They have their country places next door at Saucelito,
and I stayed with them time about, the last time I was
on the coast. Jim had a paper of his own--I think he
has a notion of being senator one of these days--and he
wanted me to throw up the schooner and come and write
his editorials. He holds strong views on the State
Constitution, and so does Mamie."
"And what became of the other three Currency Lasses
after they left Carthew?" I inquired.
"Well, it seems they had a huge spree in the city of
Mexico," said Dodd; "and then Hadden and the Irishman
took a turn at the gold-fields in Venezuela, and Wicks
went on alone to Valparaiso. There's a Kirkup in the
Chilean navy to this day; I saw the name in the papers
about the Balmaceda war. Hadden soon wearied of the
mines, and I met him the other day in Sydney. The last
news he had from Venezuela, Mac had been knocked over
in an attack on the gold train. So there's only the
three of them left, for Amalu scarcely counts. He
lives on his own land in Maui, at the side of Hale-a-
ka-la, where he keeps Goddedaal's canary; and they say
he sticks to his dollars, which is a wonder in a
Kanaka.
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