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THINGS TO BE SEEN IN SKAGWAY
Some of the things which tourists will And of Interest in and about
Skagway are the following:
Lower Dewey Lake, a beautiful sheet of water with trout for those
who like to fish. About a half hour walk from town.
Ice Lake to the north of Lake Dewey and containing larger trout tho
requiring more skill to catch them, about an hour's walk from town.
Upper Dewey, another beautiful sheet of water seen and appreciated
after a good climb up a goo dtrail for about two hours. Those who like to
Fi.ile the top of a mountain can get some of the thrills climbing .\lt. Dewey
peak. This takes about an hour's climb from the upper lake.
There are two glaciers easily accessible from Skagway, Denver Is lo
cated about three miles from Denver station on the White Pass, with a fair
trail lead.ng up to it.
A larger and finer glacier can be seen after about an hour and a half
walk from Glacier station on the White Pass line. The glacier has four
cascade glaciers which are very beautiful and well worth while going fur to
see
A. B Mountain by the new trail makes an easy ascent of oue of the
hnest viewpoints to be found anywheres. From the summit one can see
for many miles in ali directions. Lakes and cascades, with mountain
peaks and about fifteeu glaciers are ample rewards for the climb of about
two hours. The panaroma spread out from A. B. mountain peak is on?
long to be remembered.
D>ea, the entrance to the old Chllcoot pass Is worth seeing but can
only by boat, at the trail over the mountain is of no use on account of the
river this sideo f Dyea. Many old relics of by-gone days are to be found
here.
Frank Reed's grave and stone, a short walk straight north of the shops
Keed was the slayer of the notorious "Soapy" Smith, who. with his gang
terrorized Skagway in the early days.
Burro Creek. A place to ga for a day's outing and picnic. The beau
tiful falls, good trout fishing, and the primitive woods are well worth vis
Iting.
The Scenic White Pass trip to the Summit cannot be surpassed for
beauty travel where you will. This Is the popular trip as you can ride
both ways.
A few have a lunch basket, and take the morning train as far a Pitch
fork Falls, about seven miles up the R.R. go up to the falls, have their
lunch and then walk back to town. It makes a most enjoyable day's out
ii g for those who do not like hard hiking. Guides can be had iu town for
any of these trips.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH
I Our celebration this year will be carried over three days, beginning
Saturday with a ball game and closing Tuesday the Fourth with the big
events for the youngsters. The committee has done nothing top rovide
for a patriotic meeting with songs and speeches which, it would seem,
should be a part of the celebration. The games and contests will be up
to the usual high standard and with a good list of prizes. It is expected
that some will be over from Whitehorse to euliven things on Saturday and
M>me from Haines.
The committee has met with very generous response on the part of the
merchants and citizens for the prize money, and the celebration promises
to be one of the best held in recent years.
To promise rarely, and perform
faithfully.
Tu live In the affections; not to
dwell In pride.
To value people above thoughts and
thoughts above things.
To mingle freely with all classes
and thus to know mankind.
To choose bobbies with care and
pursue them with diligence.
To be gentle with those who serve,
since they are not free to resent.
To forswear luxuries, ever Indulged
by shunting the cost onto others.
To avoid arrogance, which corrodes
the man and estranges his fellows.
To be mastered by no habit or
prejudice, no triumph or misfortune.
To curb the personal wants, which
expand easily but shrink with dilli
culty.
To cultivate courtesy, which fosters
brotherhood and Is the manner of the
heart.
To be Just, man's supreme virtue,
which requires the best of head and
heart.—Kobert McCurdy. In the Chi
cago Anieritun.
BY THE OFFICE OWL
Clve tie devil Ills <lue, but don't
overdo it.
Many » man Is stilted though not
very htjrh up.
A man'* credit Is usually good when
tie doesn t need It.
Look witfiln for happiness. Trou
bles will come without being looked
Most of the wear and tear of work I
•li a man roiues from his going to It
•II fruzxleil out by his play.
Hel> is full of good meanings and
wisltings.—Herbert.
No womut Is educated who is not
equal to the successful management of
a family.—Belnap.
