The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
THE PICKLE
 FAIR FLED
 FROM HIM Swiftwater Bills Wife Refused to Live
 With Him. Says Her Husband Loved Sister Better Than
 Herself. The Painful Story of an Alaskan Miner and Two San Fran
 cisco Women. WIFE NOT INEXPERIENCED Has Valuable Mining Property in tho North and S1O,OOO Worth
The Painful Story of an Alaskan Miner and Two San Fran
 cisco Women.
WIFE NOT EMPTY-HANDED
Has Valuable Mining Property in tho North and S1O,OOO Worth
 of Stock.

After braVing the rigOrS or an Arctic winter and successfully navigating the swift swirling waters of the fearful White Horse rapids, Swiftwater Bill, King of the Klondike by the grace of luck, husband through the kindness of Miss Oracle Bush, otherwise known as Miss Oracle La Moore, prospective de fendant in a divorce case through the frailty of human nature, and philoso- pher by his own statements, has come to grief in the gently running waters of matrimony.
 The story of MT. Rapid Water, whose Christian name Is William C.. Gates, has already been published in the daily papers ad nauseam. First he became celebrated as the owner of untold mill lions of gold that lay hidden in his claims along the banks of the Bonanza. Secondly he jumped into fame as the man who offered Miss Gussie La Moore, the actress, a coa1-oil can containing fifty thousand dollars worth of gold dust to marry him. Thirdly he was made the subject of newspaper con- gratulations upon the refusal of the aforesaid lady to share his lot Fourth ly he sprung into prominence again by marrying Oracle, the sister of his first love, after weeks acquaintance, and now he reaches the climax of his me teor-like career by falling in love, his wife claims, with still another branch of the same bush, by name Nelly, who resides at the family manshion on Bryant street; and being in a fair way to become the defendant in the divorce proceedings that his irate spouse has re- tained Attorney Henry E. Monroe to institute.
 For a week past rumors and counter rumors have been floating around the corridors of the Baldwin Hotel con- corning the marital difficulties in the Gates family. These rumors were per sistently denied by all the parties con- cerned in the matter until last Wednes- day night when Mrs. Gates, after stormy scene in her apartments, pack ed up her clothes and left, VOWing that she would continue no longer as the obedient wife of man who loved her sister better than herself. She went down and took her abode at her moth CTS home, on Bryant street, refusing all overtures of a conciliatory nature from the abandoned Bill, and yester- day she visited her attorney, with the result already set forth.
 MT. Bill was seen last evening in his apartments at the Baldwin and inter viewed concerning his trouble.
 'Yes," said Gates, II guess you are right about there being some trouble between Oracle and myself. She has gone down to lawyer fellow and re- tained him to do something or other, but what. I don't know. May be she's going to try to get divorce, but In di- l vorce suits they have to serve some | kind of papers or other, don't they? | We'll haven't had any papers of any | kind, yet What was the trouble? Well, Oracle never said right out and out what she was kicking at, but" with self-satisfied smile, "she was jealous ,;et | to josh her considerable, so last Wedneday night she got up and waltzed out of this room, and she ain't been back since"
 Have you seen her since?"
 Lord, yes. I was with her all to- night. Where? Oh, met her by ap- pointment in the office of my attorneys, 1 Reddy, Campbell & Nelson, and we had an interview for about an hour.
 Was it a pleasant one, MT. Gates?
 well. I don't know what you call pleasant, but we passed about an hour | and she hugged me all the time, so l guess that wasn't so bad, was it?"
 Did you come to any agreement?' ~
 'None in particular excepting Oracle | told me to wait a week and see if 1 | loved her or not before doing anything, so I guess may be I will. She can in stitute all the divorce proceedings or any other game she wants. l don't | Know WlGIDer I II DSllI IL oi IlOI uhIAA | I find out what she wants divorce
 for, if she wants it at all. But if l do fight. it I can beat her at every turn
 of the road on any sort of proposl- l tion."
 Well are there any property con- | alterations likely to come up? Have
 you made anything over to your wife,
 MT. Gates?"
 "Yes, I have given her about S10,00e in Alaskan property and about S10O00
 worth of stock in my company Oh,
 I always treated her we'll"
 "Don't you rather regret your some
 what unusual experiences with San
 Francisco femininity?"
 NO, I don't regret a thing. l have
 got nothing to regret, noway," which
 pleasant statement, accompanied by a
 charming smile which shone through
 the clouds of tobacco like the rising
 sun in a fog, concluded the interview.
 As the visitor left the room he heard
 a somewhat coarse voice follow him
 down the hall, which said. Say. young
 fellow, if you want my picture I'll give
 YOU an order on a photographer where
 they are having some taken, which they say will be fine"
 The marriage took place about a month ago, shortly after Swiftwater's AIoC ClYo