The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-08-05
II. tragedy
PRETTY ROMANCE WITH SCENE ", ON
MINNESOTA POINT. 81
story by Thomas A. Jautier and 1t
Appears In Hnrpers Weekly for
August-Hero the Daughter
of southern. Gentleman Whose
Mother. Was Descendant of s,ve' 4
q ish Royal House. 5s#S

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siderable fame has the leading story in
Harper's Monthly for August, and 1t IS
entitled, "a Duluth Tragedy.
The scene Of the story is laid on Min
nesota Point Mr.. Jauvie was one q last
seasons tourists and spent several days
here. His heroine is the daughter OF
Southern gentleman that came here 9 in
early boom days. and her other was
daughter of the Swedish royal house and
the father and daughter live across the
canal. while the royal mother is buried
near at hand.
The fronts piece of the story shows "a
birds eye view of the central part Of
Duluth, looking down the point and out
on the bay, thanked al either side by a
picture Of the lighthouse at the canal.
The story, 1T is believed here, will call
attention more largely to Duluth as q
summer resort. 3#s Is
Chapter Is as follows: #:5$5 4 f5
Putting out from the rocky coast, .
sand spit nearly seven miles long, Min
nesota Point Is strong arm stretched
forth to defend the harbor Of Duluth
against the storms tina breed In The frozen
north and come roaming down Lake SUI
perior. wisconsin Point, less than half
its length, almost meets II from the other
shore. Between the two is the narrow in
let through which in old times came the
Canadian "yagers-on their way across
ST. Louis bay and up the Windings Of
the st. Louis river to Fond du Lac, 20
miles farther westward. That was in fur
trading days Of little sailing vessels and
birch bark canoes. Now, close to Its
shoulders, the point is cut by canal
through which the great black steam
ships come and go. 81 ssSs
Five and twenty years ago-before the
canal was thought Of and when the Du-
sluth OF the present, with its backing Of
10000 miles of railway, was a dream just
beginning to be realized Minnesota Point
was believed to have a great future Close
to its, shoulder a town site was staked
out and little wooden houses were built
at great rate. Corner lots on that sand
spit were at a premium. The boom was
on. The, smash Of -'7S knocked the bottom
out Of everything for a while. When the
good times came again the town site
moved on westward half a mile or so
ana settled itself on the mainland.
1.-The little houses on the point were out
of the running, and were taken up by
Swedes, who were content, as Americans
were not, to live a few steps away from
the strenuous center Of that inchoate me-
tropolis. At. that time the boom was a
genuine one. The new city had come to
stay. In course Of time, to- meet Its grow.
in;s trade requirements, the canal was cut
which made the point an standard after
that the point was dead for good and all
Nowadays it is only in summer that
a little other than that Of its few in
habitnats shows itself on Minnesota Poin:
when camping parties and picnic parties
go down by three miles Of the shaky
tramway (before the days Of the now
well equipped electric road). During all
the rest Of the year that sandy barren
with its forlorn, decaying houses, Its
dreary growth of pines, stunted by the
harsh lake winds, is forgotten and desc
late. Now and then is heard the cry o!
a gull, flying across it slowly; and al
ways against its outer side-with the
thunderous crash in times of storm, II
times of calm with sad, soft lap-lap.
ping-surge or ripple with the deadly colo
waters of Lake Superior-waters so colo
that whoever browns in them sinks quick
ly-not to rise again, as the drowning d.
. usually, but for all time, in chill com
panionship with the countless dead, gath
cred there through the ages, to be los
and hidden in those icy depths.