The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10

sackwoods which appeared in the Poets. Gossip Column a few
 weeks ago, and in which a fur coat played a prominent part contribution of prose poetry from ] the backwoods" was recently received l by The Citizen. It is good" in 1 that it gives the details of the in 1 cident told about, the writer evident 1 ly being familiar with them. LOVE AND A FUR COAT. i A lassie once, so I've been told, when the air was damp and the nights were cold. took her sweet heart for a walk, a tete-atete and 1 lovers talk. They talked of songs and the latest tunes; of lit tie trips and honeymoons They talked of books and picture shows cottages and bungalows Of the many pretty things in life that they would have when man and wife 1 And then, of pretty things for her; diamond rirg and silks, and fur 1 And here she sighed Cher tone was sad) II want a fur coat awful bad" 1 He gently squeezed her hand and said, You shall have one, love when we are wed" And she hug gled and she snuggled and called him dear, looked in his face with a shin ing tear She stroked his cheek and kissed his brow, and gently whispered Cant I have one now?" Any lover ought to know that a stunt like that would get the dough" And don't you think that it didn't win for at once he handed cooed and renewed their plight; kissed once again and said good night" The coat was bOught-a perfect "bute" and she looked stun ming, neat and cute Then many a stroll and many a sigh; many kiss and "the goose hung high" But one day he chanced to meet his bonnie lasSic on the street. She was logged out spick and span, but leaned on the arm of another man. Then he was mad; By C. he cried, "I'l not stand this in my 1ronised bride" GO on" she said, your wrath l spurn, and yov! silly love I don't return" He turned and down the street he went, like some foul fiend on mischief bent And when acCosted by a friend who wanted to know his hurried trend. Get out be cried. Pm on the track of that fur coat to get il back, And get 1t back I surely will, for they say it's at The Little Grill And get it back he surely lid. and when he got it, back he slid. Now two foud hearts are sadly smote; he mourns a sweet heart, she a coat. But why she mourns I cannot see. She could have dozen coats from me. But she still sings loud and still looks sweet and calls her lover Fur Coat Pete"
 Just Did you hear the neWs?" Little asked Teddy Hudson of Side Bet. the Gossip Man. And
 when told that he had heard nothing new Teddy said that he beat Seattle to It. That is, he went dry just a few days before Seattle did
 It's just a matter of a little side bet with Mike Wagner" he said T told him on Christmas day that was going on the water wagon for year and he didn't believe me That made me sore and I told him that I would bet him $1O,O0O that won't touch a drop of booze dur ing the year 1916.
 should say ne did And he thinks he is going to win, but he won't For I'm on the water wagon now.
 Yes, it's just a finger bet. But we're both in the money on Liven- good, so we should worry"
 This Is What is it all about? Real, Live We don't know. That Gossip. is, we wouldn't tell if
 we did know. For we have that gossipy habit of telling things and then saying, Now don't tell this to soul,' or "I wouldn't tell this to anybody else but you" the same as all other gossips have Particularly would we hesitate to tell all of the shocking details even were they available for publi- cation.
 But at any rate the gossips ot Fairbanks now have a real live topic of conversation; one that fairly oozes with spice" The reason is that Butch" Bucholtz, a well known young man of this city, is walking the streets with his head done up in a sling. We can give the reason for that, for we have heard it, the report being that Butch" ran up against "snag" when he happened to be pulling off one of his little stunts