The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

E= through an intelli-
gence bureau the
services of young Swede girl to act
as domestic in his household at the
post, agreeing to pay her $50 a month
and board, lodging and transportation,
her wages to commence from the time
she stepped aboard the boat at San
francisco on her long journey to the
north. The young and unsophisticated
little Swede girl had no idea of the
long and tiresome journey she was
about to embark upon, thinking when
she entered into her agreement with
Hamilton that she was accepting a po-
sition somewhere out in the country.
But she made no complaint, and as
, there was no turning back when once
started, she reconciled herself to the
situation.
Upon arriving at Fort Cudahy, Ham
ilton laid down to her code of rather
strict household laws, one clause of
which compelled her to be in bed at 10
o'clock. At Fort Cudahy the only
lady resident of the place was Mrs
Ned Ayleward, and being the only two
females of the place. they naturally
sought each others company, and after
the days household work was done,
the little Swede domestic was in the
habit of running over and spending the
evening with Mrs. Ayleward. It hap
pened one evening, through a social
chat, that she stopped there after 10
o'clock, or after her allotted time, and
upon returning to Hamilton's house
she found herself locked out. She
knocked and pounded at the door for
half an hour, but no one would let her
in, and so, finding herself locked out
with the thermometer Shivering at AZ
degrees below zero, she returned to
Mrs. Ayleward's, where she received
shelter and bed for the night. The
next morning, upon returning to re-
sumo her duties again, Hamilton met
her at the door and curtly informed
her of her dismissal from his service
and his house, and that he was ready
to settle with her, but would allow her
wages only from the time they started
up the river from ST. Michaels to the
then present time, which amount, when
summed up and deducting small bill
she had run in the store would not
pay her passage back to San Francisco
The fOrlOrn girl was thunderStruck at
this intelligence; there she was with
out home or even bed, in the mid
die of a Yukon winter, and no one but
Mrs. Ayleward to whom she could ap-
ply for shelter, and no law to which
she could appeal for her rights. Mrs.
Ayleward took the poor girl in and
charitably cared for her.
The whole affair soon leaked out,
and, reaching the ears of the miners,
their indignation ran so high that they
called a public meeting and resolved
themselves into a court of justice,
and invited both the girl and Mr.. Ham
came and gave in her testimony, but
Hamilton sent word that he ignored en-
tirely all frontier courts of justice
or mob gatherings, and would not ap
pear The trial, however, proceeded
without him; a verdict was rendered,
cision of the court would be upheld,
and, too, by right Of might, if it became
necessary to use such extreme meas
ures.
The verdict as rendered gave the
girl the full amount of her contract
with Hamilton, her wages commencing
from the time she left San Francisco
up to the date of her discharge. bed
and lodging, and $3.50 to pay her fare
back to San Francisco again, in case
she should make up her mind to return,
otherwise the $3.50 fare not to be paid,
and a committee was appointed to wait
upon Hamilton for a settlement Of the
same. The committee went in force to
the store and informed Mr.. Hamilton Of
the verdict of the court. Looking into
the determined faces of the committee
men, Mr.. Hamilton realized at once
that their call upon him was strictly
business one and knowing that it
would be most unwiSe for him to at
tempt any denial of the business of
the verdict or repudiate their right to
sit upon such cases, very gracefully
came to the front and settled in full
of all demands, but, however, with the
remark that they could have the whole
Id store if they wanted it. The
Jury in this case didn't want the store,
but they did want to see justice done
to that lonely girl who had been
turned out homeless in mining camp
upon a desolate frontier.