The Valve - A Literary Organ | Rudyard Kipling: You would like him ...

book (starting in San Francisco), which begins with the fantasy of burning it to the ground. Things kind of go downhill from there (after the break). When the “City of Pekin” steamed through the Golden Gate, I saw with great joy that the ... “You want to go to the Palace Hotel?” said an affable youth on a dray. “What in hell are you doing here, then? This is about the lowest ward in the city. Go six blocks north to corner of Geary and Markey, then walk around till you ...