Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-27
Washingtpu Standard
4 MAN FROM KL0NDIKE.

d" ] don't care ii do" said the mar
from klondikc to the admircr VIII,
had asked him to take 4 drink. al
seems rather nice, too he resumed
gazing thoughtfullv into the amber
depths al the glass before him, " il
seems nice to see the harkecp pour il
ont
"Why, don't he pour it out up il
Kl"ndikc?" inquired the man from
Sonora
Certainly not. ii you'd pause to
think minute you wouldn't ask such
foolish questions. How could he poul
it out when it comes in chunks?"
ain chunks.'
Certainly-irozen, You know. UI
there a man goes into s'loon and he
throws sack OF gold down and says
GIVE me Il chunk of sken bout one
one by three inches, and take youl
pay outen that Then the BARKER
takes Ratchet and cuts
Thc-what?"
"The liquifire. But prob'ly you
don't know about it. Up there the
stoves in the s'loons have little iron
wings like built all around them, and
in each wing is chiner dish, and the
customers put their chunks of whisky
in the dishes and melt them by the
fire. That's why they call the ar.
rangement, lique-fre, you know.
Men drink constable up there, but
you never hear them bowling around
like they do down here"
"Why not?"
"They can't, you know, because
there is so much gold"
"What difference does that maker
Well, you ought to know yourself
that silence is golden. Don't care if
do. Thanks"
ais there really so much gold up
there?"
"There's constable. Ny pardner
up there had thirteen-year-old boy,
and one day the little cuss took his
gun and went out to shoot O cat that
"a cat?"
"That's what said"
II didn't know they had cats up SC
near the pole"
eyes, they do-pole-cats, you know
Well, the little cuss took his gun and
went to shoot this cat, and when night
come he hadn't got back; so we went
to look for him. We found him, and
that's all that saved his life"
"How was that?"
"The poor little cuss had found q
gold nugget and tried to pick it up
and it was so heavy that he couldn't
do it. His hands must have beer
sweating little when he tackled it
and you know how flesh freezes tc
metal. So there he was, froze tigh,
to a nugget that he couldn't bulge
We had to take them home together
and thaw them separate. The nugge,
weighed trifle more'n 3192 pounds
Me and the other miners left all thu
big nuggets up there and only brought
home the little ones, because the biz
ones was too heavy for transportation
Talking is dry work. Thanks; dom
care if I do.
"Seeing this whisky reminds me o
the trouble we had with the mo
squitoes. They're bad enough, any
way, but when they're intoxicated
they're"
intoxicated
eyes. You see, frequently wed
bring home chunks of whisky and lay
them on the piano or center table, and
the mosquitoes would get to sharpen
ing their bills against the chunks, and
90 they'd get inebriated."
"That was curious"
ayes, but they learned what to dc
for themselves pretty soon. One
wouldn't any more'n get ho-come-you'
so before you'd see him strike for out
doors, and then if you'd watch him
him you'd see him sharpening his bill
on a nugget. That would fix him all
right"
AZ don't see how"
"Don't see howl Didn't you evel
hear of the gold cure? That's what he
took, wasn't it? There was one old
mosquito that broke over twice and
"Jabez," said the red-headed woman
who had just come into the room.
Eyes, Marier."
"This is the fourth time I've had tc
call you outen a saloon since las'
spring, and if it ever happens again
I'll yank-"
"I'm comm, Marier," said the mar
from Klondike.
And he went.
To Thaw KlOndike Ground.
Seattle has its device for thawine