The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-14
!, THE DUDES LUCK.
Harold Tremayne Found It Very
Advantageous In the
Klondiko.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Harold Tremayne was at eight and
twenty favored clerk in large husi-
ness house in Liverpool, the chum Of all
his fellow clerks and something of the
spoiled pet of his employers. He was in
vited to the senior partners residence in
the Lake district, and there had the reck-
less audacity to fall in love with his
hosts youngest daughter, Mabel. What
Is worse, the young lady was not slow in
recognizing his devotion or in allowing
him to see that she also cared for him.
The result was inevitable-an interview
with paterfamilias, in which he kindly
but firmly pointed out to the young man
the impossibility Of his pretensions to
anything but disappointment.
I'm sorry for you, Tremayne. 1t was
straightforward and manly Of you to
speak to me before matters had gone
further, but you will. of course. under
stand that while hope to see you stay
with the firm and rise in the office, any
question Of such marriage is absolutely
not to be thought of. Mabel is not Is
and will soon forget holiday fancy
Poor Harold wine ed. Each of my girls
will receive as dover the annual inter-
est of 100000 provided she marries with
my consent, and also provided her hus-
band has an income of similar or greater
amount"
Harold looked young mans scorn of
monetary considerations in such mat
ter, and the old man added, half sadly:
"You may think me mercenary, but
have seen too much misery brought about
by unequal marriages. where the income
has been all on the wife's side and where
misappied love has dictated that most
unhappy alliance-a runaway matcn."
Poor Harold returned next day to his
work in Liverpool, alternately bemoan-
ing his comparative poverty Of ZOO
year and s:mYathizing with the shrcwd
| wisdom OF Mabers father. His soul re-
belled against the unle.hsnd courtship
of rich mans daughter. and pride and
resolution struggled over the problems,
| Can a man with FOO a year wed wo-
man with $500. and how can young
man most rapidly and certainly quadru-
pie the former incomea He did not de-
eide suddenly, but most people would
agree that he decided rashly. for few
Gays later ue TeSoiNeu tilHt tue Hlst steP
toward gaining thousand year was to
resign the position which brought him in
nearly a quarter Of that amount. MIR.
Bartlett demonstrated with him on the
subject and when he heard the one word,
"Klondike," came to the end of his pa
thence and termed Harold Tremayne "a
consunmate young fool" for thinking Of
making fortune in such place. las
for Mabel" he added, "she was flirting
with another young visitor before you
had been gone four and twenty hours"
Harold was on the point Of saying that
whether Mabel loved him or not his love
for her made staying with the firm i'm
possible. but restrained himself and only
repeated his resignation.
"All right" said Mr.. Bartlett, Ego if
you must but mind if you come back,
as of course you will, we will give you
post in the office, but you'll have to begin
as junior again"
II shall return with 100000 or not at
ALL" said Tremayne stoutly.
A strong, healthy young man, Harold
had always been fond of athletic eXer-
cises; otherwise he had absolutely no fit
ness for roughing it in n mining camp
and for the strenuous work Of digging or
washing for gold Still, fired by the
tales which appeared in the English pa
pcrs of quickly amassed wealth in and
about Dawson City, he determined to
| place his whole future on the hazard Of
the die. He had sufficient money for the
necessary outfit and expenses for few
| months stay at the mines and hurried
ln and la. Eppt h.,n
| leaving Victoria for Fort Wrangel.
1t was on the steamer that he first had
| the name of ''thc English dude" fastened
upon him, and for no better reason than
| that he paid rather more attention to per-
sonal neatncss than did his fellow voy-
| ayers and treasure seekers The long
| journey was finally accomplished, and
Harold Trcmaync found himself one Of
, the latest and most ignorant of the in
| habtants of the city which had sprung
| up on the banks Of the Yukon river, that
| cosmopolitan city crowded with citizens
| all engaged in the feveriSh race for the
possession of sufficient wealth to be able
| to leave it. Allowing his ignorance to be
| more than suspected, the English dude
found his stores and dollars rapidly d.
mnishing. Nictimized by the crowd Of
| oilers who lived on newcomers, he was
not long before finding himself absolutely
pennilcss and with nothing but his mus
clcs and a few tools to ward off actual
starvation. Thoughts Of his old position
in the firm of Bartlett Joyce 4 Co., and
of his late employers offer Of a junior
clerkship on his return, braccd him to
fresh efforts.
lie had tried for weeks to pick up
thorough knowledge of the work and to
accustom himself to the long endurance
Of miners labor. Sometimes he had
| joined with other newcomers and some
times had sought gold by himself, but al
ways with the most ludicrously insigni6-
cant results "The dudes luck" became
proverbial among the older miners, ana
as Harold journcyed of an evening to the
tent which he shared with another ten
derfoot'' he would hear men shout to
| one another:
Say, Jake. how're you got on today"
oh not enough TO cover a nickel-the
dudes luck again
Harold knew that the gibe and the
| laugh which followed it were directed
against himself, but doggedly continued
on his seemingly hopeless hunt for that
which meant life and love to him. At
length matters were getting desperate,
for he could no longer get employment.
If he offered his help, he was told blunt.
| ly, eve don't want the dudes luck here"
| Almost worn ont with that hope de-
fcrred which maketh the heart sick he
paused one day to watch an ol1sh man
who worked on in his claim almost with
out intcrmssion. The old man seemed
irritated, as though he thought the dudes
luck might be contnx bous.
what dye want?" he growled. II
cant afford to pay for any dudes help
II want" said Harold, what most Of
us are here for, guess, and that is
gold"
"Wcll, why don't you look for it stead
Of lOahng around and hindcring othersT'
Where shall look?' said Harold in
the half tired, half pettish tone Of one
who had tried everywhere.
'Well," said the man. pausng from his
labors and Strengthening his back with