Williams news., 1904-06-11
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. l

before us, the very experience seemed fascinating; if it had not been few would have gone on with their work. In moving our outfits of three thousand pounds up to the foot of the glacier from the beach, distance of six miles, all up hill, a man tiaveled on foot two hun dred and forty miles That does not include the trips made for fire wood.
 The usual load taken at one time was one hundred and fifty pounds, but if the trail was bad, only one hundred and twenty-five, or even seventy-fve pounds could be hauled; in this case many more miles had to be made.
 It was strange sight, looking back from the foot of the glacier over the trail, to see five or six hundred men, one behind another, all bent over and using their strength to pull their loads up the hill. When the head one would stop to rest, all had to stop, no matter how impatient they might be to go on, and wait until the pro- cession began to move. Two stops were all that were made unless the trail was very bad.
 My first load consisted of one hundred and twenty five pounds. This I started with unknown to my husband, he having gone earlier in the day. 1 made this trip in two hours and ten minutes. At first l feared 1 might go too slow for the men following behind and they might become vexed and set my load to one side and pass me, but 1 found I was keeping up all right, and after the first rest, I took my load right along and safely landed it at our cache. The astonished look on my husbands face when he saw me was amusing to see.
 The sled I used was the front end of seven foot sled which had been cut in two and given me by one of the men, and was dubbed Jumbo" by the men on the trail on account of it's odd appearance. After this I made one or two trips nearly every day. Sometimes my husband and I put four hundred pounds on a sled and we pulled together-a sort of double header"- being in the lead, while he pulled behind me and handled the guide pole.
 The question may be asked, why were you pulling on the trail? There were various reasons. It was necessary for me to have exercise, and it was impossible to get this in a tent eight by ten feet, for the heat from the stove made the snow so soft it was hard to step about in it., and the snow was the only floor we had. When I needed a clean floor 1 put back the flap of the tent and shoveled in clean snow; then 1 would get on to the blankets to keep my feet warm. If we sat in the tent our feet were in the snow all the time, and to lie down in the tent all the time made me almost sick; so my only alternative was to get out on the trail each day for a few hours.
 At first I tried walking for sev- eral miles without pulling a load, but this made every muscle in my body sore. Then I tried drawing a small load for twelve miles, and while 1 felt tired, was not in the least sore. A good sleep rested me SO that I was ready to start out again. Another reason l made these trips they helped to pass the time away. There was very little reading matter to bo had. Occa sionally we could buy a newspaper for a dollar. Books were too heavy fo carry, and the mail carrier would not bring in the papers sent us from home by our friends. When any