go back." 

 They came in, the conductor and gripman, 

 and sat down and talked to me of where 1 had 

 come from. They said they were bound to 

 see a great deal of me, especially the gripman. 

 I asked them how long the}^ thought it would 

 take a fellow to learn the city, and it seemed 

 like the truth when they told me some people 

 never learned it. Finally we started back 

 toward town. Strange and beautiful faces 

 got on the car, and finally I was lost again in 

 admiration of the heart of the citv, when 



