A SLTERSTITIOX OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 4T7
Thia episode cauvyl a trifliog commo. manner, and aocual him of "copper,
twn among tin mor enlightened people fog - hie cow. Reoer, Wicg fwmtJy
of tie camp, but it prored a onelay dupoaM, and wUhing to auOd troubk
wonder only, and anon taniabej from paid bH V-i imH
the sici.ijr r man. nfKtn im to the Interior
The hallucination that certaia men of bit cabin. The door had acarwly
and women could cauae mUfortan to rWJ wLm the cow am aevmfogty ia
purue one, by a aimple word or glance, a good health Meter. That w enough
became eo deeply imbue4 in tbe mind fur Jonew; he a now cn&viatwd, io a
of the ignorant mat of Rrandy City, meaaure admitting no dgri of doubt,
that no few worthy people were placed that the, lWr, father and oo, er
in trying and uncomfortable ritiona eiercuing an evil IduVkw oter lb
by reaaon of tin. illy Lclief. When a camp. That night, the epi4 a r.
atranger tiaiUsi the camp, on buinea UUs to thrr acorea of tbe diadpta of
orotherwie, he waa chicly watch!, to the "copper" ihctrine, and it aa ta.
aacortain whether be wka pcMM of lml that the Raoer mut leave that
the MeTil eye." Thia atate of affaira vicinity forthwith, though no mmediaU
auggeetod the daya of witchcraft, rather Talent measure were then a.l tL la
than the declining yeara of the nine- the meanwhile, the few frietxU of the
teenth century the age of reawm, pro- old man informal him that a movement
greaaion and enlightenment waa ou bait totiatriat him and hUea;
Ouo who bad been aa thoroughly in- and while assuring him of the moral
ocnlated with the " copper H theory aa auppnrt ct the intelligent element of tba
any of the diaciplea of thia digrceful araall community, yet be waa cautjoL4
uperttition, waa a auperannuated Van- to b prejared fur any unpleaaant emer.
kee tavern-keeper, Joe Jonea by name, gency.
Had hia belief in the doctrine erer Tbe Rauer were atranger to fear,
been abaken,theeubjiined circumAtance and dating from the boar of tbe threat
would bare atrengthenod it for all time: to drive them from their bumble bom.
On the southwestern edge of the camp, they appeared in tbe heart of Rrandy
ItTtnl one Michael lUuer and hia eon, a City with more frequency than io tbe
eventeen-year-old lad, both engaged in paL They were aubjecUxl to grral an
cutting wood, aa a meana of obtaining a boyancvw, boweter. Wbn tby rente
livelihood. The father and eon Ure in cUmm proiimity to tbe follower of
pronouDoed facial trace of gypy ori- Wilson and Jonea, tbe latter would lg.
gin, and were do pleasant objeota for the nite Cbi&e firecracker; or, if tba
faatidioua eye to gate upon. They bail were not within enatenUtt recb. the
long been euapectedof being cur,m fanatic would enatcb rrvoUr from
but aa they vaited the camp at rare in- their Ulu (a eajo tarried by almost
tervals, only, they escaped molestation, etery ooe at that eriu4 of California's
One day, Jonea, in driricg a cow borne, history ), aid discharge Ur Uto po.
paaaed Dauer'a caUn. J tut a the anU ao aa to eiorcue tbe ill-lock, which a
mal rcacbeJ tbe latter apot, re Raoer el proiimity to "owj pef" aa awp
aUpped out of tbe door, and, aimulta- to attach to otbar. It alao
neoualy with that, the cow fell down in oUmeJ. that afur Jooea" turn Ul lUt
a fit Jonea, being ongniiant of IUuer fct, to eqoeatriaa woUJ rrmaia la bU
repuUtion, began awearing at tbe on. ea.ldl wbea ncwaiuU.I to paa the
auapecUng old maa io a Uoodirdlitg liawr' caUa WUa itbia awtwral
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