Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-17
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Il r,afn ne ear '""'
rny had the strong northwssI
r r.yed ami hJSled Is 1t sNepl
~, n, prairie, driving before 1t a
=" a snow. 81 fierce va. Tia,
iS.. ,h.l no one dared To veutur,
s,r IN daylight an oej-ct could
~ sn len feet distant Though
MS,ar ike snow. and now, wben
-, mad fallen, a siyg An gloon CIV
a, esrih. All The demons OI
ns. n.i.m,ots were holding hign car
80 10 al elegantly furnished
=, car thai stood upon The side
- xere fedr men who were ell,
- ali the brai aud comfort that
EI.,ins fire courd give. Three oi
80, men we're evldeully officers oi
~s,,zi as their clothing was D0r
,s.tof army officers, and as at thai
~, orly railroad employees and
l .IIi,rs formed the population uf lnt
IN 1t Was alsp apparent from the
.s,rl,s scattered around the
s,ihst il was their permanent home
!. ,rosdieni often resurted to ou
/ I, rsilruads on the frontier.
L The other occupant of the car was
x;s,nIIy a visitor. A nice looking
man be Was. dress .d in buckskiI
~. head To fODt. and wa, 10 juigr
gm q jeweled gold watch chain tina,
,uss from his fob, possessed uf n
sulorIabIe portion Uf the wUrl t.
m,d. This man was one Of the Desl
.aoters and frappers ts the frontier.
he had experienced enough adveb
isr.s 10 ill volume; he vas rs SIN.
dc hearted as chlid. and rs brave
"a warrior knight of old All men
vho knew him were his friends. for
| ii. honest, kindly ways and upright
besr, caused him 10 be loved by all
| Hls death Was rs grand as his life.
| He fell al the side OF the & tllsnt Gus
| kr. with the dead foe at his feet.
boldly facing the savage demons
phose songs Of triumph "ere ringing
though the air as one soldier after
sso,her fell pierced with their bul-
| eis
These men were sitting silently
watching the glowing fire and listen
ing 10 the howling of the storm that
vas raging outside. AT last the
Youngest spoke to the old trapper
Uncle Dave, tell Us a story Of a
blizzard. In your experience on the
plans, you must have encountered
one when far from shelter, when
Alose, while engaged in trapping far
away 10 the north"
The pagper started: be was deeply
buried in thought. and said: II will,
my boy. l~ill tell you the story oi
q bi'zz.td, nut the IN ~ that ere Jun,
tered il was brayer man than | am
There has been many = monument
raised 10 lhe memory of m.n who did
deeds thai were not ms heroic, faI
xbat grester deed Ui herpism can d
man d. than 10 give his llfe 10 save
The life of An1h,r.
"When was in Chicago. in 1870.
metayoung, good lm'king chap in ihe
srret. You are the famous ira pei
and scou. from jamestown. are you
no'' said he.
81 am trapper from jamestown.
! replied. but have never don.
inFthing 10 make me famous Al
hat | claim Is good run OF luck 10
being allowed to live as long AS
have.
"Well. said he L have favor Il
sk from you | want To 20 and llv,
xfh you. aud learn To be irapprr.
81 gszrd on him with astonish
neut and said Ia him. What do yut
mesn' Do you not know that II trap
Rr's lie is one of the hardest ia III,
world, and that he u exJuIsed to al
weaihers and discomfortss You has
bitter be N day laborer "n the streets
lhsn n trspper. Here you may dtriv,
SINE comtoTt. No matter how bumbl,
Jour lo,. but ON the frunti"r there Il
nothing but discomfort and dread an,
Danger
- do not want to be irapper fo
profit, be said want To be free
fom the iramIDels Ot society. Mon
sy, have In plenty All that wisl
10 SEEK. Is the brsutiful ia nature
sad the true la man.
" Well, IL was no use arguing will
hin. He would 90. The day let
the city, he joined me. and no trap
per on The frontier had such An uu'
d. All that was modern in rides h,
possesscd, and nothing that could b.
Used IN camp was forg Iten.
Il WAS never as much mistaken Il
tman in my life lie was no large
thaa The boy there who is making
me tell his story. hu, was possesse,
Of great deal more strength thal
many men twice his size In few
month he became a splendid shot
aud was as good n rider as there Sa
90 the frou,ier tie never shirked
duiy, sometImes. when il was yer,
stormy, he would insist on INV stay
ing In camp while he went and tend
ed the traps. lie was CHEEKY al
DAY long. and when We would go q
the Town On the railroad all the Chi
uten would be swsrmng aruun,
hlm' Every one liked Jim Tbs
Was his name. When ! asked hin
what h,s other name was he laughe,
ana said, Only plain Jim
fei jim bad q history, and 4
mai history was romance. Whel
friendly hands lifted him from tn
snow and placed him in the rud
s"ma they found u racket on hi
ofeast la that packet was the phou
sIsph OF lovely e,ri. aad 4 lon
aess OF black curly hair. and letter
sa1 told ot a betrayed trust; tol,
gov grand. kind hearted man hs
S'' friends. home and fortune. rathe
saah bear the disgrace that one h,
o'ea dearrr Than life had brou IN
spee bin. Nsble wss jim Ia life
wi sher ! read the letters kaes
saa had been the companion u
soe OF the grsndest feiloss tha
s Ue' hv'd | ~ss always proud u
s'a, and called him my by. bu
sos since he ia gone would Civ
s'y sre'y gun, dollar aud trap TO ca
SIN my son.
haw did he dles That I vi
800 esplsin The ladisus grey
s' sSi'se When they met parties u
a"e huntrrs ur traders they wnul
~ ,ss and tssltrest them, do ever,
sa,as except downright murder I
s'vet 10 Protect the fur dealers sa,