The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

first golden rays OF the sunset OF his ex-
istenoe, and is now planning and laying
out the work for the education and guild
ance of his successor, who will soon DO
nominated.
A girl of 10, frail and tender, unused
to the common hardships incidentai 10
ordinary life and one whose appearances
would Indicate that she was well reareu,
Is aboard OF the Mexico, bound Tor the
klondike. Her name is Miss LessarRe, ana
she Is from Toacoma. where she has lived
with relatives since leaving New YORK
SIX years ago. She purchased u steerage
ticket for Dyea. and. being tne oniy
woman forward, the steward kindly gave
her cabin accommodations her outnS
food and clothing is packed In smaii
hanu vaiise and weighs scaroey ~
pounds. In face and figure sno IL triln
and neat and seems TO be endowed with
n nrm determination To go north anu
earn money. as she says. 10 buy 1oou anu
clothing for her widowed mother ana TWO
small sisters. "There's mortgage on
our home, ana it's nearly due. ana IL IL
Is not paid soon mother will be turned
out into the streets, Z" she said, in response
10 my question as TO why she should un-
dertako such trip. There were great biR
tears in her eyes, and bor voice was ipii
or pathos. 1t was a sad picture lnueeu,
ana Is only one OF the many lncluehts
whero boys and girls OF tender years ana
inexperionce, and probably through ms
Information as TO tho character OF the TRIP
have caught the gold fever and are rush-
ing on toward certain sufferings and pos,
sibiy death in tho midst Of wild ana
comparatively uneXplored country.
You soc. / was tho only one In tho
family who could work out, ana, by nara
work AS servant girl, earned IS or $40
M II xxyQc haVa nh IN
and the children supplied with food and
clothing. Interest was piling on the
mortgage. and had to do something. /
had read OF women and children making
the trip to the Alaska gold fields in
safety, and L made up my mind TO go
there and earn money. / can do all KINDS
or domestic work and am good seam
stress. and IL men and boys are getting
Sl5 day in the mines it seems TO me
that i ought TO be able to get something
TO do. The first money / earn i shall use
toward buying proper winter clothing.
ana after that every cent L get III
send to mamma and the child
rem. 1 know that it IL hazardous
undertaking. but isn't il better than
working at home for a little of nothing.
Miss Lessarge proposes TO pack her
little valise up and go over the mountain
and down the lakes, where she will try
10 get passage with some party TO Dawson
CltN. soDt 6nI MIS-. bIlUk HhNb ulsCusstu
their plans together, and hear that they
will become partners" and 90 TO the
mines Miss Lessarge says that her
mother was opposed TO the trip. but that
she soon reasoned it out OF ner mind.
Her father Is dead.
The youngest passenger for the klon-
dixie Is forward in the steerage. He is q
San Francisco bootblack. and will be 16
years old in October. He was born in
New Orleans, where his parents died six
or eight years age. Since then no has
visited all of the principal cities OF she
east attended.the Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons fight at Carson City, and, in the
expressive dialect of the day. lis dead
next to himself" He says his real name
il Albert Bennett, but that he is known
on the road as dusty Bert. As for
on abbreviated pack. be has horse on
Joaquin Miller. His outfit will weigh
about 20 pounds. l asked him IL he knew
the poet and he replied "You bet l do.
His whiskers owns a ranch near OAKLAND,
where he keeps little houses near the
road for tramps TO sleep in, and it don't
cost 'em cent. He's good nouRh at
home. but what's jay like him goin'
to do gettin' over them mountains and
down them rapids TO the minesY Mey
Why, that's dead easy. I'll get my graft
In some where, and you'll Sc me going
down the lakes under full sail singing,
inst tell them that you see me, and
they'll know the rest.