"Caramba! what a mule I'm becoming! Ah! wait a moment.

I have it! Buy me a common felt hat--a man's hat--as if for yourself, as a change to that animal," pointing to the fox-tailed cap he wore summer and winter, "and I'll show you a trick.

I haven't run a theatrical wardrobe for nothing." Nor had she, for the hat thus procured, a few days later, became, by the aid of a silk handkerchief and a bluejay's feather, a fascinating "pork pie." Whatever cause of annoyance to Low still lingered in Teresa's dress, it was soon forgotten in a palpable evidence of Teresa's value as a botanical assistant.

It appeared that during the afternoon she had not only duplicated his specimens, but had discoverd one or two rare plants as yet unclassified in the flora of the Carquinez Woods.

He was delighted, and in turn, over the campfire, yielded up some details of his present life and some of his earlier recollections.
"You don't remember anything of your father ?" she asked.