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The Comfort
Gate-way \ j Service
Route of Safe*y
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
During the winter season of 1916-17 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whitehorse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated between Whitehorse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility for comfortable winter travel by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
C. W. CAS! 1 A. F. ZIPF
Supt. Mail Service Dept. —OR— Traffic Manager
WHIIEHOR5E. Y. T. 612 Second Ave.. SEATTLE, Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 88.
Mordajr, "Wednesday and Friday
.Arrives
Leave®
No. 1, N. Bound , ,
1st ClMl
8:30 a. m. Leaves 8KAGWAY
11:05 ». m. " WHITE PASS
11:43 a. m. H LOO CABIN
12:40 p. m. M BENNETT
2:20 p. in. " CARIBOU
4:50 p. iii. Arrives WHITSHORSE
Passengers must be at depot i«
•pected and checked. InspecUon to
leaving time of trains. - —■■■ -
150 pound* of baggage will be checked free with each full
rare ticket and 75 panada with each half fare ticket.
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Cla»
3:50 p. m.
2:20 p. in.
1:30 p. ni.
12:50 p. ni.
10:48 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
time to have Baggage In
stopped 30 ilnutea before
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the «
BLADDER\
and all <
Discharges in i
4HOURS
Each :ap«ttlei*ar» tba j
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The Effects of a
Club Breakfast
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By EDWARD T. STEWART
Dowllng left his sleeping room at his
club and went downstalrsto breakfast.
Scanning the menu, he-raw, what he
had seen every morning, that If he or
dered a breakfast made up tt different
dishes be would have enough for half
a dozen persona and at a great coat,' so
he gave his usual order, '"Oatmeal and
coffee." Hf ate a ^quarter of th« oat
meal and left the table unsatisfied,
muttering anathemas: against the man
agement formot serrlng a< different
kind of breakfast.
"I'm going Into bachelor quarters,"
be said to himself, "and keep a cook."
Going to bis office by a different
route from the usual one, he passed a
house on wMch was a Blgn, "To Let"
It was a dainty edifice-and would
furnish him with Just about -the room
he needed. : Pushing the bell button,
the summons was answered by: a- wo
man just as dainty as the house. She
was in mourning. Dowllng told her be
was thinking of taking a bouse and
was invited inside. After he bad been
informed as to the number of rooms,
rental, etc., he remarked:
"I wonder that you can bear to part
with such a pleasant little home."
Tears stood in the lady's eyes as she
replied that she had been married a
year before and her husband had died
soon after the expiration of the honey
moon. She had not been able to tear
herself away from the home in which
she had been so happy and would not
do so now, but she had' found1 living
alone unprofitable.
"The rental would be- satisfactory to
me," said Dowllng. "May I look
through the premises?"
The widow led him from the living
room to the dining room. On the table
was a breakfast that made b1a mouth
water—a dish of fruit, a silver o£ ba
con, an omelet, with a little paisley to
garnish It, and slices of toast The cof
fee urn was of artistic shape, and the
cups were Dresden china.
"I was just sitting down to breakfast
when you called," said the-lady.
"Isn't it an elaborate breakfast for
one person?" asked Dowllng.
"I eat little or nothing between
breakfast and dinners-was the reply.
Dowling looked longingly at the vi
ands.
iuaaam, ne saia, i navejuos ureo*
fasted at my club. I have had my
first course of oatmeal and- am ready
for the rest If you will permit me to
finish the meal here of these tlands I
will rent your house at the price you
ask, with a liberal bonus."
The widow, seeing the hungry look
on Cowling's face, assented and, set
ting a plate for him, Beated herself be
fore the coffee urn. There was no
bountiful supply for a healthy man of
thirty, but everything was so delicious
that the quality made up for the lack
of quantity.
"I supposed," she said, "that a club
table comprised every delicacy, no mat
ter how costly."
" 'No matter how costly' Is correct,"
replied Dow ling. "As to delicacy, you
have been misinformed."
Dowling spent an hour at the table,
but the principal part of It was In
chatting with the widow. When he
arose to go he said that he would call
again in the evening with a lease and
the transaction would be completed.
"But you have not seen the upper
part of the house," said the lady.
"I've seen the breakfast room and
eaten in it," replied Dowling. "With
such a delightful lower story those
above cannot need an examination."
"When will you require possession?"
"That depends."
The widow would have asked "On
what?" had not Dowllng's look be
trayed what was in hia mind. She dared
not go further, for his expression said
plainly, "Just as soon as you will con
sent to remain with me here In wed
lock."
Dowling called In the evening with a
blank lease, which he filled in and
signed, and the widow signed It and
then he handed her a check for the
first month's rent with an additional
$10.
"What's the $10 for?"
Dowling didn't like to say that It
was for the breakfast, bo he said that
it was to bind the bargain.
"I suppose," said the lady ruefully,
"that I must move out at once."
"Remain as long as you like."
The terms did not suit the widow at
all. She had no idea of remaining in
her house while receiving rent for It,
so she handed back the check. Dowl
ing persuaded her to let the lease
stand, payment of rent to begin when
possession was given.
