The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-05

l ward Dy stealing rides on railroads,
 works in logging camp for a month
 in Oregon, and finally lands at Haines.
 He secured work in Porcupine mine, makes a prospecting trip, goes broke, and then, proceeds over the Dalton trail to Whitehorse, where he | is unable to find work, and is under suspicion by the Northwest Mounted Police. He gets to Skagway, without cent of money. Denied passage to i Haines, too proud to beg, he breaks into store at Skagway to get some food. Once in the store, realizing that he is burglar, criminal, he goes a step further and robs the cash regis
 ter of SIS. Then follows his experi- ences as an outlaw during the course of which he breaks jail three times once at Skagway, once at Whitehorse and once at Juneau. He testifies to the efficiency of the Northwest Mounted Police and the American of ficers of the law in the story of their pursuit and recapture of him time af- ter time. He makes characters of his fellow prisoners, tells interesting stories of them, and has little but praise for his captors and keepers.
 While he does not mention his name, twice his story testifies to the kindly heart and thoughtful interest of Judge Jennings. Once when he tells of the interest the judge showed when he related the story of his life in open court, pending sentence for his crime, and the second time when. after he had worked for a month at the Perseverance mine, when he called on the judge to ascertain whether or not he had forfeited his citizenship and would be ineligible to take up homestead. In the first ilf- stance Judge Jennings took into ac in the army and lived a decent life 1 before his Skagway adventure and gave him a jail sentence of fifteen months instead of long term in the penitentiary. The second time the judge, he says, was very kind, told him that he had not forfeited his citizenship and offered to help him if he needed it. From that time on the author works on his farm at Viking Cove, near Haines, makes money fishing and working at Skag- way. Notwithstanding that he got hint from Q friend of his that he had better return to Los Angeles and claim Marian, he does not muster up cour- age to go until Marian comes out of her shell and frankly asks him to come. This is just before Christmas time. The diary closes there to be re- opened only with the break of the next spring when he and Marian as man and wife are together at their home at Vikings Cove.
 The writer at no time empts to justify his adventure fl Itlawry, and he does not spare himself in his condemnation. He is more or less of a dreamer and lover of nature. Alas ka's mountains, forests and waters appeal to him with compelling force and time after time in the most un- expected times and unusual places, he stops the thrilling story to relate the impressions of some bit of na- ture the natural scenery or the pranks of animal life, leave with him.
 The book is we'll worth reading. and will add greatly to the appeal of Alaska if 1t gets the circulation 1t de- serves. It is published by Boni and Livernight of New York.
 Ti.c :ail record Of the man, the his tory cf his crimes and his attempts the Alaska court records. Rutzebeck to escape justice are all borne out by the Alaska court records. MT. RutZe- beck says he is writing other books on Alaska and also promises to write books relating to his experience as sailor.
 Those who have read Alaska Mans Luck" will look for the appear ance of the next book with more than Iift1o