The Alaska citizen., 1912-12-02
YOUNGER SON"
 IN FAR NORTH

EDMONTON. Alta Oct &n- -- Trapping and hunting big game a" fishing along the upper reaches or the Peace river district in the mys ,nrlous. silent oNpeytant North country. accompanied by his 'cnrs .I.. mllblooded Indian. acknowl edged 10 br the most beautiful wo man ol rhc Cree tribe. and their child. is 8 man who will eventually l., a peel oi the British nobility He is known as Trasers and is eGa &''" .uI accomplished
 %arratin, the romantic story o' the scion Of nobility who is now p sauaw man. IS il is told by pioneer of the district wishing in Edmonton. rnr Capital says in is current is sue:
 .TraHers was one ci those un. torlnnatcs known in the old cOun try among the higher classes as Fl younger son When sixteen wears of age his family shipped him off |. south Africa. where he served five years in the Mounted Rifles. Retur' ing 10 England al the end Of his tim" the life of his set palled upon hin The years spent in the wild fire life Of the Neldt had awakened tnr wandcrlust in his heart and after
 
 more ocean bound this time for tan ada
 Arriving in Edmonton he joined the Royal Northwest Mounted ro- lice and was shortly assigned fr a post in the North country Tray"rs proved himself a splendid officer. so invaluable that his sup-riors for . long time overlooked his failing fo, liquor. But finally he was sent farther north. where there is no liquor nor white women.
 There he came almost daily fl, contact with Indians and breeds; iH fact. they were his only companions. and heinz man with red blood i0 his veins he fell to the charms Of an Indian girl. who. according nhitc traders in the country, is the most beautiful woman in the remot" region
 Within the last year the clers' began To get into the upper coulfry more frequently than before and one of the newer kind. who failed To understand the ways of the North raised his voice against Travers and his common-law wife Trayers and inc native woman were married shortly afterwards with all the 3clle fiji of the clergy
 Soon after this event TraYerH thc mounted policeman came Q headquarters with d prisoner. and after delivering his charge he vas himself placed under arrest &ud lodged in the guard house without his spurs. The disgrace of he;rG 'cashiered' from the service faced Travers and would have been ear. ri"d out only for one thing.
 Several months previously Tray CTS had applied to buy himself 0ut of service and when he faced his superior officer he protested agalpst the proceedines. Guessing shr,}yd ly. Travers figured that his ap pllica- tion by that time must be nearly first upon the list and he stated the lac, 10 the commanding officer The rec. Ords were searched and Travore found to be right He was allowed 10 leave.
 "Travers returned to his hom" ir the North and took up the life of trapper. but a great change haG come over the country. Many che chacos had come in. and these white PtcB'@. rnlike the od-timers closed their doors against the young man and his native wife In land where he had once been popular h., now found himself looked upon w;:, disfavor by the newcomers. For months he braved the coldness oi these settlers-then packed his be lonein@s and with his wife arG child travelled farther into the nor,h country where creed and color de not matter