Table of Contents
Father Florian's secret.--The siege of Sebastopol.--Once upon a winter night.--Hatfield the rainmaker.--The shadows from Lookout Bridge.--Sontag and Evans.--The Russian and the lady.--The last train from Luffenholtz.--The spirit of Joaquin.--William B. Ide, the hero of Sonoma.--Diamonds from the Big Rock Candy Mountains.--You can't win 'em all.--A mountain that was named by fate.--The dream and the curse of Sam Brannan.--When Malay Pete went up.--High spirits.--Black Bart, shotgun poet.--Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree.--Fifteen seconds to kill.--Ishi--the man.