The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

SO scared sS ran away wi,ha,.
sho'. Their the ha~ liked sna ~
5 a;tas and cane down into ~
told what had happened.
The f.ays got Together rsrhA
went enS 20 she Ole mans ~
brought hin, aSsck 10 tcwss. syss
ne best the camp coaid ag0-s -
Eha, ae wasn'g - very asagv - -
theN had found shSs out ara ,o,s a
tla5 n.s father WAS all RICH, -
dropped 20 ere floor like he MS s
picked HIN Up aud lald eim in a -.
then they found out THAT he wnsss4
AZ. ~ 81, .! oa5 ! SRI, si'd as pretty =
you would waus 90 laok at
As I get TIE story. shs ola ,,.
te&siHi H&rd luck esseS t,as,, and go, -
'eso AIM about this place. sIss ~
0t9d, ard ho onlV had enc child -
lie wanted to some oGt here. IA
not Anow %Aat - DO with asr
1sss sala sae would cone VITA -
boy, and mSoe TIE ED n.aa axrn~
May oe yea uoG't 1hink tha. =.
were sSncA On heg Aad her fA,As,
ain any thing ~ Dawson loo 81.
taea1. Eaas Slr. could marry anr
rlsa 1aan in Town she wants "a. "a
soals ,alA ihag SIZE is lAely 10 al.
sAola.
Lots of queer people have 90.
Np acre. or. as Ghey call X. have -
Tich. Isle Kid from s'riSco ,as.
BODY calls SILLY Jeans. got hera -
hisowS hoW. bus managed ID xet -
tools ana a pan ana went 10 wurs "a
just ~ years cid, and is as ,oash
as ever Yea s8w. But ne has -
sea Sor every enc of uis years 90
he Is golug hack - Frisco aid rns..sS
burn. HE said ~ me yester,ssy -
was aSkirs; ain Ahout *. say .,ss~ u
soing q wear notAsn' but ,-i.ssrns : J.
Ia4ttS When | gifts hack 20 town
/ rsmetnleF. ola man, Jhas back i. \.
YORK We ass'd % think tAAI fellows -
IN aard luck that had 10 Ga, sssf r..
beans DGt you are IN srca, .acs !.
ihem eat here. particularly The psss
eryhody h@ts beans Beans. caaee aas b.
biscui~thags The Oil Of fare seven r
Week. OF course. there i lots AZ -,
stun, but You set awful tired 4 ~
There is u man here song 10 ,ry Il ~
some garden truck. and il he s,ca. !
ho raises VIII be worta its weigh. IN -
gold dust.
L tell you. partner. this ia a touch A..
Try. It's AL very nice 20 think auas. 8
god that IN the ground ANA waas y.a. -
90 win II II You can only get i. on, -
wouldn't lake all this eouIigry If anvs-sI
would give IL TO me, IL il wasn't a. n
sold. IL gives YOU The blues Jus. a -
outdoors. When q Is cold here yos -
a - En- h
X is hot. You know there never wss -
place on tartn hotter, ami there lat N
between. / would not give 1t al sv =
acre of ground in York state.
we hear that people are going ID c.
up here by he thousand. bus | ,e.l - \
they don't get plenty of provisions IA ~
there viii oe hundreds OF new grayss y
iora neAt spring. I'm going 10 star b "
another winter. aut You can oct yos, II
tom dollar THAI Ill have provisions sasau|
so ihat / Will NOT starye. | haven't -
a fortune up here, but | have mad ~
money, and I'm going TO keep haaa I
too. II more people would come -
ready TO work AID so into businsss sasa
OF hunting gold they would maxi I'll
more money than they VIII prospectjcr
va Ett tatt HAhh tAtAt 40 uat az IN
are only those about the fellows that hss
good luck. But there's lots tia, an
There's an awful lot OF people cone Il
here and die. You want TO be abba ID rs,s
cold weather and hardships. Yea xast y
be able 10 rough it and stand .ha, sr. d
life. / tell you IL you caa't you van, q
keep away. This is no country for ~
without money or without health. Nx
he wants To be able 10 do Is 10 work Ia
and save his cash. II he can do thss i
VIII make = good stake ina; will keep IL
in comfort in the States the rest II u
days.
You Get so up here you don't think n74
of the gold. If you could see tie anszs
OF dust that changes hands GA the rs
tables here every night. it would MAXI ~
hold your breath. You remember taas 4
son. We used To sing back Esx assx
! guess that's the way II is here fa y
days are Just alike. We haven't 81 3
preacher iii the camp. Nobody says ~
thing about religion at ali. ! have ms
about the rush for gold making peops ls
get everything else. and | reckon ikai \
about SO. don't see any people SCI . =
friends UP here. IL they are that WAY !
because they knew each other back n =
States.
Now, this Is a long letter, hut whsr ~
anybody that can't write, like me-, gssal
telling about the queer things in DaN
he don't know when 10 quiz. May3 y
viii come out here but don't think 81 ~
IL before next spring. That Is the uMs
come TO the Clondyke. and the fellow =
break their necks getting in here In Aag1
and September won't be any bsst6 6
than the fellows that come in ness ~
Everybody Is here 10 make his PIE y
I'm going 10 stick II out till make .
Your friend.
'IENRY REM