The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-29
THE LAW OF YUKON
tA tBy Robert w .service.)
Copyright by Edward Stern & Co.. philadelphia
III Published by Reuuest.l

This is the law oil tho Yukon, and ever she makes 1t plain: 49,.
"send NOT your foolish and feeble; send me your strong and your sane:
Strong for the red rage of battle: sane. for L harryt them sore
Send me men gEt for, the combat, mon who are grit to the core;
swift as the panther In triumph, fierce as the ear in defeat.
Sired of a bulldog parent. steeled in the furnace neat
Send me the best OF your breedng.lend me our CHOSEN ohesi
Them will take to m bosom. them will call my sons; so
Them will i EMd with my treasure. them will gMt with ~ meat;
DIT. +ho ,+hee-n,o mis6ts tp faimres-I trample under my feet
wild and wide are my borders, stern a $ death is my sway;
Frnn n.y. ruthless tnrone ] have ruled alone for n million ears anu a aYi
HuEing my mightya treasure, waiting for mi a to con ~
Till he sveptaMke a turhd torrent and after i'm sWept-lhe scum s
The paIid pfmp Of the deadline, the enervate OF te pen
one by one 1weeded them out, for all that I sought was-Men:
I'm the can at the bend OF the river. with it's dozen saloons aglare.
Its gambling dens arotH its granophones ablnre; - va
With the crimes OF a city, snridden and briMed WITH lies
n .he bush-o Il nv untane vastness, in the flush of my midnight skies
paruespots, yet tools OF my purpose. 20 nathless I suffer them thrive
crushing my Weak In their clutches. that onyLm Strong may survive,
"But the others, the men OF my metal. tn III en VINO quit staph7 N! A""1
Unto its ultimate issue. winning me honor net shame;
Searching my utternostl valleys fighting eac step MS inc 60
Shooting the wrath OF my rapids. scaling my rampats OF snow;
Ripping the gifts of my mountains. footing the beds of my creeks
Them will rtake to my bosom and speak IS a mothers speaks
+ am the land that listens I'M the land that broods;
STOPPED in eternal beauty, crystalline watesa INT "oods 60
Long have I waited lonely. Stunned n a thing ccnrst.
MomNrous, moody patneuc the last ot$the lands and the hrst 49,
"Wnd and wide are my borders. stsrn as death is my sway,
And 1wait for. the men who will via me--and ! VIII not nc 20 !" a ""s'
And 7 will not be won by weddings. subtle, snuye and mild
pr+b v men with the hearts of vikings. and the simple faHh o. n chhl; "a
desperate. strong and resisuess unthtottled by fear or defeat,
Them will I gndt with my treasure, hem VII / tut WIN H "e"" $500
"Iotty1 stand from each sister land, patient and YEARLY wise
With the weight OF a world Of sadness in IN quiet passmhHcS eyes 49,
Dreaming alone Ola people, dreaming alone OF a In
When men shall not rape my riches and curse me ao 3 ava
Making a a bawd OF my bounty. founng the hand, that gave
Tu IIze In my wrath mi sweep on their path and stamp hcm int q grave.
Dreaming 81 men who will bless m of women esteemhs ne sooa'
OF children born in my borders, of radiant motherhooa
OF cities leapfng TO stature of fame like n flag untureu'
IS 7 pou the tide of my riches in the eager lap OF te "orHl.
rbis is thc Inv Of the yukon, that only the strong shall thrive;
That surely the Weak shall perish. and only M FIT