James D. Hague 



to be in Mr. King's employ, and 

 asking for any further information 

 concerning him. 



To this dispatch an answer was 

 promptly returned, giving the desired 

 information concerning Jim and say- 

 ing that he would start that evening 

 for San Francisco, to see his mother 

 there. 



It so happened that King was then 

 preparing and expecting to go to 

 California within a few days. On re- 

 ceipt of the above-mentioned tele- 

 gram, he determined to send Jim 

 immediately and to follow in person 

 a little later. He accordingly arrived 

 in San Francisco not many days there- 

 after and went to his hotel, where Jim 

 was his earliest visitor, bringing his 

 mother with him. As she entered 

 the room and met King face to face, 

 recognizing and greeting him imme- 

 diately with vigorous expressions of 

 surprise and pleasure, she exclaimed 



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