Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13

and kill them if they remained. When
the father fell asleep, the night follow
ing, Miss Perkins lay awake with her
cooked Winchester beside her. When
the Would-be owners of their claim ar
rived, she blazed away like a, veteran
soldier at them. The result was one
dead, one badly wounded and one es-
capped for his life. In the excitement
following, Miss Perkins owned up that
she was girl, and was in a week or
Two married to one of the richest claim
owners in the country.
On the Dyea trail to the summit. too.
tnefe is a woman who is not afraid 10
purn powder when the occasion re-
qulres, nor backward about wearing
pants when her occupation demands if
her husband runs small coffee house
at Sheep Camp, and she packs with an
oId gray horse over the Chilkoot Pass.
A Few days ago man much in need of
Ilrewood started to cut down a spruce
tree which stands in front OF the coffee
mousse Mrs. Fleetwood saw him from
nehlnd, and rushing on him unawares.
gave him such a blow with her whip
that he ran down the hill yelling with
pain. A day or two before a telephone
man climbed the same tree to fix his
wire thereon, and before he knew it
there was gun pointed at him, un-
comfortably near, from behind, and a
woman's voice calling out, "Come down
out OF that, you climbing coon ye, or
I'll put pound of lead in you" They
say that the telephone man ran all the
way to. Dyea without looking back
With hundreds of idle men, grudging
every day the food they eat, and impa-
ttent to reach the diggings, of course
they are quarrelsome and given terribly
to profanity, Therefore suggested that
we might get together and form a de-
batting society. 1t would at least take our
minds off our nonotonous surroundings
and help pass away the idle hours.
This was agreed to, and Widow Malo-
ney's restaurant was selected, being the
largest tent In the comps. The time for
discussion was to be anywhere from 4
to 10 p. m. The chairman was to take
his seat when the boarders got through
supper, about an hour after sundown,
and preserve order as the disputants
came and went at pleasure. The audi
ence, too, was free to come and go as
the spirit moved it, and no objections
were to be raised by the chairman If in
the heat of passion any one went a-scat-
tering lead from his revolver. for it was
conceded by all that the only two gov
ernments which in any event could in
terfere We're those Of the United States
and Canada, and as these bodies them
selves did not know which had jurisdic-
ton over Lindermann, it was evident
that moral suasion alone could be ap-
pealed to. The question then came up,
as to who had enough of this commodity
on hand to preside over the turbulent
crowd. Several were suggested, but they
were Objectionable, because on the least
provocation they might open blazing
battery from the seat of authority. Fin
ally your humble servant was made
supreme spokesman in Mrs. Maloney's
restaurant, presumably because Of his
meek and lowly appearance On taking
his seat, however. at the first meeting
he presented rope, and holding it be-
fore his astonished audience, assured
them that while he might be living In
place without political rule, he would
hang by the neck on the pine tree out
side every mothers son Of them who
di not respect the chair. This had
soothing effect, and the Hon, the lamb,
the kid and the calf huddled together