Excerpt from A Ward of the Golden Gate AS she kept her way along the corridor and ascended an iron staircase, She was passed by Others more pre-occupied in business at the various public Offices. One Of these visitors, however, Stopped as if struck by some fancied resemblance in her appearance, turned, and followed her. But when she halted before a door marked 'mayor's Office, ' he paused also, and, with a look Of half-humorous bewilder ment and a slight glance around him as if seeking for someone to whom to impart his arch fancy, he turned away. The woman then entered a large ante-room with a certain quick feminine gesture Of relief, and, finding it empty Of other callers, summoned the porter, and asked him some question in a voice so sup pressed by the Official severity Of the apartment as to be hardly audible. The attendant replied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.