Douglas Island news., 1917-07-27
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yesterday after hard trip. Go Go |work tomorrow ou Bonanza at 80 per day and board Kitty got a job dancing ut Niggcr Jim's. Chcchako Um Oct. lO.-Huye worked an summer aud ann $7l5 Co Che good win take a trip to Dawson tomorrow.
 Dawson. Oct l2. Reached town yesterday Had a few dances last night and ate crackers off tho end or Tom Cbisholm's bar for breakfast Ann uat broke. win send home the next money ! get Kitty has married Swift Water Bt.
 May I. gg. Worked and lootcd alternately through Che wiutcr boosted at blackjack game for cat- mr money Like boosting better than mining
 Oct 20.- Last boat has left for outside and [ ann stll here Nan sends love and says my two years arc nearly up. She probably thinks ann millionaire Poor Nan.
 April 10. lgoU.-H Have been rum ming a crap game since last fall My credit being good. am always in Che hole.
 sonl 25. Nan writes that Bm Woods has team or mules and @ breaking plow Bu was always stuck ou Nau.
 June. IgOl.-Am making pre- curious living huckiug faro. Uncle Hoffman is camping on my trail
 Jan. I0. 1909 Scoring letter from Nu Bm Woods Is building now house
 Aug. Letter from home says Nm and Bm Woods are married. Letter came a week ago. Have been drunk ever since.
 March l. l903.-O Order from Ot- awa has closed gambling here Me for Che Panama
 Fairbanks. Dcc l2.-Th.s is not tbc town Dawson once was. The fools don't bct their money like we used Co do In Dawson. My health is iail- re and am nearly down and out
 Or. c. IgU4.-Uayc job as svamucr m che Mmry Pup saloon. tend bar two hours every morning and ann striving Co knock down enough Go get out of thc country next summer.
 June 5. 'U5.-Havc just completed six months for rolling a drunk. Wish was bagk iu Missouri
 March, l9UG.-Am stm m Fair banks and only thc Lord and myself know how live. Oh. for a square
 Nus. To. 'UG.- Close ot navigation Ieu mo sm here. Haven't written or heard from homo for four years.
 June $. 'U7..Am almost a wreck. Don't know what condition my sto- mach Is iu as it rarely gets a chance t1 demonstrate its condition.
 Jam. 'oS This is che hardest wine ter ! have yet experienced An the old push has lclt and there are none to hand me che price.
 O.l aU. 'Us.-Thc close Of uoyi- satou finds me n che Fairbanks hospital che best place have been tor long time. Hope the position win last until spring
 July l2. 'Ug.-Thcrc is a move mcut ou foot to raise money to send me out tbis ml Tho movement has my bcs, wishes for its success.
 Sept l5. Tho movement moved and om Co leave Fairbanks this evening for thc outside by way Of Dawson.
 Dawson. Sept 2G.-Thc old town don't look like it did whom ! was Investing my dust in left olamaus. Nobody seems Co know me and if thcy do thoy look ou me as a white check Nearly 12 years ago ! ar rived here in Che vigor of young manhood. The nightingale of bliss lul anticipation roasted high on the ridapnoTc of my heart which was lighted with the rays of hope and future happiness. Today ] am a morc hulk or my former self Lost Co Nlu. lost to my family lost Co my acIf-rcspcot and. fear. lost Go God.
 As Che Stroller read Che last entry in Che diary % tear courscd its way down hIa nose. tremblcd there for a moment and then took a header into space. Near him on thc bed lay Che author or Che diary. The chloroform was a'Il working and tho fellow was breathing heavily. From the interior realms of his raimout tho Stroller cN- tas.oJ thc SlIj he had appropriated Co bimsglJ 10 was carefully replaced m thc timcworu wallet, accompanied by another NN which the Stroller had stcalthily removed from the pocket of a man as thc crowd surgcd around Che hotel register tho day before. while Che greasy cotton string was carefully tied around it and re- placed under tho pillow. The srol- fer then quietly moved from thc room. rclockcd the door and silently