Meanwhile he spent most of his even
ings calling on his landlady and within
a fortnight proposed to. her. She spent
I a week looking up his credentials, then
threw off her mourning for her first
husband and began work on a trous
seau for the second. : The 'lease that
had been drawn up between them was
torn up, and a document was drawn by
an attorney, to take . Its glace. In mar
rying the widow relinquished a por
tion of th« property left her by her
husband. But DoWllng was wealthy,
and his wife; retained the. house in
which he had found her.
When the invitation list for the wed
ding was prepared. It. was found that
the pair had many mutual friends.
After the wedding Dowling was In
vited to breakfast ~wltlr a-friend at the
club.
"Thank you very much," said Dowl
ing. "I can get a better breakfast at
home. It was a club breakfast that
forced me out of club life."
The Prospector's
Daughter
By ESTHER VANDEVEER
A prospector of mines, down on his
luck, built a shelter for himself and
his daughter, Margery, in the cleft of
axock.
, One morning the prospector started
out to be gone till noon. He had been
away a couple of hours when Margery,
who was sewing by a square cut in the
boards intended for a window, saw a
man come running toward her. Catch
ing sight of the strange abode, an idea
| seemed to strike him. Pulling open
the door, he was about to' enter when
-he saw Margery. He closed the door
behind him and saifj excitedly:
"I'm hunted for my life. I want to
hide here."
■ Without any further word he ran to
the back of the cleft, which narrowed
as it extended inward, and finally
reached a place where it was only
wide enough to admit his body. But it
wag dark there, and he had this one
chance if followed.
"What are they after you for?" asked
Margery.
"They mistook me for a horse thief."
Margery knew that the punishment
, for horse stealing was hanging, and
she turned pale. But she resumed her
seat at the window and her sewing.
Then, she cast her eye to where her
father's rifle stood against the rock,
and she got up from her seat, and,
taking the gun to the window, laid it
at her feet
"They're coming," she said presently
in a quiet voice. "Stay where you are.
Mebbe I can stand 'em off till paw
comes home."
"For heaven's sake do!" was the only
response.
Four mounted men came riding to
ward the improvised shelter. They
were about to pass on when one of
them noticed it He reined in his horse
<and pointed to it Margery heard him
say that it was a good hiding place.
Then they all rode toward it Margery
knew that if they searched it they
would discover the fugitive. Taking
up the rifle, she leveled it out through
the window and called out:
"Hold on, there!"
The man pulled up and, peering be
fore him, saw a girl sitting behind
the window.
r> uui juu wauu noftw ""'ft"';'
"We're after a boss thief. Seen any.
thing of him?"
"No; I haven't Been any hose thief."
The men consulted together, then
said to Margery, ''We're sorry to trou
ble you, but we must have a look in
side your—your domicile."
"I can't let you do that I don't
know who you are. You may want to
steal somepin."
There was a burst of laughter at the
suggestion that there was anything to
steal. The men dismounted and were
about to move toward the domicile
when they heard the well known click
of the cocking of a gun. They stopped
■hort.
"Keep off," said Margery in a quiet
voice.
The men looked at Margery, then at
the face of the rock, then at one an
other.
"There's no gittln' in the rear," said
-one.
! "No; there isn't," said another.
"We've either got to go past the gal or
keep out"
"It's my opinion he's there," said a
third, "else she'd not be cuttin' these
monkey shines. Say, little gal, you tell
the feller that's hidin' behind your
skirts to come out We don't want to
hurt you, but"—
Margery was not to be bluffed. She
held the rifle to her shoulder, resting it
on the window sill—or what served for
one—and the men saw a pair of rest
less eyes taking in their slightest mo
tion. Then they held another consul
I tation, at the end of which they said
to Margery that they were going to
camp where they were and wait This
was not displeasing to Margery, for
she expected her father would soon be
back. Nevertheless she did not lower
her rifle for a moment The men set
tled themselves on the grass, filled
their pipes and did what else they
could to convince Margery that they
would starve her out.
They had been there about twenty
minutes when she saw her father
standing at a distance surveying the
scene. What interested him especially
was his daughter covering the men be
fore her humble home. He always
carried a revolver on his tramps, and
this time he had two. Suddenly the
men heard behind them:
"Hands up, every one of you!"
Every pair of hands was raised.
Then the prospector advanced, with a
cocked revolver in each hand, while
they were still also covered by Mar
gery. Having been informed of the
object of their visit, the prospector
made an agreement with them that the
stranger should stay where he was till
the fact of his innocence or guilt could
be determined. Then he was to be
turned over to them or go free. The
fugitive was called out and, being in
formed of the conditions, expressed
himself satisfied, and all weapons were
put aside. Turning to Margery, he
said:
"You shall live in the handsomest
house money can build. I own three
fourths the stock in the most profitable
mine In these parts. You have saved
my life and shall have your reward."
The young man's Innocence was estab
lished, and he made good his words.
Margery left her improvised residence
and in time lived in the promised man
sion. The man whose life she had
saved lived there with her as her hus
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