The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-29


Trail of the DrummOnd Sisters.
San Francisco Special New York Jour.
nal
They are back again IN dear old San
Francisco, the fascinating Drummond sis
tiers, Grace, Myrtle and Maud; back from
the blank and disappointing Klondike,
where they had their share of hardships
and dlsappointments, but also their share
Of happiness and good fortune.
They have come back laden with dust
end nuggets and good store. And as for
: Grace she has brought back a romance
and a husband-a shrewd fellow, who
fooled the bogus mine sharps OF Dawson
anc bought worthless hole III the
ground for a song, out of which he has
taken ha-f million in good gold:
Girls. said Grace Drummond one
morning a. year or so ago, tossing Ter
golden curls and pouting petulantly,
E m tired of this merry-so-rOund exist
ence here in San Francisco Let's pack
uRsand 60 to the Klondike'
ron. Oracle said Myrtle, with a SHY
efszs1t's so cold up there End SO dread
fully tar from the Cliff house, 1 am
AFRAID TO get so far away from the cable
cars and the-the-bcys."
Pshaw!" said the older sister there
are plenty OF boys up there-braye, whole
soafed fellows, who throw nuggets al
you on the stage when you make 8 hit
and send you little sacks OF gold In
place of bouquets. Who'll join me? Harl-
ships? BAH
Il will said Maud. 'Hurrah for the
)Xlondiker
And l. said the more tiIrid Myrtle.
on cant leave little me behind YOU"
90 1t was settled. The Drummond sis
tiers disappeared from the San IL ancisc3
dixie"
They had hard work getting there
MANY a tine they would have been glad
TO see the Eand hills OF old Frisco. and
near The behs of The swift moving troll
legs or the flying cable cars.
Instead Of that the girls were dragging
heaVy siedges over the rough Ice, falling
INTO crevices from which it seemed as
q they would never extricate themselves
Roughing 1t. in short, like men.
Ihey mad 10 camp three weeks on the
shefes OF Lake La Barge while the ice
was breaking up. When the ice Cleared
they built boat and went on. Thev
reached Dawson City at last, and a wa m
Weicone awaited them, for they brougrt
new songs from The Southland to tbe
h"lnesick miners, and their rortrnr =
mehded fast. They were good girls who
ala not dtssipate their money, hut onie+I1,
saved 1t. and soon each was a little con,
itSlIst in her way
MOI FAR from Dawson A San Francisc,
man was located on a claim which. wi lie
olo not promise to make him a million
are, well repaid the working.
Fe had been IN the gold fields +bran
years, this keen-witted proanector
SnafIes ). Anderson by name He had
Kept his eyes wide open. and he had
4earned many things about Mines which
ne dld not go around telling to everv
man he met Wy
u The course Of his looking arcun1 h.
paa found something which made his
s 81 go ph-apat IN Ell Dorado No % -
y hote IN the ground the owners OF which
were tiEing hard to ind a sucker, fo,.
IL was one of 1G,ee0 claims esteerpod No -
.yalua ole for working off upon a ..tend1r-
len. 'e''' ''iHa'e fash-
anderson examined 1t secretly. and
smiled softly to hirrself. '-''o
Il haven't got much money r. +ho
good' he said, but I would much uko
70 invest my pile in that gold briclr FL
Dorado No g." - +''A' Ell
one day the owners Of the brick, era
anderson came together. He had er1ar
ENTITY been drinking, and was to al in
tents and purposes very drunk. He lie
seileq eagerly to the pretty talk about
the hole in the ground. ~
"Zouns good" he said. s.yv1,o,,,, ~,
FIR it, eh?'' "an
He was told that 81, 900 would b,,v ~
clatnl-$5Oo down. the rest when he str,I 1ltH
bed rock 'e OH uei'
"I'll give y $500 cash-hic," he soia
me trade was quickly made. The for
Iner owners Of the mine went off IN COLI
orate The way they had taken IN the
drunken fool" Anderson laughed soft
20 himself HIS laugh lasted longer,
one DAY he took $1,000 worth of d,7et ~.
OF Ell Dorado No. e. He kept on oJear'
ing up huge amounts. The prospect Va
one OF the richest in the region
men cupid makes up his mind IN 70
pIt OF business in the archery line II
makes no difference whether It he AZ +t1S
tquator or the poles. He is q. dead shot
Inc tame OF Anderson's shrewd mr..
S.ase hao gone INTO Dawson City, and
..Iaag went out TO see his $500 hole in the
efouto. Among others went the Druro-
Snond sisters one afternoon Tho ounn,
OF Inc mine met them and did the boro,.s
ana before he handed them into +hat,
wagon and received a gracious invita.
non to call he and Miss Grace had faiia.,
IN love with each other.
Ihey were married not long afterwar6
anu mIen the season ended they decided
20 come down to San Francisco ana ~,
Joy the fruits of their good fortune,
The first thing that the lucky noino,
dld after reaching here was IN INV :
me house on Asbury Heights. the seconc
was TO invest largely in diamonds anC
other )eWiery for his Wife and two nrettT
sisters-n-law - y
Yes Ell Dorado No. 20 was luck,
purchase, he said today. "but fha basY
thing it brought to me was f6at $50 eS
o. gold over -yonder.' and he pointed r.
the wife with the sunny smile and CLAW.
ING hair whom he brought back from the
kloHdike e'''