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Edward Henry Eldridge. A California Girl
A California Girl
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
A California Girl
CHAPTER I
CLARA LAWTON
CHAPTER II
RANCH TALK
CHAPTER III
THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLES HERNE
CHAPTER IV
JULIA HAMMOND
CHAPTER V
BEN WEST
CHAPTER VI
STELLA WHEELWRIGHT
CHAPTER VII
PENLOE
CHAPTER VIII
BEN WEST'S EXPERIENCE IN THE KLONDIKE
CHAPTER IX
AN ARRIVAL
CHAPTER X
MRS. MARSTON
CHAPTER XI
SAUNDERS' CUSTOMERS
CHAPTER XII
PENLOE'S SERMON
CHAPTER XIII
RETURN OF BEN WEST
CHAPTER XIV
FIVE YEARS AFTER MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XV
A CONVERSATION ON THE PORCH
CHAPTER XVI
TIESTAN
CHAPTER XVII
PENLOE'S ORIGINAL ADDRESS
CHAPTER XVIII
LETTERS RECEIVED BY PENLOE
CHAPTER XIX
MRS. WEST RELATES HER DREAM
CHAPTER XX
IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XXI
A WEDDING IN ORANGEVILLE
CHAPTER XXII
THE HERNE PARTY
CHAPTER XXIII
A VISIT FROM BARKER AND BROOKES
CHAPTER XXIV
OUT OF BONDAGE
EPILOGUE
Footnotes
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Edward Eldridge
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Yes," said his wife, "those hired men of his wouldn't be acting like gentlemen the way they are now if Charles had not gone out and rustled."
"Two years ago," he continued, "he devoted the entire proceeds from his orchard for one year, after paying expenses, to fixing up the cottage for his men. He had it painted and papered; had good carpets laid down on the floors; large mirrors and pictures on the walls; put in two large bathrooms with hot and cold water; a billiard table, lots of small games, all the leading papers and magazines. Bought them a fine piano, also an organ, and a lot of music, sacred and sentimental. He also bought a fine matched team with a two-seated buggy, and said: 'Boys, I want you to keep this team for your own riding out evenings, Saturday afternoons and Sundays. Take care of it among yourselves, and I hope you all may have many pleasant rides. There isn't a team in the country gets more grooming than those colts, and not a man has been known to overdrive them. I never see anything like it, those hired men at Herne's live and act as if they were members of some gentlemen's club. They always wash their hands in warm water in the winter, and are particular about keeping their finger-nails clean. On Sundays to see those men dressed up, you would think they had never seen dirt. You don't see Herne's men on a Sunday morning spending their time in washing overalls, shirts, and socks. Herne keeps a Chinaman to do that in the week day. Why, if I was to go and offer one of those men a steady job at ten dollars a month more than Herne pays, he would turn his nose up at me. You can't get a man to leave; they stick to him closer than a brother. He has ten standing applicants to fill the next vacancy he may have. And did you ever see a place where men worked so orderly, harmoniously, and thoroughly as they do on the Herne ranch? You don't see any of the trees in his orchard barked through having careless, mad teamsters while harrowing and cultivating. Herne's horses, harness, and machinery look better and last more than twice as long, because the men take great interest in caring for them. It's not all go out of pocket with Herne in what he does for his men. Some pretty big returns come back."
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