Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-12

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a5 MOTHER ABE.
leisure hours, writes correspondent IN
that cold capital to the st Louis Globe
Democrat. It is almost the same spectacle,
only set of by the novel environment q
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The popular dance hall is the biggest
building in the place excepting the head
quarters Of the Canadian police. tits near
" IS feet long and fully SO feet in width,
and at night Is transformed from a cold,
tenantless, barnlike structure into rock
less revel, and all the women Of Dawson
who did not include good regulations IN
their outfits when they left tho States can
be seen in the throng that fills the place,
and rough miners and more polished ten
derfeet vie with each other for the generous
smiles Of the fair sex. NM s.5s..ssa
Over In one corner piano that must
have seen better days, awheezy horn of
awe inspiring antiquity and an instrument
GLuG IL WOul0 w SIOoS utSCNoIy W Ctt1A q liz
die yield up plaintive discords to the Ct
forts of their grizzled manipulators.
But the dancers do not mind the absence
and certain regular rhythm and plenty
supplies in abundance, the last commodity
and take your choice. y,,,.s,
been dried out during one 81, the hot spells
and had never recuperated Is the leading
dispenser of liquids, and abe Is Familiarity
called by the old timers 9 Mother Abe. y
Why Abe nobody has been able to explain.
Perhaps there was an Abe once to whom
she was attached by ties matrimonial, but
at present she ia an unattached barmaid
and the only widow 20 the dixie.
Con the dixie Is the rcigning slang
here, and seems to be transplanted and
transmitted form Of that choice American
ism ION the pike. =ls.... 600. h
1t win be necessary in polite society to
draw veil over the dance hall scenes, but
one incident is Of such frequent repetition
that 1t conveys an Instructive suggestion
Of life in Dawson. A miner In proper
mining garb was dancing with the belle
of the ball, who responds to the pleasing
appellation of ''Gert . He was making 3
sorry mess of his light fantastic effort,
producing spectacle more fantastic than
light, when the lady in the case suddenly
left him to bestow her Establishments on q
youthful new arrival who bore evidences
Of recent contact with civilization. IA
The miner seemed dazed for an instant,
but promptly pulled himself together lit-$
orally when the pair came whirling to-,
ward him In a regulation waltz step with.
out any Klondike frills He just braced
himself, grabbed the. young man by the
COLLAR and the other traditional place and
threw him clearly through window,
lnur1muring as he did 80, "1ll teach you
tenderfeet to leave my girl alone" Then
he calmly seized the giggling maid with
out cracking smile himself and resumed
his contortions h
It Is only the newcomers, however, who
arc subjected to such hulniliating flights
through space. The others are better 40
quainted with the unwritten laws that
prevail and make no breaks which they
are not prepared to stand by and fight for.
The gambling house is the natural assoc
ciate Of the dance hall In Dawson and
stands close BY its side. But as far as that
Is concerned, the gambling house In some
manifestation seems to be close by the side
Of almost every thing else In the city.
The place most frequented and that has
the honor Of running the 8 star dust game
mot "star dust, but gold dust lis.
known as .Joes place and Ii taking in gold
about a. fast % the miners can dig it
This whole propositi on n the Klondike d
. form Of gamble and naturally the men
Who have taken the chances are possessed
5of that subtle thing, the gambling In