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The introduction of a female nurse in the camp also met with objection. It was argued that no decent woman could be prevailed to accept Roar ing Camp as her home, and the speaker urged that they didn't want any more of the other kind. This unkind allusion to the defunct mother, harsh as it may seem, was the first spasm of propriety the first symptom of the camp's regeneration. Stumpy advanced nothing. Perhaps he felt a cer tain delicacy in interfering with the selection of a possible successor in cfiice. But when questioned, he averted stoutly that he and J inny - the mam mal before alluded to - could manage to rear the child. There was something original, independent, and heroic about the plan that pleased the camp. Stumpy was retained Certain articles were sent for to Sacramento. Mind, said the treasurer, as he pressed a bag of gold dust into the ex pressman's hand, the best that can be got - lace, you know, and filigree-work and frills, -d - m the cost! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
