August 13 and 14 Sunday – Sam wrote from San Francisco to Orion and Mollie. He copied part of his letter of Aug. 12 to his mother, and made light of it [MTL 1: 307]. Sam and Steve Gillis, with six other newspapermen, took the 8:30 AM train for San Jose, which at that time was about the same size as Hannibal. After drinks at the Continental Hotel, the group strolled the streets of San Jose. After lunch at the hotel, the group hired buggies and rode twelve miles to Warm Springs, a spot where well-to-do San Franciscans took rest. There they had dinner and spent hours in the bar [Sanborn 247]. ET&S 2: 49 gives the party’s number as “eight newspapermen and Lewis Leland, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel”. Note: Lewis Leland (1834-1897).

The following eight local articles for Aug. 13 in the Call are attributed to Sam:

“Dr. Bellows’ Address Last Evening,” “A Drunken Duodecemvirate,” “More of the Fine Arts and Police Literature,” “Billy the Boatman,” “Fruiterers Fined,” “Sundries,” “The Camanche,” and “Won’t You Walk Into My Parlor” [Branch, C of Call 294].

The following three local articles for Aug. 14 in the Call are attributed to Sam:

“A Hotel Thief Arrested,” “Another Clothing Thief,” and “The Washoe Convention” [Branch, C of Call 294].