The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-02
WOMHN'S FEAT
IN kLONDIKE
She Walked 300 Miles in Or
der to Get Married.
From pa w.son 10 Dyea She TPudged
MerriIy Over the Ice With
Her Lover.

Seattle Feb. 2.-Leonard Sedgwick.
of Wyoming, and MISC Lou Keller. of
San Francisco, arrived here yesterday
from Dawson. They Walked 500 miles
over ice and snow to get married. Sedg-
wick brought out $170,e10.I while Miss
Keller brought out $25 400. the result of
her three months life inifthe mining
camp. ,o
They came out to get married, not
that there are no ministers in Dawson,
but because that was the, only way
Sedgwick could win his bride, who had
fifteen or twenty fully as wealthy klon-
dikers dangling at the end of her num-
erous strings Sedgwiek tried to tempt
her by heaping up gold before her, but
she only laughed at him. He was des-
perate and finally hit upon the plan
that secured the promise he desired.
His friend Joe Brand, with team of
fourteen dogs. was TO start on Decem-
Der Il with a party of old miners who
had Just sold out their claims for Dyea.
Sedgwick put the matter to Miss KEEL
Ter in this way:
will you marry me If 1 take you to
Seattle over the ice?
The woman was tired of the same
ness and the limited variety OF klon-
dixie grub. and the idea struck her Just
right She agreed To become Mrs. Sedg-
wick if they arrived safely in Seattle.
Sedgwick then paid Brand $1,000 for
their transportation, which really
meant that ne carry their proYisions
white they walked or ran alongside oil
the sled.
II left San Francisco after the rush
n -N a
got over the pass by spending money
right and left and not being hampered
by big outfit. | paid my passage
down 10 Dawson. in a boat INIT some
miners had built 1t was a regular
pleasure trip on the boat, except that
we were nearly all drowned fcWhile
crossing Windy Arm of Tagish Lake,
and had some narrow escapes going
through the canyon and White Horse
Rapids The tenth day out from Lake
Linderman we drifted into Dawson,
and received a rousing welcome from
the miners. We were the first party
that had arrived down river for sew
eral days and the miners wers~eager
for the latest news. 1890
Life IN Dawson is not Ole long,
sweet dream. The grub. on. rather the
lack of il, was my chief trouble. Ham
and eggs and a half dozen cove oys-
ters. raw. $3.50. if one wants a little
desert il is S2.j0 more. But then the
price does not amount To SO much. for
the gold simply piles in on you if You
make the least bit OF hit with the
men. Their way of applauding is to
throw handfuls of nuggets on the
stage and they are large enough 10
Toe easily picked up, too.
Dawson Is the funniest town you
ever heard Of. all log houses ana tents,
eXcept the few stores. warehouses and
opera house. | could tell you great
stories about the opera house. but |
won't. Gold is very plentiful and easy
to get if YOU GO about IL right and the
miners take "A liking IL you. After the
excitement wears Oft YOU get aWtuliN
tired of the place, and have spells oI
Inconsistencies that not even the gold
will cure. Ii was in one of these spells
that the offer to go out for the winter
was made to M 1 jumped at il with
out thinking much about the MO miles
of snow aud ice that must De covered
before Dyea was reached. The men
made me a suit Of fufS, and came
through without troubhA from tES cola.
although the trip was bong and hard.
/ rode only a very little part of the
distance. the dogs having all they
could do To pull our gold and the sup
plies | am thinking something 81 GO
ing back. but have not fully declded