Produced by William Flis and PG Distributed Proofreaders SAID THE OBSERVER BY LOUIS J. STELLMANN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J.P. BURNHAM AND V.C. FORSYTHE San Francisco The Whitaker & Ray Co. Incorporated 1903 DEDICATION. TO MY MOTHER ON HER FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY. Half of a century’s gladness And half of a century’s tears, Lost in the mighty silence
Port O’ Gold by Louis John StellmanA History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
PORT O’ GOLD A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts LOUIS J. STELLMAN 1922 TO THE CITY OF MY ADOPTION AND REBIRTH SAN FRANCISCO Oft from my window have I seen the day Break o’er thy roofs and towers like a dream In mystic silver, mirrored by the Bay, Bedecked with shadow craft … and