Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-02-28
WINTER TALK IN DAWSON.
II Ran ON whatThey Would Do When
They Returned, snd One
Guessed Ii.

A man who spent the winter OF 1898
in Dawson City was relating some OF
his experiences TO a party OF friends
saws the New Orleans Times-Demoerat.
.sFrom November clear on to March,
said he. sit was far too cold for any
kind of work, and all we could 90 was
To huddle around the fires and talk. ii
was the most talkative winter OF my
life. yet there was one topic we never
exhausted; in fact, we lnVariaply
drifted around to il, no matter what we
started. That was what we would 90
when we got back to Gods country
with a big stake. 4 good many OF the
bows had the gold already stored away
II lin cans under their hunks, but not
one of us doubted that he would strike
IL rich before he left, so we were al on
an equality when it came TO discussing
future plans.
II remember a big, joyial freshman
hv the name of 0'Halloran, who mac ae-
cnmulated 1900 ounces, worth about
SIS. 1000. and who used TO declare that
the first thing he would 90 Wheh ne
cot home would be to buy hack ne
was always day laborer before ne
c.me 10 the Klondike, and his life mao
been made up Of long stretches OF marc
work and misery saving, followed py
brief and glorious DRINKS, in when ne
rode in hacks with his legs through
the windows, chanting Bacchanaiian
HYMNS. To him hack riding repre-
sented the climax of human luxury,
and 10 have hack of his own, in which
IL could ride continually without beng
.hraced' for fare, was the pinnacle Of
his dreams. Imagination could 60 no
further.
"Another lucky gold hunter was a
Young man named Andrews, VINO mas
heen a waiter in Frisco restaurant
and whose familiarity with numerous
.high-toned' delicacies, acquired Dy
s,udying the bill of fare, gave him con-
siderable social prestige lie useo 70
t.l what he would eat when he got
hack and the recital never failed to IN
| .arest a large audience. Now tell us
wot yer goin' TO order for de ong -tray,
somebody would suggest, and he would
nroceed to reel off section of menu
card in French while his listeners
licked their chops and rolled their eyes
in ecstasy. After long diet OF bacon
! and beans. Andrews monologues were
positively maddening. One of the
simplest- minded of the crowd was
chan from Iowa who could never be IN
duced to express wish for anything
except a suit Of pink silk underclothes'
He knew a faro dealer at Seattle who
possessed such garments, and their
weird beauty, together with the fact
that they cost ss5 set, had Appealed
powerfully to his imagination. de hao
fully SEC, 600 planted in an old oal can
hut he never allowed his fancy TO roam
beyond the pink silk underclothes.
trust he is wearing them now, but
doubt ii.
"The only man whom / knew who
made a really accurate forecast OF hi
proceedings when he struck eivllaza
ton was a big professional prospeetol
named Joe Burns who had cleaned III
about $4,000 on Bonanza creek. Al
soon as / hit Frisco be said, i will &c
rood and drunk; then IN go to SOM
gambling joint and blow in my money
then I'll Land in the cooler We cam
down on the same boat, and his predic
ton was fulfilled to the letter. go
him out of the station myself"