We are as near to heaven as we are
far from self, and far from the love
of a sinful world.—Kutherford.
Von may depend upon It that he is
a good man' whose Intimate friends are
all good, and whose enemies are de
cidedly bad.
Few things are Impracticable In
themselves; and It Is for want of ap
plication. rather than of means, that
men faii of success.—Rochefoucauld.
INDIAN DRUM
b<|William AiacHurg and EdwinBalmer ;
^ Illttsfradonsw)y
IrwiN J*\yevs\,
Cbpyfiqht" Edwir\Balmer^- * ->
CHAPTER X.
A Caller.
As the first of the month was ap
proaching, Wassaquam had brought
bis household bills and budget to Alan
that morning directly after breakfast.
To furnish Alun with whatever sums
be needed, Sherrtll had made a consid
erable deposit In Alan's name In the
bank where he carried his own ac
count; end Alan had accompanied Sher
rtll to the hank to be Introduced and
had signed the necessary cards In or
der to check against the deposit.
Aluu had required barely half of the
hundred dollars which Benjamin Cop
vet had sent to Rlue Hapids. for his
expenses In Chicago; and he had
brought with hhu from "home" a hun
dred dollars of his own.
The amount wldch Wassaquam now
desired to pay the bills was much
more than Alan had on hand; but that
amount was also much less than the
eleven tuindred dollars whirh the serv
ant listed as cash on hand. This, Was
saquam stated, was In currency and
kept by him. Benjamin always had
had him keep thut much in the house;
Wassaquam would not touch thut sum
now for the payment of current ex
penses.
On the first of the month, therefore.
Alan drew upon his new hank account
to Wussaquum's order, and in the early
afternoon Wassaquam went to the
bank to cash his check—one of the
very few occasions when Alan had
been left In the house alone; Wassa
quant's haldt. it appeared, was to go
about on the tirst of the uionth and
pay the tradesmen In person.
Some two hours Inter, and before
Wassaquam could have been expected
back. Alan, in the room which hail be
come his. was startled by a souuii ot
heavy |>oumling. which came suddenly
heavy, thick, anil unintelligible—min
gled with the pouuding. He ran swift
ly down the stairs, then on and ilovvn
the service stairs into the basement
The door to the h.»use from the ureu
way was shaking to irregular, heavy
blows, which stopped as Alan reached
the lower hallway; the shouts contin
ued still a moment more. Now ilial
the noise of poundiug did not inter
fere. Alan could make out what the
man was saying. "Ben Curvet'
the name was almost unintelligible—
"Ben Curvet.' Beu!" Then the shouts
slopped, too.
Alan sped to the door and turned
back the latch. The door bore back
upon him, not from a push, but from
a weight without which had fallen
against It. A big. heavy man. with a
rough cap aud macklnaw coat, would
have fallen upon the Hour If Alan had
not cauglu him. His weight In Alan's
arms was so dull, so inert, that, if vio
lence had been his Intention, there was
nothing to be feared from him now.
Alun looked up, therefore, to see if
any one had come with him. Hie alley
aud the street were cleur. The snow
lu the areaway showed thai the man
had come to the door alone and with
great difficulty ; he had fallen once up
on the walk. Alan dragged the man
Into the house and went back and
closed the door.
He returned anil looked at him. The
man was like, \ery like the one whom
Alan had followed from the house on
the night when he was attacked; cer
tainty that this was the same man
came quickly to him. He seized the
fellow agaiu and dragged him up the
stairs and to the lounge In the library.
He was, or had been, a very powerful
man, broad and thick through with
overdeveloped — almost distorting—
muscles In his shoulders; but his body
had become fat- and soft, his face was
puffed and his eyes watery and bright;
hk brown hair, which was shot all
through wit!, gray, was dirty and mat
ted; he had three or four days' growth
of beard. When he sat up and looked
about It was pluin that whisky was
only one of the forces working upon
him—the other was fever which
burned up and sustained him Intermit
tently.
•"Lo!" he greeted Alan. "Where's
shat d—n Injln. hey? I knew Ben
Corvet was shore—knew he was shere
all time. 'Course he's shere; he got
to be shere. That's shright. Vou go
get 'lm!"
