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Washington Bryan Crumpton. The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys
The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys
Table of Contents
Foreword
Part One
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE
ARRIVAL IN ALABAMA
MOVED TO TOWN
CHANGE OF VOCATION
BECOMES A PRINTER
MEXICAN WAR
STARTS ON HIS WANDERINGS
THE GOLD EXCITEMENT
STARTS FOR THE FAR WEST
NEW ACQUAINTANCES
ANOTHER START WEST
STRIKES OUT ALL ALONE
A PLUNGE IN THE OVERFLOW
FELL IN WITH THE MILITARY
STRIKES HANDS WITH OLD FRIENDS
FOOD SCARCE
ALONE CONFRONTED BY INDIANS
ALONE AGAIN
REACHES CALIFORNIA
LOST HIS OXEN
IN GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST
GOT A JOB
TO TAKE SAIL
HEARS SAD TIDINGS
NO PAY FOR SERVICES
AT ORO CITY
IN THE MINES
AT ROUGH-AND-READY
STARTS BACK HOME
IN A WRECK
ON TO PANAMA
IN NEW ORLEANS
FINDS HIS BROTHER
DETAINED IN MOBILE
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN CALIFORNIA,
BACK TO THE MINES AGAIN
RETURNED TO ALABAMA,
HIS OPINION ABOUT SLAVERY
Part Two
HOW I BEGAN TO LECTURE
Chapter I
I WAS WITHOUT AMBITION
"SUCKER, READY TO BITE AT ANY BAIT."
MY BROTHER'S COUNSEL CAME TO MY AID:
OFF TO SEA
I WAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED
Chapter Two
LOOKING FOR A JOB
A HOSTLER
TO SAN FRANCISCO
TAKING A SACK IN EACH HAND, I TRUDGED AWAY UP THE STREET
TO OAKLAND,
"HURRAH FOR JEFF DAVIS!"
Chapter Three
MY FIRM RESOLVE
THIS REQUIRED A LAY-OVER AT PITTSBURG,
AT BELOIT, WISCONSIN,
THE FALL OF FT. DONELSON,
Chapter Four
"LET MR. W. B. CRUMPTON INTO THE CAMP TOMORROW."
THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON I HAD IN "SHUT-MOUTH"
I STARTED OUT AFOOT DOWN THE RAILROAD
FORTY FROGS SEEMED TO JUMP INTO MY THROAT
TOOK THE TRAIN, WHICH WAS LOADED DOWN WITH FEDERAL SOLDIERS,
AT DAYLIGHT I STARTED WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,
Chapter Five
THREE YEARS AFTER THEY SENT THE PISTOL TO ME,
"THE ROAD IS FULL OF YANKEES."
WENT FORTY-FIVE MILES THAT DAY
THERE CAME IN SUCH A MAN AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE
HE WAS NOT A PRAYER-MEETING MAN
REACHING OLD 'UNCLE McCULLOUGH'S,'
I FELT LIKE ONE IN A DREAM
YOU PEOPLE, WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER:
MIND WAS MADE UP NOT TO REMAIN
Chapter Six
RELEASED ON PAROLE
ON THE LOOKOUT
REACHES HELENA, ARK
BOARDED THE STEAMER
TAKES FEVER
BLACK COFFEE
FINDS ONE MAN WHO BELIEVED HIM
IN TEN MILES OF NEWTON
MY TROUBLES BEGAN AGAIN
THEN HE COMMENCED CURSING
REACHES HOME
"GOOBER PEAS"
Part Three
Introduction
Preface to Letters of the Second Trip
Chapter I
OFF ON SECOND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AFTER FORTY YEARS
MY HOME IN MARION,
BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH MY TRIP
DRY DOCK
"NOT ANOTHER BERTH
GREAT SALT MINE
BEAUMONT
SAN ANTONIO
THE ALAMO
HE EXPECTS IT OF ME
THE NEXT TWO DAYS. "IT IS THE DRIEST, DULLEST RIDE I EVER TOOK."
OUT IN THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE
AS WE NEAR THE DEL RIO,
THE SEMINOLE CAVE CANON—
WE BREAKFASTED AT EL PASO
THE RIO GRANDE
CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE
AT LORDSBURG
AT SAN SIMONS,
TUCSON,
PEOPLE GO TO EUROPE
Chapter II
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PLOWING MACHINE
NOTED FOR ITS OIL
SAN FRANCISCO
THE UNION FERRY DEPOT,
FORT ALKATRAS
SAUSALITO
POOR HAND AT SIGHT-SEEING
SEAL ROCKS
THE GOLDEN GATE
SUTRO BATHS AND MUSEUM
CHINATOWN,
THE UNITED STATES MINT
JAMES LICK
THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
THE CLIMATE
Chapter Three
LOS ANGELES
"SEEING LOS ANGELES."
THE RETURN
"THE PIT"
THE MIRAGE
OLD FORT YUMA
RELIGIOUS MATTERS
BAPTISTS
AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE
PASTOR'S CONFERENCE,
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE,
ONE SERIOUS QUESTION
