The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-05
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gid o. the ElrndTke ss M gsasrallT i
kn0Wr and -a Ezravss fza. rFsterT
= the purpose rt this HT
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axo last NzF. 1ye -e1 wsrs sszIez
z5p1E Z camp Ere bzt E-1s- he
sc1ta z11s q = eii1. zzong s1ze PIE
traea. near TIE ta-Ez q the T-E1-
river. z1Eeen mlleE ztOre DaNBor- CiEF.
As s1z= ot this party hare become
wen kuowz u tie 6eTe-0pr-ent q
ne K1ozzTks zssd esszz. 4 wiz be
~ Tzll % Er-r01zce i1s- 10 TIE rez1-
e- before ne procse1 wlk1 CIR stoEy-
Thar large nan dressed 81 -11oaazk5r
cost ard trcrserE Witt q bear skin
I thrDwr pTer his E1oulaerz. wAs c-cs
vel s-DWr * the grszt Eevrh Ees- zs
the -cEt daring hunter. Etzsr ard
s1FeztUreT 51 ~ A-zzEa He Vas
zs k0EDrza5e a. be Vas brave. and As
kind tasrze1 a. he was szllez- His
1@r-e wzg jack RslEtoz. a1t along the
Yukon Ae Fz8 cozz1aIF Encwn Is
.GlEn Rzlsto1
Rziscz wzs oEcs zz A-eriez-
He EzH getting along II years. for
Ais hair wgs growing frosty. yet hls
frame wzs still strong and his heart
hzd NOT z5a1dOne1 Tia hope.
George VI Cormaek. ~ LurEv
George a. the miners nicknzmad
him, sat On ire Iog Just opposite
Gi1u Rzsston- George was an Eng
iishnan. : brave. z6TenturOas fellow.
wno Was also an expert miner. Per-
kaps IL was his knowledge ot geology
and mixing that tended To his ruc-
cess. &eTertheieEa. the miners zt-
tri1uted K 10 luck
Gid Myers vas nan of thirty. /
with pale Blue eyes ard sandy corr
pleIion- Gid had had considerable 4
experiences as & hunter ard prospect 4
or, but ID the miners pzrsance hzd 4
never struck II rich.
Porter Allen. OF Big Port, Eas q
giant In aize. being over six feet IN 4
height. with broad shoulders ana sin
ews Of steel He was forty. his hair
ard Iong beard quite grizzled with
time and exposure
The fifth was a young man of
twenty-tWo OF twenty-three years Of
age. with the freshness Of youth and
innocence stiIl on his face. While his
oder companions rere smoking their
pipes, the younger man Of the party
gazed abgtractediy into the glowing
fire. His mind went back over the
mountains. rivers and seas 10 his
quiet little home in Fresno. where
he had left his widowed mother, dear
to bis heart, and one still dearer
Her name was Laura Kean. They
were lovers and betrothed.
While he sat gazing into the fire
and seeing only the weII-beIoved face
of his betrotaed. his companions toast
ed and ate their suppers ard talked
Of their present situation.
"Glum, how l0rg ye been in Ai-s-
Eaz" asked Lucky George.
tits now twenty-one years"
An never been back TO the
states?@
mo"
Are you ever goin'2,'
Don't know he answered. with |
dgh. It'd be like goin' back to I
now. Most everybody
news dead. If" but he aid rot Z
inish the sentence. His weather-beat-
n eye seemed to gieam With softer q
light as he gazed into the fire. and i
lid Myers thought he saw a shade I
1 moisture gathering there. 9
"Glum, you oTten promised us You
Tould tell your own story sometime 4
how you came here. and why YOU .
ave spent all these years in Alaska. z
Wy not tell row?s asked Lucky z
gorge. y
Glum moved uEeasily on the log Oh a
mich he was sitting and, Nearing
is throat, said II,
Boys, faint much Of a yarn whenG
e spun | came TO Alaska in '73 liz (,
le sealin' schooner Eleanor. We =
ad good officers and crew. an the Il
in never shone on better man than \,
lr captain. We all loved him and =,
ould have died for him. e
We'll, we had no luck sealing. ana i,
Ie captain and sailors went with a =
arty Of Indians who said they knew =
here gold could be found. l didn't II
slieve them. and wouldn't 20. But ~
} asked me not to leave Alaska
y he came back, and promised. If,
~At the end Of six months an ex- ar
orin' party came back with the cap as
one O. the sailors which they had
und on the snow several days jour Cr
" away.
Winter was on US, and we ran into
tka, where we anchored until spring.
was a hard winter. and have
ten wondered why we didn't all die. 70
i all but two pulled through and err
zen spring came on. an the captain