The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-10

on the train That night I put in my
saloon. L give the drinks away so ss
to not get under the tax law"
He opened his box with some pride and
showed an array of bottles slowed awav
IN the most economic manner. They had
drink and the tourist paid his -'tip
In the spring there are lots of tourists
like yourself" continued the bov can,
they worry the life out OF 'Dikers' beg
glnS fer nuggets. They always offer tn
BUY them, or course, and the KIonduxe,
does not like to sell, so gives them a
flake or two Now, nearly evervboav
who comes out has nugget Tor the
train boy, and 1 decided to sell nv col-
lectlon- Then [ bought nuggets and had
then put on brass pins. 1t pays about
ten times what the gold is worth and the
tourists are so hot for them that I have
trouble supplying the demand"
The tourist noticed a white shirt or ty.c
ana bundle of neckties in the chest and
asked If the boy ran a furnishing store
lie said, by way of exploration:
one day coming over from Bennett
We ha1 both cars crowded with pas
sensers from Eldorado and BONANZA
Ihey were the richest crowd I have ever
seen together. The baggage car Wa
hlied with their dust and three men stood
guard with loaded guns. There must
nave been 2.oo0,000 on board
only one of the crowd had thought tn
ouy anything In Bennett. and he had only
succeeded in getting a white shirt. collar
and necktie. Talk about women being
1eaiousL You should have seen those
miners. The one with the shirt str-,+taI
round like kid with his first pair Of
red-topped boots. You remember how
aggravating that was when you We're a
kid
Now, in the summer, when the wealth
er IS good up here, 1 dress pretty swell
myself. and on this particular day 1 was
wearing my Sunday outfit. We were
about an hour out of Bennett when one
OF the richest Of the bunch came to me
and said:
. Kid. I'll give you $50 for your shirt
and collar
Make 1t a hundred says I. and I'll
throw in this red tie He agreed in a
minute and We went up on the tender
and 'swapped. The shirt wasn't the
cleanest in the world but he didn't mind.
Then we went back to the car, and there
were two Of them struttfng around after
that. Now I always carry a shirt or two
and bundle of ties.
IF there is woman or two on the
train the miners take to looking glasses
and combs like ducks to water If [
was barber 1 could make punches of
dust, for the men want to Spruce IN
before getting to Skaguay. Funny, isn't
it, how men who haven't worn a tie all
winter get particular as soon as they see
a woman.
THE miners are pretty good fellows,
too; that is, most Of them 1 never put
price on anything I sell to a lucky dig
ger
' Give me what you like, sir, says I,
and thank you
'"They always cough up more than I'd
dare to ask and are proud to do it.
There is another graft that I have
tourist. Now this road has got the
'dandiest' scenery in the whole world,
but there are lots of fine points which a
stranger can't appreciate unless they
are pointed out to him. Now 1 go into
the tourist car and make my little speech
before we get into the hills.
Ladies and gents, says 1, with my
best bow. wen soon be rumbling along
through the White Pass mountains. Il
think that rumbling is good, don't you?j
Now look out this window and see Mount
Dewey, as white as the ship he fought
at Manila That mountain has posi-
lively been growing ever since the
Spaniards got licked" Now look out
the other window. and half way down
the hin you'll see traces of the wagon
road On which the Skaguay horrors oc-
CURED. For the next four hours there
is going to be something to see every
minute if you know just where to look
[ am about to take up a collection,
friends, to pay me to stay right here in