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EDITORIAL PAGE
The following interview with Col.
John A. Sleicher, editor of ■ Les
lie's Weekly, taken from the July
l'Jth issue of the Seattle l'ost-Intel
ligencer, "will be of interest to Al
askans generally, especially ;is he
new on a tour of inspection of Al
ska's resources.
"I am in favor of developing Al- |
arka cither by public or private
capital " said Col. Sleicher ' last'
night. "If the government indi
cates that it will be slow to briug
Alaska's development about then
private capital should be allowed to j
so it;. The point to be borne in
miad is that Alaska's resources
should not lie fallow. We should
te wilnug to allow private capital
something for pioneer work."
Coi. Sleicher chides residents ot
the Northwest for being too modest
.'bout the wonderful resources aud
scenery of their section of the coun
try. These wonders have become
so familiar to residents of the
Northwest that little attention is
paid to tbem.
"If you go to London," said Col.
S.'ekher. "every one you meet know
that it is a great city and knowjs
ti'.at you know it. lie does not as>K
you -What do you think of London?
b.it assumes that you are properly
aumed at what you see. And this
holds good in New York. Ygt out
Her* you people little realize »Uat
a wOi derful land you have, and if
ycu fail to ptoperly impress the
visiter it is your own fault.
"T'xere is no such thing as hard
times at this ueriod. Our represen
tatives everywhere have been turn
ing in accurate reports to the ef
fect that business was never bet
ter. Here y"u have a great ex
oosition on this coast that is draw
ing hundreds cf thousands of peo
ple, a large portion of whom visit
your city. People are comiug here
who would otherwise have gone to
Europe. And they are being as
touished at the wonderful things
they see. All of which moans
that they are coming back.
"Jf there h&s been a -laxity of
business for the past year it is be
cause of teu years of railroad
smashing and 'trust busting.' A
prominent railrcad man told mo re
cently that 'his. railroad was willing
to s»)eud billions on development
within the next five years if they
had the mouey. All of which leads
me to believe that the republican
platform next year will be drawn
along conservative lines and a con
structive minded candidate for pres
ident selected.'
"The republican candidate for
president will be a man who is
sought by the office rather than
a man who seeks it. Senator Elihu
Root aud Judgfe Charles K. Hughes
are two such men. Senator Root
and Col. Roosevelt have always
been warm personal friends, and it
would be no more than logical tc
assume that Col. Roosevelt's sup
port would go to Senator Root.
"lu regard to the Mexican situa
tion, 'I believe the administration
is ready to recoguize as president
the first man who gets into power.
This will be as an 'out.' The un
! fortunate affair at Vera Cruz was a
costly diplomatic blunder, and it ap
pears as if former Secretary Bryan
is being made the 'goat.' As a
mear.s cf rectifying the mistake
the administration appears now tc
be willing to see any one who can
obtain to power to become president
of Mexico."
Cc!. Sleicher and his son will
sail for Alaska tcnight on the
steamship Admiral Watson, return
ing thrte weeks hence.
The Dragon
Seal
Its Mystery and Its
Solution.
By CLARISSA MACK1E
Mason tilted back in His cnair amr
stared across the China sea, where a
passing steamer slid through the oily
watew. The little whitewashed hut
with Its tiny veranda facing the sea
and Its bit of garden looked like a
dozen others of Its kind which formed
the muddy little Chinese village.
Albert Mason had lived there ever
since the late uprising. He hail be- j
come separated from his tourist party i
Btid. to his own great amazement, dls- j
covered himself a prisoner on a pirat- I
leal looking craft which tied before the :
wind at night and lay hidden In ob- i
scure hafbors during the day.
One day the Junk had nosed into the
•oft mud of the Chekiang shore, and
Mason had been conducted to the lit
tle hut
'•Here," said his captor, a bland look
ins, cold eyed Celestial, "here you
stay, thief of the world, until you give
up the dragon."
"Dragon?" echoed Mason, hearing for
the first time the charge against him.
"Do you believe that I've kidnaped
part of your menagerie?"
The official shrugged his shoulders,
and his companion pulled his sleeve,
speaking in Chinese, which of course
Mason did not understand:
"Let the foreign devil stay here
awhile enjoying his own company.
Soon he will disgorge."
"lie may escape," said the other cau
tiously.
"He will not" said "the villainous
looking captain. "He cannot go be
yond the eoutines of his own garden.
The place is guarded night and day." N
So Mason stood on the veranda of
the hut and watched the Junk go tee
tering away to the dim north whence j
they had come.
ne never forgot that first evening j
when, after he had eaten fish and rice j:
and drunk tea. he had stepped on the j
vertiudo.
He walked down the path to the 11
end of the garflen nu«l looked nt Hit
moon. Wb.v not escape tonight—or
must he wait until his guards relaxed
their rlllgnnce ami then make the ef
fort?
"Now or never," he muttered and
pressed against the pate that opened
upon the muddy bank above the rest
less waves.
The gate resisted his efforts—It was
as if some great weight held it closed.
Then came n bloodcurdling growl,
and there stepi>ed iuto the mooullt
space before the stockade a huge
striped form with eyeballs like flame
and a breath like pestilence.
Mason fled to the other gate, and
again he met the flaming eyes and tho
Jungle smell.
Men guarded him by day; a man eat
lug tiger and his mate kept watch by
night
T.ike a madman he flew Into the
house and locked the doors.
A year and a day passed, and the
•aptain of the Junk came and asked
him If he would give up the dragon.
And Mason, raving with anger, bitterly
refused, although he knew not what
the man meant And the captain smil
ed and went away.
