The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-08

business. There is no loud talking over
the tables. Only the soft clink Of
glasses. and the softer ciick of the
chips that pass in the night, the burr
Of the roulette wheel and the swish of
the silken skirt. disturb the Stiffness
that hangs over the groups of silent
men who are crowding about the gam
ing tableS-pushing their dust toward
the till. They seem ever to be saying:
'Oh. Mr.. Gambler. please take nay
mOney and let me go to bed. 1 am so
tired And he takes it, slowly, il
reams, az tiL1es, but very surely. All
pb0ut in the wide hall where the men
are specializing groups of miners are
showing nuggets and discussing the
probable richness of the various creeks.
Others are buying drinks for the
fairies" who sweep down the wide
stairway that leads to the boxes over
looking the show. a card hangs on
the swinging doors at the rear of the
main room advertising a Theatre
Admission so Cents"
At one place We pushed the doors
open. peeped in, cOughed and backed
out again. The foul air. bad tobacco
and the smell of spilled gin were too
much even for my hardened friend,
Thompson. To a who blew
cigarette smoke and smiles in his
face he said: You are no lady"
1 think he must have been WRONG.
for I am sure no gentleman would
dress as that did. It Wore a pink bath
ing SCit, short and starchy, natural
stockings, sunset slippers and garters
Of gold. It's hair was the hue Of a
house or fire. After looking it over
carefully for a moment Jim said it was
What klondikers call "a dream"
Wash yer neck?' asked q miner,
Jerking his head toward the bar.
Oui, said the dream, and then she
put a naked elbow on the board and
bal,'
Liars and Other Matters.
It was II o'clock, but not yet dark.
when we passed out and stood for a
moment on the embankment and
watched Che mighty Yukon gliding by.
mere IS something grand, imposing.
Almost eWful, about this river. Per-
maps IL IS because we have heard so
Hlucn about il. and Of the far off
-untry through which it flows. the
goo on lt@ tributaries and the army
Ut HVes that have been lost in its
uTea1Iul rapids. At all events there is
a weird grandeur about it tonight. II
- so Wl.a and swift and deem. Along
lle wharf. made securely fast. are the
many steamers that gun the rapids
u-lNeen here and White Horse. and
lae still larger lower river boats some
win TWO tunnels. that have come m
rom n. Michael. and will carry Won
uAl by the way Of the Bering sea and
- around TO the towns of the Pacific
e-,VyO miles away. Il is a long
rle-aS long as the sail from New
York to Egypt.
but we must not stand here bv the
- ana cream, for we have no burn-
Ls deslre to be borne aUav on it's
~ 20 Nhe ocean, wild and wide.
We are stunning.
LtF.hg the Strand we take a cross
b..,- - oeslnS at the river and runs
telA 70 the hill, at whose feet +bev
nave built the city Of Dawson
m al n shops people are still sbon-
sLs. Just as they were when we o.
..tQ AT 3 O'Clock this morning Like
Ie oIrds Of the Klondike. thew do NOT
~" When 10 90 to bed. In front of
n, oIlnOler some p~rospectOrs are
&c q tIeln or burrOs. An English
dlIdn calls US into the hotel to
ee@ye a liquor with him. He has inst
oIShed his dinner. He has Learned 90
= c.alm that is not yet staked and
1nS moment-11:30 D. m-startin9
-, 10 stake 1t. At the door Orc bjs
guides, and at their feet q co,,nia
HtSlout dogs and in canvas paniars on
III backs are food and drink for
,,Le men and Their master. and faed 81
~ dogs, 1t IS fourteen miles over 'V ~
inc claim and twenty-four bacl, matO
wS esntY-seVen miles in all that tL;s
~Ie-hdired Briton must tra1,n -
F9o mn tomorrow. for he has inst Dy
t5oe 49, me that he win be baci boeoso
Victorian sails at 2 D. m.
frrsIese figures may seem a Iitt1e
pesu 10 people Outside" b,t r
rect the reader that they are CO..
ave,and as ear to the tr,tb &c ~
fr.1ase statement of the $500
msnef over lands These men =
aIToCCoonic liars Of the earth 7 me
Iar crossed swords with the t~n1
was anu the raisin liar. The for-oon
d1~on the Edmonton trail 600 da,s
lee which time he ate notbine S,It
mooCeam made from the milk af ~
O. The other fellow liva5 IL
On seven raisins. It is too had