IN AND AROUND SAN FRANCISCO. 



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SO, had I seen and written, it would only have been a waste of 

 time and ink. For all this reasoning I wish I had seen these 

 " chestnuts." So my time was spent wandering around the 

 city and suburbs till " steamer day " came. 



My first business after coming to San Francisco was to get 

 my draft cashed. Sathers & Church, whom it was on, hesi- 

 tated about paying it, as my signature had failed to come with 

 it, that it might be compared with my present writing. 

 Although anxious to go home, I had money in plenty for tem- 

 porary use, and would rather go to work again than arouse the 

 bankers' suspicions with persistence. I was about to tell them 

 to return the draft, and prepare to hunt permanent employ- 

 ment, when they told me they would pay me, which conclu- 

 sion they perhaps came to through my indifference. Taking 

 the proffered gold I repaired to the hotel, and from its wel- 

 coming portals made many a sortie to points of interest in and 

 around the city during my two weeks' sojourn there. 



