The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19
NEEDED THE WAFFLE LADY.
~cAP- nEERS WINS 4 BRIDE ATTE2
MONTHS or HAND WORK.
~ First she WeulA have yesAtng 60
no with Hkm-He NurseA Her
TArOaEh . Lens Sickness aa1
Wen Her L~ve-Ne Preacher.

Wen Her Lsve-Ne Preacher.
RAMPART. Aiaska. Dec. cap
Beers. xhe keeps the Pioneer saioan. ara
Miss Raymond "sas waffle LAZY, were
married tenlght. CAPT Al Mayo. o. she
Alaska Commercial. Company. who has
been sn The yakcz for quarter o. a GER
TRY. saws IL Is she second wedding eere-
snusy % any kind he has ever sesn PER
.erred- Yoa ran wei imagine thAf I'D
hsre. INST under the Arctic ci-cse. where
one O. the chief arsaseTen.s IS 20 watch
The Northern Lights come down =
nights
TO danse with the hoaselexs SNOW
as kinling SAYS. the event was ene OF great
interest IL Rampant To these who kacv
EsrisnE's ether Hire There's never isx
81 God o. nan runs north % ftEy-thres-a
II may Be s matter OF interest 10 learn
how 3 couple may enter into the bonds Of
rsat-Srony 50 far north as we are, under
tire shadow os Sixty-5ye, north latitude
To others. who IKE touch Ok romance
the xecry Of IRE lovers shoali furnish ar
other proof that love can drive away the
hardships of the Yukon
Cap Beers. George william IS his fun
name ~ a river steamboat man After
taking enc steamer up 10 Dawson ne went
mouth ne met the steamer Evans, stuck
OF bar. He got her OF and plotted her
mp the river. On the steamer was Mss
Lydia Susan Raymond an Ohio girl who
had been cashier IN a New York city res
ta4rant. Shs had had tae klnndike fever
and started fer Dawson. intending to open
a hot waffle and quick lunch stand.
Gap" Beers and she met on the Evans.
For him ii was love at first sight.
the laay's eyes. cap" persisted tn his
suit. proposed. and was rejected; again
proposed and was again rejected. Arrived
At Rampant Miss Raymond found she
could not get TO Dawson and she stayed
a. Rampant Az Rampant Cap" Beers
also stayed. TIE LADY opened little quick
lunch and waffle stand Cap" opened
the Pioneer saloon. The lady scld her
wa.rIes at halt a dollar waffle and the
captain was her most regular and fire.
aleut customer.
She Joined In . Stampede.
Ore Cay there was 'sssmpeae~ a.
Sudden and Insane rush Is called, 10 alleged
naw digyirgs q alleged fabulous richness.
Among others Miss Raymond was ssam-
re1ed ard Joined IN the rush. II wss
bitter cold ard Mss Raymond delicate.
nervous city woman. was chilled aud al
most frozen. She lived in her little quick
lunch stand, which was not large enough
To swing a eat II. Working from six
O'clock IN the morning unss eleven a.
night, her enervatea condition brought on
an attack of fever OF 3 typhoid character.
SIZE had r9o room. no friends. no money.
Here Car stepped in again. He had
a s'ne cahlf h1il.. had the young woman
renewed 10 Il and a doctor and nurse
Installed Re himself moved out ana went
% i've IN the bank house. or general io3g-
ing house II the town. Ali that his money
snd atie.fion could procure Miss Ray
rn0nd received. As she Nsran 10 eonvas-
ssre from her fever Cap argued that
they SHOULD be married ~ that he could
take care 81 her Finally the lady agreed
to reward hts eonstancv with her hand
Both wanted real marriage. Bat how
could they gsc IL TSs-e was TT clergy
nan nearer than the Er.scapa,ian mis-
sianary NJ s. 1araeSs Mission, hundreds
O. miles Sowr the river, a tourney OF
weeks 10 go to ana come frcns. There Is no
form Of civil government az Rampant 70
United States eorrErsi sssoaer. 10 justice 81
the peace. A;asks has TO civil code %
laws cf lis own. 70 fuu territorial govern
rreat Tire laws Of the state OF Oregon
are extended ever The 1is.rlcs OF Alaska
so far IA they ray appty.'' believe Tire
for.n IS IL Is known 70 he the general
policy @. noGern government. TO sncour-
age nat-tasouy-
Both Were willing.
Here was peculiarly hard case A w.
ran weak sick needing the protection
es a husband L ever a woman thi Here
WAS man ready 70 eus3ll Rig part honor
ally. ard the lady vas above suspicion -
rhe camp. where few women escape cal
unsny.
There IS &c question that IN the case
o. both their intentions were honorable
set there wss TO person properly author
lied - perform legal cereronoy N
thesv DESPAIR shey turned - Lieut. Bel
L 3 a commanding q farce az so'disrs
stationed here. There appeared no snH
authority In the army rexusa,t TORS fAr hs.,
20 perform the ceremony, yet az his ia-
st-ssc.ians were nserai, In 81 Tar as me
conservation u law ara order was con-
csrn@d Il was deemed possible by him
that Sn tho ssesence % any ethe- form %.
authority, he nslRh. lend sucn weight q
any form that might ~ used as his per-
sonaI presence ard participation IN the
ceremony might have yoong lawyer
la IRE camp was consulted and Re svofvsa
a cfvff contract whirh wss entered snto
sr tsss presence of twelve persons IN the
following forrss
Rampant. ALASKA. Dee s. tsss
seT'sYts useHsosaH5Un % agreement made
ansS entered into ny ard between George
vl33ssrs Bsees ~ RafapaTt Alaska parey
e IRE @rsy part ara Gssfaz Susan Rsv-
-ssassss snsaSseF O the saraa r3aee party
~ 5sse sptor9 part wftE@ssasa.
Treat tAe sal party az tae irSt par
f1v grs fn sarzs Iteration ~ love anT sf~
faztsan hereby promises AMI agrees n be-
eesne. and ~ tAese presents does becasvs
tne tvg29 ard lAwsai husband az fNe sAiS
fsFtv - tee sNesnd part. And she salS
ara agrees u r@e~lVe ara 10 accept ara
hv fssss rve@eesfs Soes receive ara accact