"Who are you?" Aian asked.
"Say, who'r you? What t'hells syoti
doln' here? Never see you before
, , go—go get Ben Corvet. Jus'
say Ben Corvet, l.u—luke's shere. Ben
Corvet'll know I.ti—luke all right; al
wavsh. alwaysh knows me. . . ."
"What's the matter with you?"
Alan had drawn bnolt but now went to
the man again. The first idea that this
might have been merely some old sail
or who had served Benjamin Corvet
or, perhaps, had been a comrade In
the earlier days, v.ad been banished
by 'the confident arrogance of the
man's tone—an arrogance not to be
explained, entirely, by whisky or by
the fever. •:
"How long have yon been this way?"
AlBu deiuui.utaJ. "Wljei'e ili.4. yoti come
from?"' He put his hand <>n tne wnsij
It was very hot nnd dry; the pulse
was racing, Irregular; nt seconds It
seemed to stop; for other seconds It
was continuous. The fellow coughed
and hont forward. "What Is It—
pneumonlu?" Alnn tried to straighten
him up.
"01' me drink! ... Go get Ren
Corvet. I tell yon! . . . Oet Ben
Corvet quick! Sny—yous shear? You
get me Ben Corvet; you better get
Ben Corvet; you tell him Lu—uke'R
here; won't wait any more; goln'
t'have my money now . . . srlght
away, your shear? Kick me out s'loon;
I guess not no more. Ben Corvet give
me all money I want or I talk!"
"Talk!"
"S.vou know It! I ain't goln' . . .*
He choked tip anil tottered hack;
Alan. supporting him. Inld him down
and staved heslde him until his cough
ing nnd choking ceased, and there was
only the rattling rasp of his breathing.
When Alan spoke to him again. Luke's
eyes opened, and he narrated recent
experiences bltferJy: all wen- blamed
to Pen Corvet's absence; Luke who
had been drinking heavily n few
nights before, had been thrown out
when the saloon was closed; that was
Ben Corvet's fault: if Ben Corvet '"id
been around. Luke would have hud
money, all the money iiiiv one wnnted;
no one would have thrown out Luke
then l.ul e slept in rhe snow, all wet.
| When !»• 'arose, the saloon was open
again, and he got more whisky, hut not
enough to get lilm arm. He hadn't i
been warm since. That was Ken Cor
| vet's fault. Ben Corvet better be I
| "round now; Luke wouldn't stand any
more.
Alnn felt of the pulse again; he
I opened the coat and under Ihinnels
; and felt the heaving chest. He went
j to the hull and looked In the telephone
directory. He remembered the name
I of the druggist on (he corner of Chirk
I street and he telephoned him, giving
the number on Astor street.
' - -l.rl.. .lint" hp
sal.1. "Any good doctor; the one that
you can get quickest." The druggist
promised that a physician would be
there within u quarter of an hour.
Alan went back to Luke, who was
silent now except for the gasp of his
hrenth; he did not answer when Alan
i spoke to him, except to ask for whis
ky. Alnn stood natching, a strange,
| sinking tremor shaking him. This
I man had come then- to make a claim
—a claim which many times before,
apparently, Benjamin Corvet had ad
mitted. I.uke came to Ben Corvet
for money which lie always got—ail
he wanted—the alternative to giving
which was tiuit Luke would "talk."
Blackmail, thnt nmant, of course;
hlnckmali which not only Luke had
told of hut which Wassaquam too had
admitted, as Alnn now realized. Money
for blackmail—that was the reason
for thnt thousand dollars in cash
which Benjamin Corvet always kept
at the house.
Alan turned with a sudden shiver
of revulsion toward his father's chair
In place before the hearth; there for
hours each day his father hnd sat
. with a honk or staring into the fire
.always with what this man knew
hanging over him, always arming
against It with the thousand dollars
ready for this man, whenever he cume.
Meeting blackmail, paying blackmail
for as long as Wassaquam had been
In the house, for us long as it took to
make the once muscular powerful fig
ure of the sailor who threatened to
"talk" Into the swollen whisky-soaked
hulk of the man dying now on the
lounge.
