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It deserves preservation to-day, not only for its literaryvalue, but because no finer defense of the drama, no more searchingsermon on self-righteousness, has ever been put into concrete form. The final attempt occurred on the day of which I am speaking. He covered his face with his hands. Of all manner (de toute maniere) I bet forty dollars thatshe batter in jumping, no matter which frog of the county of Calaveras.

This young man's name was Francis Bret Harte, originally from Albany,later a miner and school-teacher on the Stanislaus, still later acompositor, finally a contributor, on the Golden Era. With serious face and deep earnestness Fritz in hisbroken English would attempt these lines, while his teacher would bendover and hold his sides with laughter at each ridiculous effort. It has to be a list of the objects he wants. s of a prehistoric life--the earth deposit which once covered them entirely washed away, everyparticle of it