The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13
GOLD FIELDS N FICTION.
nelodrama Pictured in q Re
cent klondike Story.
n HAS SENSATIONAL FEATURES.
A Lur1h serial In which Seattle II
Net Oniy Shsws ~ the Gateway
10 the klondike. bst u Paint
I'd n . Wild anA Wooiiy Town
Dev~td Of Police PrOtection and
Good Oraer-The hIondike Desie.

The ksondike has been immortaiized. As
~ there was not enough OF the wild and
unnatural III the facts that have been torn
from Sc icy letters by godseekers 70 cause
the n1lldest person In the world 10 become
Wild with excitement. an Eastern author
who writes against space In one CT tus
Sew York weekly story papers, has just
completed . story OF adventure. and
through this work Of fiction The Eiderado
Of the SHOWS" Is to become famous
The new story Is a hummer. and II il ap-
parent that the author. who masGaersdes
under the historical title OF Robert Lee
Tyler. Is fully up to the standard of sensa-
tionai story writers when IL comes TO
throwing English onto blank paper with
kaIsomine brush. lie labors for startling
situations and graphic pictures OF danger,
and though he has TO transform the honest
Irospector into a highwayman or tao, and
tas hafd-w0rking ast-of-burden-iike an
dian into dangerous, willy, treaeaerous
foe OF the white goid-hunter. he does IL
cheerfully. The author had, without doubt.
been educating himself for the masserful
story OF '@The kiondlks Belle for some
time for he refers 10 the hero As geoio-
sIca. expert, and this expert describes the
Kiondike nuggets as Jumps of quartz
richly streaked with yellow" In which
there appeared to be moro yellow than
quartz" or course the author is not re-
sponshie for the experts description, but
II would have been better for hts reputation
here in Seattle where the Klondike mug
gets are common TO have described them
az nuggets OF pure gold. without quartz or
other sGriferous rock. Still there is real
merit In MIR. Tyler's description. The ease
with which he describes long breaths."
eyes glowing feverishiy." .'ciouded
brows, eager exciamations' and faces
flushed with excitement. shows him to
be real word artist. His characters
''mut;er sppr~hensiveiy. have dangerous
looks In their eyes. display cleaning
pistols" and go through all the details OF
wild-eyed melodrama4
There was one thing that the author de-
seribes rninutey. II IL the trip Of the love-
sick. rejected lover, the geological expert
discoversr Of the klondike gold fields, back
10 the frozen North, in which ne Is fol-
lowed by an enemy who Graves his secret
The author says.
Gerald king started at midnight on his
journey across the continent.
Ills departure from the East hah not
been fastened materially by the unsuc-
cessfui result Of his interview with Ethel
Mortimer: IL had been his plan all along
To return 10 the new gold fields and strike
out for himself with the hope Of building
up fortune that should be adequate to
way 10 which she had been accustomed.
The same night he was rejected he
.'hought a ticket for Seattle and began his
Journey. His experiences in Seattle are
worthy Of repetition, as II displays wha, a
Wild wooiiy city Seattle is. The author
says:
''fie was particularly interested. as he
approached Seattle. in the advertisements
nf steamers sailing from that port. anxious
nrh Inn ha IL ell do.
Isyr. he hoped that his train would arrive
in time for him TO catch steamer sched-
uIsd To leave upon the same day.
.'If he did not catch that. more than a
week would eiapSe before another sailing
III does happen sometimes that trans
continental journey Is completed on time.
heu IL Is hy means uncommon that de-
lays occur. and on this occasion King s
train vas held back many hours by the
blocking of the tracks incident TO the
wrecking Of freight train.
When he reached Seattle tho Juneau
boat had gone. He philosorhicaly deter
mined 10 make the best Of IT, and told him
self tina, the time could he spent advan-
tsgeeusly In making better preparations
for his long Journey and subsequent work
than could have been done II he had gone
on al once 20 Juneau.
Moreover as he thought the matter
over I; secined 10 him TO he advisable Ia
interest somebody I'm his venture and 80
made M his mind that IL he could come
across the right man he would offer him z
partnership in the undertaking
lie dii not dream of forming part
nershir with the first man who came along
hni he decided rather Ia keep his eyes open
in the hone that among III. prospectors n,
Seattle there mlght be ono TO his liking.
Ills first days there were spent IN MAJ.
Ing various purchases for his undertaking
th's rsuSed him To be spotted AT a1re II,
the many norsons interested IN mining: fa-
the purpose OF his purchases was nlainI,
apparent 10 all experts. and he u,sirki,
x @ud his acquaintance soush; ny men VIM
were ANXIOUS 10 learn what hts nlans VEGA
T@sy could sce that he was bound M,
mer>'s on prospecting expedition: II va.
evident that he bad seen the yellow meta
somewhere, and they wanted To know
where Il WAS.
king kept his ow'; counsel FOR anon.
those w3o approached him there "a. M
enc that seemed 10 him likely 10 De ux,fu
as a partner.
o0e evening hs fai ecca sion II "a aowr
"a The -ictnity Of the docks As me w.
passing through comparatively dart
street. he observed several men issue fron
saloon and approach a man who wa.
walking some distance ahead
Al iirst there ~sS nothing significant II
this, but presently kjrs became %uxriciot,
that the men from the saloon were raf IA,
for homes; business; they approached III.
man ahead, sol around in huuch. an.
tostied him roughly,
'"rhe man. evidently snpposins than the,
were intoxicated, tried TO push then, axld,
sad cross the street tn xe, out Of their way
They prevented tba: and one Of them xav.
him smart rap on the head
"kiag was near enough then t. sse y
sctly what their purpose was T. was ,
ease ~ highway robbery: without mo
menss hesitation he broke into a ran
dashed iato the group and struck cat wit,
beth sSts. catching . man on The back n
his skull with each one
The two who had received these blow
had no further t-terrs; IN the proceeding 80
Thsy sNraNtsd upon the ground ard u 500,
all thstr u1ertsi .n@rstes sprtrr the rex
tew seconds 20 rul themselves tcxethe-
sufficiently TO rise. The others startled ~
the unexpected attack upon thcrr. aheele,
about sni tried 10 beat King of
-. WAS ca,y for \ second o. wa III
rswerfui arms shc: this wav ana that an,
every tgne their length was measured
somebody received sietse, ha MINER bios
upon the head or chest.
Tire mar ~ho WAS attacked Vas maxim,
spai Hsat far u. too. VIA the result sAas
tu mrcN is*s than hair minute al ~
desperadoss were on the r13n. exeept ~
1Ne who hsa FIRST eecn struck Tn~v wsr
,scs eQnal 20 running as yrt e4t they wer
staggering away as best thew could
Well, partner said k}nS shall ~
Ct.ASe them up ard Try ~ f.AHd two q
three ~ them ever 4, the roisg4e@-'
Nay. nay returned the other. s7eaktY,
with stroag accent Let them go NOR