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He had no sight of Hilma again that evening , and the next morning he was up early and did not breakfast at the ranch house . Business of the League called him to Bonneville to confer with Magnus and the firm of lawyers retained by the League to fight the land-grabbing cases . An appeal was to be taken to the Supreme Court at Washington , and it was to be settled that day which of the cases involved should be considered as test cases . Instead of driving or riding into Bonneville , as he usually did , Annixter took an early morning train , the Bakersfield-Fresno local at Guadalajara , and went to Bonneville by rail , arriving there at twenty minutes after seven and breakfasting by appointment with Magnus Derrick and Osterman at the Yosemite House , on Main Street . The conference of the committee with the lawyers took place in a front room of the Yosemite , one of the latter bringing with him his clerk , who made a stenographic report of the proceedings and took carbon copies of all letters written . The conference was long and complicated , the business transacted of the utmost moment , and it was not until two o'clock that Annixter found himself at liberty . However , as he and Magnus descended into the lobby of the hotel , they were aware of an excited and interested group collected about the swing doors that opened from the lobby of the Yosemite into the bar of the same name .