The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24
TRUE HEARTS OF GOLD
A YOUNG MOTHER DIES IN THE
FAR-OFF KLONDIkE
COUNTRY,
LEAVING A YOUNG BABE

Tiny Mae EdEren Preserved by
PrOdigies of Generous Devotion
and Restored to Her Grandpa
rents in Wisconsin, lowered
With Gold Given to Her by the
ImpuIsive Miners.
MADISON, Wis, Sept a.-From the
Klondike to Gods country is a long
journey for a tiny baby, yet at the home
of Capt. James Bennett, in this city, IS
a little bunch of femininity that boasts
of this accomplishment.
Mae Eldorado Edgren was born just
before the death of her mother at Daw-
son City of typhoid fever last December
1t was not thought possible that the
little girl could be saved, but she fell
into good hands.
One of the warmest hearts in all that
wintry waste was that Of DR.. Mary
Mosier, formerly Of Boston, into whose
hands the child came as soon as the
mother had ceased to breathe, All her
skill twas devoted to saving the baby
while every obstacle against such a
possibility seemed to be raised.
WEDDING TOUR TO KLONDIKE.
For six months this lady cared for,
fed and clothed the little one, becoming
so attached to her charge that she calls
it her baby, and all the family are will
ing to let her lay claim to a just share
IN the motherless child.
This is the story:
Jesse Edgren was a student in the state
university at Madison, and there be-
came engaged to Mae Bennett, daughter
of a prominent Grand Army man.
At the opening of the Klondike excite
raent he became interested, and, later
Went there 10 find fortune. But he did
not wish to go alone. He. persuaded Miss
Bennett to share the hard life that Yves
before him, and The couple We're married
in February, 1893, and the same event g
left for Dawson City.
On the way to the Klondilze, after
leaving the ocean steamer, Mrs. Edgren
and her husband fell in with Capt. Jack
Crawford. the poet scout. Mrs. Edgren
wore q badge as a member of the Woln-
ans Relief corps, and the captain his
Grand Army emblem.
From that time the poet was interested
IN making life as pleasant as possible
for the girl wife; he remembered that he
had met her and her soldier father IN
Madison while on d occurring tour.
The journey was accomplished in safety
and in a cabin housekeeping was begun.
Every letter that Mrs. Edgren wrote
home was filled with happiness, and
ha1dships were made matters Of jest. She
was making the best Of life thare, and
being a bright, cultured girl was th4
sunshine OF the place. She was an eX-
cellent musician, and clever in enter
tanning and there was not a chur h
gathering at Dawson City or along The
route where she did not make herself
Indispensable
The first time Capt. Crawford called on
the Edgrens after they were settled in
their cabin he saw "a small silk flag hang
ing on the wall. Stopping on the doorstep
he salu ed, removed his hat and sang
1.-THE Star pangled Banner" Then was
established n comradeship which lasted to
the death Of the wife and has helped to
buoy up the heart-stricken husband.
Early in December Mrs. Edgren was
taken i'll with typhoid, and while she was
very i'll her baby was born, Dec. %.
Less than a week later the mother died
a DOG-sLEDGE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mrs. Edgren was held
under the charge of Capt Crawford, and
the services were conducted by the pastor
of the Me hodtst church In Dawson City.
On the coffin rested the silken American
flag which adorned the home OF the dead
girl The body was drawn to the place o.
intermcRt by he faithful dog team which
Mr. Edgren took with him to the Klon.
dixie.
During these services Dr. Mary Mosier
with heart Allied with sympathy and tears
streaming down her cheeks, reverently
placed her hand On the cold brow of the
dead girl and said: ST will be a mother
to voar motAer'ess baby. If tie girl
When It became known that the little
one was to leave, ell Dawson City was
on hand to bid it farewell Gold dus
and nuggets were showered as partine
gifts until q handsome sum was repre-
scented in the contributions It was no
given III cha rfty-that was not necessary
but because Dawson wanted to show
its love for the baby, and there wa:
nothing else in that cherries countr,
from which to make a gift-nothing bu
cold gold for warm hearts to bestow.
Mrs. Macdonald. who brought tn.
baby to Seattle, told Mrs ]. S. Bresee
sister of Mrs. Ederep, that iii man
stances the sacrifices made by miners
to add to the little horde of gold wer,
heart-touching Every thought of thost
tied up in that deselate place is TO ge
back to the states, and every ounce o.
gold given to the baby meant that tn,
donors were that much farther from
home.
THE BABY's JOURNEY HOME;
The baby was carried by an Indiaf
packer across Pass ana va
mountain 70 Skagua. after leaving Tho
Yukon, and the white men took turn.
In spsli;ng tho Indian In carrying tlt
baby.
When the party crossed the pass tn;
little one was warmly clad in her IAN
nels. and wrapped in half steamer
rug. The Indian packer boited IL.
propositions % add tie steamer-lrg Il