CHAPTER XXXVIII.

City Marshal and Doctor Come to Remove me--Taken to a Deserted House, which had been Used as a Sheepfold--Bedded In Sheep Manure--An Indian Nurse who Becomes Frightened--Spanish Nurse Sent to me--In a boat with Patient Job--My Fever Increases--Attacked by Robbers--Relieved by City Marshal with Posse--Marshal takes the Money I have in my care, for Safe Keeping--Spanish Nurse Scared off--Queer Sailor Nurse--He Drinks Whisky, Sings and Dances--His Thoughtful Care of me--Visited by my Cousin--Kindness of San Bernardino Saints--Recovering from my Illness--My Clothing Burned--Heavy Expense Bill Against me--Tell the City Marshal of my Arrival in California as a United States Soldier in the Mexican War--Kindness of the Marshal--Los Angeles Assumes the Bill for Medical Attention Given me--Start for San Bernardino--Exhausted on the Journey--Almost Die of Thirst--Relieved by a Party of Spanish Ladies--Kindness of Spanish Families--Arrive at San Bernardino and Meet Friends and Relatives