Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-28
A WOMAN SEES 1T.
She Has the Password. Attends a Meeting oi
 The Bachelors Club.
A. STARK, Chairman

The Bachelors Club.
 At last 1 can say have been there-gave the password and walked ill like one of the members, saw the ele- phant and retired without being de- tected. How did 1 do it z? l will tell you. You see, everybody goes to the meeting place masked and the sentinel does not know one from another and all had to do was to get possession of the password and find out the time and place of meeting. The latter informa- tion got by accident, the former by strategem. Suffice it to say, however, that at the appointed time l was trudg- ing along by the aid of lantern toward one of the unoccupied houses in the upper end of town, where the meeting was to be held. On my arrival at the outer entrance l was accosted by big burly man, masked as a ruffian, with two great pistols at his side and in his hand long knife which he had just drawn from it's sheath and held in a threatening manner above me. The lantern dropped out of my hand and I trembled with fright, but, realizing what detection at this iuncture meant, l braced right up to him and whispered the password in his ear. He stood aside and 1 walked in or rather tum- bled in, for 1 was frightened almost to death. On entering I found myself in a large room fixed up to represent a cave, with rocks for sides and great boulders hanging from the ceiling. In one end of the cave was a pool in which were several ill-shaped fishes. Of course l knew this was not real water, but some kind of thin cloth was stretch ed and the peculiar effect of the light falling on it made it look like water I noticed in the pool a devil fish, shark and an immense lobster. They seemed to have life and were moving around. soon found out that they were mem- bers, masked as these monsters of the deep, for they came out of the pool and crawled around over the rocks. Two candidates were initiated. The burden of the initiatory ceremonies seemed to be to transform the candidates from creatures of earth to inhabitants of the sea. The bear as king of the forest with his lieutenants the carriboo and moose hand over the candidate to the seals, who conduct him to the whale, their king, in the depths of the ocean. He is made to wade out into the water until h e reaches the depth of his eyes, when he is suddenly plunged under heath and held there until the shock has passed off when he is conducted on into deeper water. On his way to the deep sea caverns he is pinched by mon- ster crabs, attacked by sharks and even falls into the deadly em brace of the oc- topus. He is protected by the seals, however, and at last reaches his desti- nation, where he is created fish of some kind. About this time 1 heard a rattle of glassware and some one near me made remark that beerwas thick CT than water, so l concluded it might be good time for me to skip. l had not started moment too early for as l looked back masks were beginning to drop off and the ugly doorkeeper scowled at me as much as to say "what the deuce are you leaving for at this timer" It was given out that at the next meeting the denizens of the sen and the beasts of the forest were to meet at royal banquet. If l can drift on to the time and place of meeting shall be there as l an in possession of the password. l know 1 am in danger of being detected but my curiosity, af- ter what have seen, is great and l am willing to take the risk.
 The Cottage City tied up at the Nc. Kinnon wharf Monday morning. She