For his state that day the man
blamed Benjamin Corvet. Alan, forc
ing himself to touch the swollen face,
shuddered at thought of the truth un
derlying that accusation. Benjamin
Corvet's act—whatever it might be
that this man knew—undoubtedly had
destroyed not only him who paid the
blackmail but him who received It;
•he effect of that uct was still going
on, destroying, blighting. Its threat of
shame was not only against Benjamin
Corvet; it threatened also all whose
names must he connected with Cor
vet's. This shame threatened Alan;
It threatened also the Sherrills. What
Sherrlll had told Alnn and even Cor
vet's gifts to him had not been able
to make Alan feel tnat wltJiout ques
tion Corvet was his father, but now
shame and horror were making him
feel It; In horror at Corvet's act—
whatever It might he—and In shame
at Covert's cowardice, Alan was think
ing of Benjamin Corvet as his father.
This shame, this horror were his in
herltance.
He left Luke and went to the win
dow to see If the doctor was coming.
He had called the doctor because in his
first sight of Luke he hud not recog
nized that Luke was beyond the aid
of doctors and because to summon a
doctor under such circumstances was
the right thing to do; but he had
thought of the doctor also as a wit
ness to anything Luke might say. But
now—did he want a witness? He had
UQ tUylight of concealing anything for
; —
Ills own sake or for "Ills fathers; nut
he would, at least, want the chance to
determine the circumstances under
which It was to he made public.
He hurried hack fo Luke. "What
Is It, Luke?" he cried to him. "What
can you tell? Listen! Luke—Luke.
Is It about the Mlwaka—the Mlwaka?
Luke P
Luke had sunk 'nto a stupor; Alan
elionk him and shouted In hi* ear
without awakening response. As Alan
straightened and stood hopelessly look
ing down at him, the telephone heU
rang sharply. Constance Shenill'i
vofce came to him: her first words |
made It clear that she was at home
and had Just come In.
'The servants tell me some one was
muklng a disturbance beside your
house a while ago," she said, "and
shouting something about Mr. Corvet.
Is there something wrong tliere? Have
you discovered something?"
He shook excitedly while, holding
his hand over the transmitter lest
Luke should break out again and ahe
"Luke, Is It the Miwaka—the Mlwakaf
Luke I"
should hear It. he wondered what he
should say to her.
"Please don't ask me Just now. Miss
SherrM." he managed. "I'll tell you
what I can—Inter."
His reply, he recognized. only made
her more certain that there was some
thing the matter, hut he could not add
anything to it. He found Luke, when
he went hark to him, still In coma;
the bloodshot veins stood out against
the ghastly grayness of his face, and
his stertorous breathing sounded
through the rooms.
Constance Sherrlll had come In a
few moments before from an after
noon reception; the servants told her
at once that something was hapgtening
at Mr. Corvet's. They had heard
shouts and had seen a man pounding
upon the door there, hut they had not
taken It upon themselves to go over
there. She had told the chauffeur to
wait with the motor and had run at
once to the telephone and called Alan;
his attempt to put her off made her
certain that what had happened was
not finished but was stUJ going on.
Her anxiety and the sense of their re
sponsibility for Alan overrode at once
all other thought. She told the serv
ants to call' her father at the office
and fell him something was wrong at
Mr. Corvet's: then she called her maid
and hurried nut to the motor.
(Continued on 8atnrday)
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SKAGWAY
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skagway No. 1
meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:80 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordiiJly welcome.
J. M. Keller, L. S. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, Skag
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. O. Elks., meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
ilially welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VAN DEW ALL, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A
M. No. 113, meets 2nd und
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
F. J. Van <le Wall, w. M.
T. J. Standisl), Secretary.
Fraternal Order ol
Eagles
Skagway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet tiie first
and third Wednesday night of each
month at their hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
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J. M. Grlesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 9
O. E. 8., meets in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
Visiting members welcome.
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i Worthy Matron
Fanny Speor, Secretary.
Big Game Guide
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