The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-22


hubby might be scalped She shouted
to Adolph To come to her. bat alas, at
that very instant the bargain had been
made w,th the lndians-thcre was fully
100 Of theui-was concluded. and they.
on being notified by tho chief that the
Frenchman's gooda w,rs ready for the
packers, made Wild rush for the out.
d.. Il was like street urchins scramb.
ling for pennies. Each Indian was anx.
ious to secure bag or box that weighed |
the most, aud which could, at the same
time be handlcd easily on the backs OF
the packer. One hundred Indians at.
tackled madam's throne Of boxes and
bags.
Presto change
In aiily the boxes aud bags were all
gone and madam was on Lcr back with
her heels In the air screaming for
Adolph.
Help Police Adolph Murder
Bu, 1t was all over In thirty seconds.
Madam was dazed for thirty seconds
more, bu, Adolph's presence quie,ed
her. lie explained itall. The Indians
scrambled for the choice parcels and
gave no thought to madam with her
heels In the air. They were not robbers
but merely packers. They took their
I boxes 10 the weighing stand and not to
d. their wlgwams. AZ the weighing stand
each received a slipoi paper with the
o weight Of the package marked upon II
Z together with the Frnchman's name
o At the lake the bearer Of the package
( would have the slip Of paper marke'
o 20 X" aud when he brought the check
}. back TO the weighing stand he woul,
3 be paid 20 cen,s Of Adolph's money TO
= every pound he had carried
, There was no need Of help for madam
/. no necessitv Of screaming murder an
no occasion for the police. Did mAdar
o understand? Adolph asked the que
70 ton and madam replied in a fash:
D, "oui. Oui, Of conrae. q coorse, bu
h. why not I'LL me that beiore7 Then
ce wbuld not scream Stupid AdolpR
The next morning the French bril-
~ and groom, the Indian packers and OIL
* party moved forward, stopping at shet
r. Camp that night and arriving at u
k. head OF Lake Linderman the mel
n. night. Madam carried handbag AZ
a Umbrella all the way aud did not feel G.
Of hausted when the lake ,was reached
rs So the Frenchman and his exoitab
ct wife are Ia Dawson rew unless the
he turned back on account Of the repor
At. Of starvation aud a shortage OF supple
he at the diggings.
4. This IL only one OF dozen amusir
,e Incidents on the journey from Tacon
Ill to Lake Lindcrman, but the narra,i'
IN. brings out the Important fact that PEI
Irs pie, whe have money TO pay for packin
can get over the passes without trouble
Here was frenchman who spok
little English accompanied by a tot
wife. who had neye- been hundre
miles outside OF the great city Of Pari
In her life, getting over the Chilkoot pas
With comparative comfort inside Z
ioriy.eght hours. The Frenchma
simply paid the Indians for packing hi
outfit over and he and his wife wake
most Of the way on foot and enjoyed III
:. scenery.
i, Bat tina, is the Pullman car rout
- compared with the struggles of the poo
- devils who undertake the packing owe
oithe outfits without any knowledge o
"a, the packing business
I'M Take, for instance, man who di'
ar. not know any more about packing thai
IN Adolph did. They would get their pacI
IN an the horse In lop.sided fashion, an'
h. when the horse tloundered in the mu'
!. and ieli all the oinohiopes had to be Gu
IN or the horse had to be abandoned. rheI
Of there are men up there who charge the
.,s tenderioot % to show him how to maxi
40 ,he diamond hitch, " and, II you no mo-
he know what that is you probably will mol
and opt until you "hit the trail" The
m aid timers split their sides some iime'
a, laughing at the enortsoi the bank clerk
- artists 70 sinch up pack and construct
~ diamond knot, All their knots were
odl oftbe "iour-in-hand or bow knot vari