work in her own State. I need not
touch on her work in other States, for you all know it so well. I am
glad to state that California which has always been so proud of her
material resources is now far prouder of the fact that on its soil was
born '_The Coming Woman_,' '_The Ideal Woman_,' '_The Glory of
California_,' and that her shores attracted the great Yogi Penloe.
California having already given Penloe and Stella to the Nation, now
bestows them to the World. When they travel through many countries
scattering light and knowledge wherever they go, they will always know
that wherever they are, even in the furthest corner of the earth, that
back of them, in all their travels, are the wealth and great hearts of
the people of the Golden State."

* * * * *

Two days before Penloe and Stella left San Francisco for Japan, I was
seated in the parlor of Treelawn, in front of the large bay window. On
my right was Penloe and on my left was Stella. The windows were raised
and a gentle breeze wafted the fragrant odors from the flower beds into
the room, filling the parlor with perfume. At times the muslin curtains
puffed out gracefully by the gentle breeze, and the external atmosphere
was like the internal of my companions' sweetness and harmony. The other
members of the company were Mr. and Mrs. Wheelwright and Mr. and Mrs.
Herne. Many reminiscences were gone over. Penloe in a very nice way
spoke of the influence on owners of ranches, through Mr. Herne's noble
example of the treatment of his men, and there was a great improvement
in the treatment that ranchers gave to their hired help, and the ranches
became more profitable accordingly.

Clara Herne expressed her thoughts and feelings in regard to how
different the world and herself looked to her now, to what it did when
she first entered her home as a bride. She added: "The world within me
has become so beautiful, so bright, and so very large. How lovely life
has become, what a pleasure it is _to live_."

It did me good to look into the faces of Stella's parents. That grand
old couple who had lived a life of purity under marriage, and who gave
to the world, Stella, "The Pride of California."

EPILOGUE.

I must now part with two very dear friends, two whom I have known so
well, two whom I have loved with all the warmth of an intense nature,
two who have been an inspiration to my life.

The consoling thought I have in taking leave o