The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27
RICHER THIN nOND|KE.
4 VALLEY OF GOLD IN THE FAR
NORTH.

Breed Says He Foand-A Meteor
That Was All Yellow Metal and
Precious stoaes-Ten IN . Lake.
M. Taylor. OF Port Perry, has been
studying the kiendike under the tuteaage
OF Old Mas. He says:
One lovely evening lately q young Mis-
sissaugua, who OCCASIONALLY acts as hsnca-
man to Old Mas. came ashore and with
cut word handed NE = square OF birch
bark from him, wnicn Was scraw1ed over
with characters IN charcoal that reSem-
bed cross between Runic and ancient
Assyrian- Although Mas talks good Ca
madam English. yet he spells paonetica-ly.
Contents:
Kun with this Intun III mi kamp tn
n!te and sta thar.
II got sumthin' ia tell yer.
got suHtlin' 10 ete-
Briled duk.
'Roas, 'taters an Korr.
Fish STU.
'' .Hev big fat bot,il with yer that yer
noze on. an smokin' terbakker with yer.
Hen Bee-Tae bottu full. mind-'N Mas.
after getting permission from the homo
quart 10 spend The mig II in meditation with
cur sage. took the stern OF the canoe and
In company with the bronzed youth SKIM
med across the lake TO sandy cove where
his camp fire glimmered in a fragrant
grove OF cedar, spruce and hemlock- inter-
mixed With that spirituelle fairy. that lady
OF oEr woods, with the sweet sounding
Lain name or betuia Alba-opr WITS
birch. The stars doubled their countless
hosts n the mirror Of the waters. Fit night
and Mt scene to meet seer and master.
He was busy with his cooking. but seemed q
his greeting. He handed the youth duck
and skewer. and gave him small bas-
ketfui Of hot roast potatoes and corn.
with the brief remark: Now you git. an
lad ms rs H.
CURED: Did yeu fetch that ARP That
air being produced and after wiping his
mouth and replacing the cork, with a sigh
eat your ILL.,
'Ah, that feast-but will refrain. I will
only say that it was excellent--in fact, SUI
perb; although the fish was slightly burn
ed and the coal oil can that it was cooked
the pipes. and the digestive organs had
their innings. After the second pipe. and
not word from him. I became fidgety.
SO / broke the icy silence by saying that
it was almost disgusting to take up q pa
per nowadays and see Kiondike staring
you IN the face from every page; lies and
truth. warnings and enticements; nothing
but Klondike. That my neighbors would
not even discuss the Frightening prospects
for agriculture. the rise OF wheat, pork
and other matters Of Interest, but they
1 had not allowed myself to become the
least bit excited by the reports. and only
read them as study OF the weakness OF
poor humanity, and that I was glad OF
1t was going to lead to, knowing him to be
the one that was not blown about by every
wind.
Laying down his pipe. he said: 'Look
70 drop oat & th a aq lake
glt excited. Inn course I've hesrn all about
Klondike. but It's most oil lies, But let
EN- go, an go in thousands, an freeze. an
ri RI nj zen
EN- fur the sake of little gold dust if they
git any: an let EN- wake up some morn
IN an, find dirk six inches, deep 'twixt
an dice an the rum an the women, an all
the hungry. pixies prey on EN- arter they 81
their pile fur all o. me The only pity is
fur manure: no use fer,ilizn' that kentry.
Now. when I say this mean all them seal
awags an the froth an scum of the cities.
specially them as is fiockin' from the states
an talking OF runnin' thigs wide open IN
our kentry. But It makes me mad an
sorry 70 hear Of a lot Of our own decent
hum, an hold the plow. an handle the
manure fork, an fix fences. an help the
old man an woman pay that mortgage.
slow an sure; an let EN- sell that air trot-
tin colt an smash that suiky an git sum
durn good gal to take pity on 'em an
marry EN-
IA, After r., pause "a and filing his old e.ar
no gold craze. an I amt excited. amt
but wanted to see yer an tell yer a Sc
cret: l knows ven keep it. Then. agin. I
We couldn't take third-class stirlicat. l
guess ye're a little ahead o. me- So as I
can't carry out my plans alone. III make ys
my fust lieutenant. So here goes. H
then astonished me with a long legend,
which / will try to boil down.
"He had been trapping and trading a lit
tie in fur in the far Northwest a couple OF
years ago or so. and mad One Eyed Pete
with him as aide and Interpreter He was
reticent about the locality, but Il must have
been somewhere near. Edmonton, by his
tale. They We're visited by small bard of
Indians one day, and he was almost sur
prised into state OF excitement by find
Ing that they were using gold bullets. His
first move was 10 obtain all their surplus
stock of bullets on a lead bass, in exchange
for certain TASKS that he was provided
with. The next step was to try TO discover
he racked his massive intellect beforn try
ing 10 draw out these dusky, wild men,
when luck. came TO his aid. He thought he
understood by a word here and there that
they We're telling Pete their chief was very
sick He said: That gin ne an idea. Jest
tell 'em that I'm the biggest doctor in the
fun Pete d.d SO. and he got an Invite to
visit the chief whom he found very Ill.
The upshot Was that Mas succeeded IN
curing him. az he Is really clever In medi-
enc, although he gees on the buckshot plan
OF putting every thing YOU think OF into the
dose, ard FIRE the whole charge into the
joyed ard strove to persuade Mas % be-
come member Of their community ard
reside with them on his refusal when
leaving the chief In gratitude allowed him
to load three ponies With golt pots, pans.
bake kettles and other utensils that were
in common use among them. on his Civ ng
a promise not 20 draw the greedy white
man toward their country
BY no arr caut Mas beguile the chief
into telling him where the gold Was pro-
cured although ne willingly told him OF its
origin. The ehief sad that many years
ago. about ks, perhaps. an immense comet
spread its fiery form acr SIS the northern
heaven. Rhio frightened their people very
much Until a big medicine man assured
them that 1t was good spiri. FOR the red
man but bad one for the whites. and so
Gained them that they watched l. with
ave and admiration. One night millions OF
shooting stars were seen 70 issue from the
head followed by an immense globe OF tire,
VIII Ell toak rs course In their direction. and
struck the earth with a NOSE ike ten thou
sand founders. and with a shock that made