And now two years and two days
had passed and the Junk had not made
her second visit to the prisoner.
His position was a singular one. lie
was innocent of having broken any
law of the country—of having commit
ted any crime. In his baggage there
was not a single thing that he had not
brought from home, except a few toys,
grotesque straw animals, gayly color
ed. which he had purchased from an
Insistent street vender. The very next
day he had been trapped with some
hand luggage and spirited away from
Shanghai.
"It's a case of mistaken identity," he
cold himself over and over again as he
restlessly tramped the garden paths,
envying the freedom of the birds
swinging lu space and the fishermen
shore.
Back home there, in Xew Hamp
shire. his wife and children were
mourning him ns dead. It was an ago
lliing thought
He went to his worn traveling bags
ind listlessly turned over the con
ents. There was little clothing left
fhat which he wore was In tatters.
I'here were pictures of his family, his
rase of medicines for an emergency,
he straw toys—that was all. Ilia
junks, if unclaimed, were still In
Shanghai.
The medicines were getting low. He
lad been obliged to take most of the
iui"lne_ pills dur.'n" Ills frequent at
tucks of chills anil fever. Tfiere was ft
little branily left—he was saving that
for sonic great emergency—and two
unopened bottles of chloroform. These
were tightly sealed with wax. and tho
contents appeared to bo Inviolate. He
fiad brought it to use when adding to
his collection of lepidoptera. but his
cases and his butterfly nets and his
pins and other paraphernalia were In
the trunks.
Chloroform, a willing servant, he
mused, his dark thoughts running on,
eliminating himself from his horrid ex
istence.
And then, like a lightning flash re
venling unsuspected avenues of escape.
?ame the idea.
The remainder of the day he was
oervously excited. He took the pic
tures of his family, the brandy bottle
and the quinine, the straw toys anil
his one clean shift and made a pack
age, which he belted around his chest
under his clothing. He cooked and
ate an enormous quantity of rice and
tlsh; then he threw himself Into bis
hammock and slept heavily until 10
o'clock.
lie shook himself Into wakefulness,
slung a jug of cold tea from his shoul
der and weut into the garden.
In one hand he carried a large bath
sponge tied to a strong Btick. In the
other haud he carried a bottle of
chloroform. At tho nearest gate ho
paused ami looked through at the out
stretched form of the Jungle cnt Sho
was accustomed to Mason's presence
there and did not even stir. With
steady hands he soaked the big spongo
with chloroform—the bottle was large,
and the sponge was dripping.
Carefully he poked the stick between
the bamboo uprights and pressed it
close to the nose and mouth of the
sleeping tigress. She stirred and, as
If enjoying the unaccustomed sensa
tion, grasped the sponge in her huge
paws and muzzled It sleepily. She did
not even slir when Mason squeezed
a heavy duck bag through the pailngs
and tossed it over her head.
lie hastened to the gate at the end
of tho garden and performed the samo
operation with the fiercer male beast
Ills hands were trembling now, for
he must make haste. lie could not
hope that tho anaesthetic would do
more than stupefy the beasts for
awhile. There was not enough of It,
and the conditions were not favorable.
'•Just ton minutes—give me ten min
utes' start and I'll take my chances
with sharks rather than stay here an
other minuter he muttered savagely.
The garden gate opened, and he step
ped over the inert form of the striped
guardian.
He slipped and slid down the muddy
| bank until he reached tho water's edge,
j The full moon guided him to the group
oT"BaMntrbofifa~nrn\vn up on the bench.
In a moment be had pushed oil from
shore nnd was poling his frail craft
into the track of moonlight that led to
freedom.
OIT to the southeast there showed a
faint light—some northbound steamer.
So fearful was he tbnt he might miss
the precious opportunity and so ab
sorbed was he In the management of
the strange boat that Mason failed to
notice the ominous silence that brood
ed over the waters; the shuddering,
licking sound of the oily waves.
Suddenly the moon was blotted out
by a swift onrush of Inky clouds and
the hot breath of the wind.
Surely death stared him In the face.
It was riding now on the wings of tho
approaching typhoon.
And all the while that red light bob
bed and disappeared, and now the
steamer showed a blessed green light
lie could see them alternately—port
and starboard. She had changed her
courso and was coming before the
wind, straight toward the tiny sampan
tipping up and down on the swell.
One minute after Mason had been
roscued by the great ocean liner tho
typhoon struck with shrieking force.
Perhaps the tidal wave that follow
ed tossed the sampan back on its na
tive shore; perhaps the hungry wave
leaped the embankment and tore awny
Mason's hut and the snarling guard
ians. He never knew. lie never
cared.
They put him In a cabin nnd gavo
him what he asked for—hot water and
soap and clean garments—nnd he cared
not for fifty typhoons. He was back
among civilized people. lie was free
from that mysterious imprisonment
**•*»*«
A year later he hud almost forgotten
It. IIo was back In New Hampshire,
going daily to his business in Concord.
Ills family welcomed him home as one
from the grave, and his children play
ed with the strnw toys he had bought
from the street vender.
Albert Mason had other troubles
now. Business was bud, and bank
ruptcy stared him In the face. Uiifor
tunato Investments had depleted his
assets. The years he had wasted in
the hut on the China sea had under
mined his prosperity.
He went home and talked It over
with his wife, a helpmate Indeed.
They smiled at the children playing
on tbo floor. The youngest brought a
broken toy to his father. It was one
of the straw animals Mason had
brought home from China.
"The frog and the cat and the bird
are quite well," said the baby earnest
ly, "but my dwagon feels very sick!"
"The dragon, eh?" repeated Mason,
(Continued on Page 3.)
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