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baby slept until train-time, when, 

 having liberally rewarded his hos- 

 pitable benefactresses, he returned 

 to the railway-station, restored the 

 child to its anxious mother and went 

 on his way rejoicing in the happy 

 issue out of all his troubles, and with- 

 out the smallest expectation of ever 

 again seeing any of the participants 

 in the strange adventure. 



A few weeks later, King, who had, 

 in the meantime, fitted out his ex- 

 expedition at Sacramento, California, 

 was moving with his train of army 

 wagons and mounted scientists across 

 the Sierra towards Nevada, the field 

 of his first summer's campaign. He 

 camped for Sunday near the little 

 town of Alta, on the western slope 

 of the range, whose curious inhab- 

 itants, mistaking the strange outfit 

 for a circus, came around during the 

 day to inquire when the show would 

 begin. Among these visitors was 

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