The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-13
SECTION TWO.
Ketehlkan. Alaska. So.

y RONTIER life lost none Of its
havor when the trail of the Amer
lean pioneer swerved from the
west TO the north. The fortune hunter
lost none of the periIs of his calling
when he abandoned the trail of the
setting sun TO go in pursuit of the
north star. But he pays no more heed
70 the menace Of the Arctic than he
ora 70 the vicissitudes Of the desert.
lie follows each stream as LONG as its
sand win show color of gold and the
Goals of his camp fire are hardly dead
before there is a tOwnsite where he
pitched his tent The way is hard on
account of natures resistance to his
encroachments upon her domain, but
the result is always the same-he tri-
umphs and goes boldly onward.
Everything ina this world has its
price, and the gold-hunting men Of the
north must pay in some coin for the
privilege Of the trail Among the pas
sengers on a steamer down the Yukon
was proud. eXpectant mother, taking
her little boy 20 his first meeting with
his father. The baby was years old
and his father had never seen him. If
that little woman dressed and un-
dressed her baby once she did it twenty
times. She wanted the boy to look his
best. At last she gave him a final
brush and Caress. saying as she did So
II don't see how Win can help being
proud of him. Everybody wanted 20
see how the baby would act Whe' the
meeting took place. After hugging the
mother almost out Of shape the father
picked up his boy and held him at
arms length. The little chap looked
at him a moment with questioning
wonder I'm his blue eyes. then kicked
his heels and laughed. and. clinchins
IL dol
Whiskers. huddled close as the strong
man held him tight. 4 dozen men on
the boat had tried IN vain to make up
with the baby, but he was shy and
would have nothing in common with
any of them. His father won him IL
less than minutes time Blood really
il thicker than water. This rainbow
chaser had found his pot of sold, but
where Is the father who viii deny that
he had paid a dear price for his mug
gets when, to get them. ne had missed
the Uaby tricks Of that boy. had never
felt the embraces of those soft little
arms. or the kisses from those moist
little lips? A mountain of gold would
not tempt many men TO miss the first
three years Of their baby's life
That recalls to mind a story about
two boys who were chums down east
somewhere. One night as they sat on
fence n the moonlight each cOnfided
Nv Aue OLleE MS nedEL desire Ole
wanted gOld-hcaps Of yellow yellow
gold; the other cared most for a faith
ful wife and q blup-eyed baby boy The
current Of the years carried the chums
in different ways across the world, un
til. long afterWard, they came together
in the stiH. solemn north As they sat
IN tho glare Of their campfire they re-
counted what the years had brought
them. The one who cared most fO-
home and family had neither, but he
had struck it rich-had found his for
tune too late % do him any good. be-
cause his health was lost i'm seeking &c.
The one who wanted the gold was go
ing back, disappointed and discour-
aged to the wife and baby wait
ing for him in the States. Fate
had shifted the cards and had
dealt to each the wrong hand. That
is one OF the tricks of fate.
The loose way I'm which fortune filings
her favors is unaCcOuutable. One night
some bunco men Of the gold fields sold
tenderfoot an old claim that was sup
posed 10 be worthless. The knowing
ones said they would not have il as a
gift. When the raw Fastener took
possession of his property he was the
butt of many jokes. However. the