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Colonel Sutter put a mill upon a stream that ran through that ranch, and one day his little girl brought some wet sand from the raceway into their home and sifted it through her fingers before the fire, and in that falling sand a visitor saw the first shining scales of real gold that were ever discovered in California. The man who had owned that ranch wanted gold, and he could have secured it for the mere taking. COLONEL SUTTER PUT A MILL UPON A STREAM THAT RAN THROUGH THAT RANCH AND ONE DAY HIS LITTLE GIRL BROUGHT SOME WET SAND FROM THE RACEWAY INTO THEIR HOME AND SIFTED IT THROUGH HER FINGERS BEFORE THE FIRE AND IN THAT FALLING SAND A VISITOR SAW THE FIRST SHINING SCALES OF REAL GOLD THAT WERE EVER DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA THE MAN WHO HAD OWNED THAT RANCH WANTED GOLD AND HE COULD HAVE SECURED IT FOR THE MERE TAKING
edness, starvation, and death by suicide in a strange land, he would have had ‘acres of diamonds.’ For every acre of that old farm, yes, every shovelful, afterward revealed gems which since have decorated the crowns of monarchs.” When he had added the moral to his story I saw why he reserved it for “his particular friends.” But I did not tell him I could see it. It was that mean old Arab’s way of going around a thing like a lawyer, to say indirectly what he did not dare say directly, that “in his private opinion there was a certain young man then traveling down the Tigris River that might better be at home in America.” I did not tell him I could see that, but I told him his story reminded me of one, and I told it to him quick, and I think I will tell it to you. I told him of a man out in California in 1847 who owned a ranch. He heard they had discovered gold in southern California, and so with a passion for gold he sold his ranch to Colonel Sutter, and away he went, never to come back.  INSTEAD OF WRETCHEDNESS STARVATION AND DEATH BY SUICIDE IN A STRANGE LAND HE WOULD HAVE HAD ACRES OF DIAMONDS FOR EVERY ACRE OF THAT OLD FARM YES EVERY SHOVELFUL AFTERWARD REVEALED GEMS WHICH SINCE HAVE DECORATED THE CROWNS OF MONARCHS WHEN HE HAD ADDED THE MORAL TO THIS STORY I SAW WHY IT WAS RESERVED FOR HIS PARTICULAR FRIENDS BUT I DID NOT TELL HIM I COULD SEE IT IT WAS THAT MEAN OLD ARAB'S WAY OF GOING AROUND A THING LIKE A LAWYER TO SAY INDIRECTLY WHAT HE DID NOT DARE SAY DIRECTLY THAT IN HIS PRIVATE OPINION THERE WAS A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN THEN TRAVELLING DOWN THE TIGRIS RIVER THAT MIGHT BE BETTER AT HOME IN AMERICA I DID NOT TELL HIM I COULD SEE THAT BUT I TOLD HIM HIS STORY REMINDED ME OF ONE AND I TOLD IT TO HIM QUICK I THINK I WILL TELL IT TO YOU I TOLD HIM OF A MAN OUT IN CALIFORNIA IN EIGHTEEN FORTY SEVEN WHO OWNED A RANCH HE HEARD THEY HAD DISCOVERED GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO WITH A PASSION FOR GOLD HE SOLD HIS RANCH TO COLONEL SUTTER AND AWAY HE WENT NEVER TO COME BACK
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