A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready

The book includes the local history, the mentions of historic communities at a time when California hadn't yet become a state. His rage and indignation a few days later may be readily conceived, when he found, on returning to his new-made home, another square of paper, folded like the first, but much fresher and whiter, lying within the cavity, on top of some moss which had evidently been placed there for the purpose.