Douglas Island news., 1920-08-27

stawuy Alaska. Aus 22. 1920. Dar Stroller
 Tho man who coined Ono oSprcs- sou "Lfc s just one bloomu thIue oncr uohor" scored bulls eye am living vcriucauon Of that cxnrc .on. and you win agree with me altcr havo siyon short ac- count Of my lfc.
 m Che spring of 1S97 contracted wfh am Iowa farmer practically sold mvclC to him to work on h.s farm for period from May to. November l That was before hcro had b.cu any s-hour seed sowu and daya work on chat farm began shorI, altcr ono midnight and ended shortly before thc next midnight had about as much uao for a bed as 7 had for bItd shir, or a wrist vutcb Tak about perpetual mo- uou ' wm t during those six months
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 Alter a few vcota we took to eo- ur walking Sunday afternoons nnd by nu wc wore oueareI We had each earned si50 .bot summer and. One NIond.te excitement having broken olt she prevailed ou me to at, our joint uais and como North stay two your and eo back with a fortune. wl.u wo would bc mnw.cd Tho theory looked al right and we lcf.I on Il cam. Nor'h and went ta urH.on md sarah stayed .u Iowa and mrm ehooL vas 22 Chen and she was an We arc now 20
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 It WI. i'm January of aS that landed in sarway and before ] had boon Herc tcn hours Che t20o , landed wfh had boon Invested and lost i'm hm mc The s2oo represented four mm.r' work for both sauh and mv.f but It did no. aE. four second. lor me to lose IfIuH long enough .o mo up Che sn0u thought Che por wos mdor
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 session w.H me and Che result was hof as regularly m could get a r.v doInu wont aucr chat s20o. Wh1o A managed to Eo, it a fcw ume.. ] invariably again lost Che principal by going a0cr Che utcr- c.t and whom gambling was closed In Dawson recbonod had spent soy- ouI hou d9Har i'm my c0orts to even mp on my survay ozper.- once Tn ne meantime ] acquired hc "s.o..b n a long eIavao" habit and hu also tended to postpone One rurine Of wedding bells back In Iowa And au ths time sarah was nJoeor.ue to cheer mo with optimistic lctoH and every dollar she earned abo,e actual living eX-. ncuso. slc sent to mc iu lhc hono as she expressed It u would help mo to re. on my leot And what of mce was losing my stamina -had lost [. f u. Tn fact and was cone tut to carry wood and water at Q roadhou.. for board ond booze. hut ! did uo. confess thIs .o sarah She believed ! was prospecting and con- unucI To send me money as she earned it Taking ll an in an. ! was getting along very nicely. ioi- lowing lines Of leaat resistance and hagur fairly cav umc
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