r Helen,
And the flames are running up apace."
"Yet here they burn but for a space,
Little brother!"
(_O Mother, Mary Mother,_
_Here for a space, between Hell and Heaven!_)

"Ah! what white thing at the door has cross'd,
Sister Helen?
Ah! what is this that sighs in the frost?"
"A soul that's lost as mine is lost,
Little brother!"
(_O Mother, Mary Mother,_
_Lost, lost, all lost, between Hell and Heaven!_)

As we looked at the Indian women cuddling up their babes from the shot
of the camera, we saw an evidence of those deep and widespread
superstitions which make the whole world kin.

After leaving Yuma we soon cross the Colorado River, and ere darkness
set in upon us we could see the ordered lines of vines and olives, of
apricots and oranges, in rich and cultivated California, whose many
wonders both of nature and of man were soon to open more fully before
us.

IX

Los Angeles.--Our Beautiful Anchorage.--First Impressions.--Sunday
Morning in a Garden.--St. Paul's Church.--Pasadena.--The Diva's Car.
--Journeying to San Diego.--First View of the Pacific.

We reached Los Angeles at nightfall, and it was a fitting entrance to
that enchanted spot. Through the shadows, as we approached, we caught
glimpses of the beauties that awaited us when light should dawn.

The station was bright and cheerful, and the anchorage for our car was
in a delightsome spot, withdrawn in a garden from the noise and
confusion so inevitable in the regions of the iron horse. Night as it
was, we made a little tour of inspection ere turning in for sleep.
Emerging from the depot, the first thing that confronted us was a giant
palm, towering up in the darkness of the night, yet glowing with
electric light, which brought out its tropical foliage splendidly. Its
graceful and splendid form made a beautiful initial letter to the
bewitching chapter which Los Angeles presented for our future
inspection.

Sunday morning came to us in our smiling garden like a benediction. The
place was small in itself, but so well laid out that it had the full
effect of spaciousness. It was glowing with roses, pansies, stocks, and
any number of other flowers. A gorgeous bordering of a species of ice
plant with splendid magenta blooms was especially effective. All this
profusion was accented by beautiful trees--the pepper-tree, the red
gum, and several species of palm. T