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brown silk handkerchief. She climbed on the stirrup to
put on my jacket and tie my bonnet securely. A kiss and
off we went! Not another bit do I remember of the trip
until I was on the Senator and had made friends with a
little black dog, who, in turn, would run after me and I
after him. One day my sister was very seasick. My brother-
in-law felt he must look after her but he did not want to
leave me alone. He conceived the idea of keeping me out
of mischief by giving me a responsibility. He told me to
sit absolutely still and watch the prisoner! The prisoner,
by-the-way, was a good man, whose offense was only a busi-
ness affair. When my brother came back, he found me on
the same spot, my eyes fixed upon the prisoner, my small
body rigid with nervous anxiety, and the little black dog
sitting on his hind legs intent upon solving the situation.
As soon as we arrived in San Francisco, my sister
bought for me a pretty old-rose French challie with an em-
broidered band around the edge worked in pastel colored
silks, a fine black velvet jacket, and ribbons to hold back my
curls. The crowning touch was an ermine collar and muff.
A daguerreotype was taken of me in my beautiful new
clothes, and I was just beginning to congratulate myself
upon achieving this trip when an epidemic of diptheria
broke out in San Francisco and I was hurriedly sent home.
In the year 1858 the widow of the late Don Esteban
Lopez advertised for sale her part of the land the Ayun-
tamiento had granted to her husband on September 28,
1835. It happened that a new arrival in town was seek-
ing a site suitable for a home. The new arrival was none
other than the affable and jovial Irish gentleman, Mr. An-
drew Boyle. He saw the land and took a fancy to it. In
a short time the widow had delivered the key of the adobe
home to Mr. Andrew Boyle, who soon after moved into
his new home with his family, Maria, his only child, who
married William Workman, and her maiden aunt. In 1862
he commenced the manufacture of wine. The labels on
his wine bottles bore the name of Paredon Blanco.
In 1876 Mr. W. H. Workman, who married Mr. An-
drew Boyle’s daughter Maria Elizabeth, conceived the idea