Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-30
GOT A HUSBAND IN kLONDlKE
Adventure of A Pretty Actress in the Alaska
Gold Fields.

Gold Fields.
Mrs. James l.. Hall, OF San Francis
co, was recentlya soubrette in avaude-
Vile company playing on the facliIc
Coast. She married few months
ago. however, took wedding trip I"
the Klondke unaccompanied by her
husband, and now has 100000 in good
gold coin. alt all happened this
way" Mrs. Hall said. when ! left
the Spring Valley grammar school out
in the Western addition studied for
the stage and under the name OF
Grace Anderson played soubrette
parts at the Alcazar and at the Column
bia. Last year I went to British
Columbia and was playing at Victoria
when signed for a winter season en-
gagement at Dawson City. 1t was
while was on the way to tie north
pole that / met Mr.. Hall ana not
many days afterward there was we'd
ding in the Klondike capital and my
theatrical engagement was Cancelled.
81 was on the way down the river
from White Horse toward Dawson on
the steamer Willie Irving, when the
the vessel got caught in the ice. We
were about half way on the voyage
and long way from any place where
assistance could be had. In q few
minutes after the boat got caught we
we're forced to abandon the vessel, and
| it was a hard struggle over the
damned ice foes to reach the shore.
al was dressed in boys clothing
and got along very we'll. l could
easily keep up with the men. To-
ward daylight we saw a camp fire and
soon afterward we were among the
crew and passengers of the steamer
Stratton, which had that night also
been crushed in the ice.
"That day we got to Selwyn ane
there we built several scows, and
week later we started to float dowr
the river. We got close to Stewart
when the scow was in got lamme'
in the ice and there was anothe
scramble over the crushing foes t.
reach the land. On the way TOWARD
the shore of an island l droppet
through q hole in the ice and
thought the trip had ended for me.
was pulled out OF the water, however
and dragged over the ice to the land
My clothing was frozen stiff and l wa
so cold could scarcely walk.
"On the island was camp of tn
crew ofthe steamer Reindeer, which
was also unfortunate in having BEEF
I caught in the ice. 1t was night whel
/ we got to the island and got as clos
to the fire as l could to thaw out. A
! I began to get warm the experience
, of the trip began to seem funny to M
l and 1 amused some of our new-foun
3 friends with the tales of my hardship'
One fellow, q pioneer in the Iuko
country, listened to me while; the
, he called: Here, sonny: you seer
, to be the right kind of a boy; tax
this blanket and crawl under thi
. shelter and Sleep
{ THE next day, when the pionee
8 saw me in the daylight. he found
1 was a girl. We had become goo
friends and he and became chum
e for the rest OF the trip into Dawson
That Yukon pioneer was Mr.. Hall.
o ave waited until the ice got soil
, then started out. For two days o
{ that trip we were without food. o
the night of the second day we reache
a deserted cabin. There was a lit
I flour and some bacon in it, and
e cooked meal for my chum and m.
a self. A few days later we were
a Dawson.
4 al played a few nights at ii
e theater, but Mr.. Hall by that tin
r had something to say about it and
i forsook the footlights to take care {
/. his cabin"