The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
GRIT OF A BRIDE.
She VIII Accompany Her Husband to the
kiondike.
From the Buffalo Express.

kiondiks.
From the Buffalo Express
A party of gold seekers en- route to
the klondike is not thing SO unusual
in itself as to excite more than passing
interest. Such sights Will be common
enough during the ensuing weeks of
the late winter and early spring. The
gold fever has swept all parts of the
country with extreme Virulence, finding
victims in almost every hamlet, so that
as the days go by. bringing nearer the
time when the trail over the Chilkoot or
navigation on the Yukon will be open.
the rush of adventurous argonauts to
the frigid zone will gather force and
volume like the incoming tides of the
ocean. Ii Is estimated that at least
200, 900 persons will essay the trip as soon
as the journey may be undertaken with
some degree of assurance that advance
ing spring has RACED impossible bar
rlers Hardly a day passes without
contributing its quota to the army now
modifying at Seattle. Squads pass
through Buffalo almost daily without
attracting special notice. so familiar has
the public become with the thought
that going to the klondike Is quite the
regular thing.
But the party that left Bradford
Pa. on Monday morning is somewhat
unique in its personnel. and 50 merits
attention denied ordinary hopefuis The
party is composed. for the most part,
of lawyers. doctors. business and soci-
ETY. men. but what invests it with peeu-
liar even startling, interest Is the fact
that a young bride Is the bright partic-
nlar star of the combination.
The woman in question. until recently
vas Miss Blanche Chapman, an ac-
knowledged belle III exclusive soei-
ETY. circles. A few weeks ago Miss
Chapman became Mrs. Arthur Hurley.
The bridegroom is Il wealthy young
business man. and one of the leaders of
the select set. As some of his intimate
friends We're going To the klondike, Mr..
Hurley concluded that he would try his
fortune in the same distant region. and
Mrs. Hurley decided 10 accompany him.
The young husband readily acquiesced.
and the long journey was begun on
Monday morning as stated
Mrs. Hurley is a refined and accom-
plished young woman about 20 years Of
age She is trifie above medium
height, has a slight. willowy figure. Il
bright mind. yivacious temperament.
and an exceptionally attractive face.
She Is a sister of Mrs. Delevan Emery,
whose husband is the son of Hon. Lewis
Emery. Jr.. OF Bradford. the millionaire
oil refiner and president of the United
States Pipe Line company. Although
Miss Chapman was a society girl in
the fullest and best sense Of the term
size W d. 4ApiEa lhf diIildSI IF3kIfSS ddl =
ing. A man of the party informed the
Express that on one occasion Miss
Chapman accomplished What no man
has ever dared To attempt. namely:
eoasted on a bicycle down Rev hill,
a tarturous mountain road near Brad
ford. very steep and over mile long
where the slightest mishap or momen-
tary loss Of presence Of mind would
dash the rider 10 death. A. Mrs. Hur-
ley. the young woman i not daunted
by the reputed perils If Chlkoat or by
the prospect of encpuntering The rigors
Of a. Arctic winter. She declares thar
she viii endure the haFdships If The
trail With as much f0rtttude and reach
Dawson cry with as great 4 reserve
fund # vital energy a. any Al the men.
She Is very enthusiastic over the pros
peel Of sharing her husband lot in
Alaskan wslds, and her friends say that
from the first She has resolutely refused
Il admit the possibility of insurmounta-
bic obstacles u the realization Of her
hopes
A. Mrs Hurley talked Of her arduous
undertaking. her bearing was full Of