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The Comfort
Gate-way ! Service
Route ot Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
During the winter season of 1916-1 7 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whilehorse, 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 m^ans of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Afttomobile Line
F or full information apply to
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
-OR
A. F. Z1PF
Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
White Pass &. Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Xo. 38.
Morday, Wednesday and Friday
No. 1, N. Bound ] .: J £ Now 2, 8. Bound
1st CIuj 1st Cla«
H:30 a. m. Le»ve» 8KAGWAY Arrives 3:50 p. m.
11:05 ». m. " WH1TK PASS Lcorea 2:20 p. m.
11:45 a. m. " LOO CABLN" •» 1:30 p. m.
12:40 p. m. " BEXNKTT » 13:50 p. m.
2:20 p. in. " CARIBOU " 10:48 a. m.
4:50 p. m. Arrives U HITSHORSE " 8:00 a. m.
Paeaenger* mast be at depot l« time to bare Baggage in
spected and checked. Iaspection Is stopped 80 ■inut.ee before
leaving time of train*. — ■—
150 pound* of baggage will he checked free with each full
tare ticket and 75 pouadi with each half fare ticket.
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'" A Romance
at Lucerne
By MARTHA V. MONROE
A young man entered a hotel at Lu
| cerae, Switzerland, arid, taking a pen,
was about to enter hl» natte when he
noticed on the page, Just *bove where
he was about to write, the name of
Arietta Townsend Kentwood, D. 8. A.
An hour later Mias Kentwood was
I standing at the hotel entrance prepar
I Ing to go out when she-saw a trunk
carried In bearing on an end the name
of Lawrence Lowrie. Realising that
the owner of the trunk had Just arriv
ed, she sauntered into the office and
glanced at the register. The ink was
scarcely dry In the name of Wendell
B. Colgate, and that waa the only
name entered since the day before.
Miss Kentwood'B view of Mr. Law
| rence Lowrle's name on his trunk spoil
ed a very pretty game.
Both Mr. Lowrie and Miss Kentwood
wore very rich. It is a well known
I fact that rich persons marry rich per
| sons. This Is natural. A fortune can
only be matched by a fortune. Mr.
I Lowrie desired to tnarry'a fortune, and
Miss Kentwood fiad been suggested as
I a suitable party for him. Miss Kent
wood had the same desire, and Mr.
Lowrie had been suggested to her as a
husband. Neither had seen the Other.
It occurred to Mr. Lowrie to win Miss
Kentwood's heart as a poor man, and
It occurred to Miss Kentwood to play
the same game with Mr. Lowrie.
Lowrie secured an Introduction to
Miss Kentwood at the casino as Wen
dell Colgate. He found heir quite ready
to Improve the acquaintance/' She did
not know whotlrerho knew of her for
tune or not But he pretended to be
Ignorant of it,'and she waa satisfied
that he did not. He believed that the
lady was smitten with him, and she
believed that with him it was a case
of love at first sight
There is no better courting ground
I than Lucerne. The town Is quaint It
I has the Casino. Every evening a rou
lette wheel Is spinning with a crowd
around it risking silver pieces from
1 franc upward, while in another part
of the premises an orchestra Is dls
| coursing classical music. Refresh
ments are served by girls in the at
tractive Swiss costume.
As to the enTirons of Lucerne, one
may ascend the Blghl or one of the
other surrounding mountains or may
make excursions on the beautiful Lake
I of the Four Cantons. Mr. Lowrie and
Miss Kentwood made trips on the lake
I or ascended the mountains. In the
I evening they lounged in the Casino.
One night while looking at the gam
blers Mr. Lowrie suggested that they
each risk a franc Just for fun. Miss
Kentwood demurred on the ground
that she was restricted In the amount
she possessed for her travels, and even
the loss of a few francs would em
barrass her. Mr. Lowrie said that
he, too, needed to be economical, but
he thought he would risk a franc.
This decided Miss Kentwood to make
a like investment Mr, Lowrie placed
his franc on one number, Miss Kent
wood on another.
Both won, and both reinvested their
| winnings.
Persons came Jtad went standing
| about the roulette table "for a time,
looking at the gambling. Now and
again some young man or old woman
would put down a franc or a 6 franc
piece and when it was lost would pass
on. Some, like a fly caught on sticking
paper, would stay, usually losing 'all
their spare cash. Mr. Lowrie won
quite a sum, then lost It and quite a
larger sum. Miss Kentwood soon
evinced a disposition to plunge. When
their evening's amusement was over
j Mr. Lowrie was minus 1,200 francs
land Miss Kentwood"700'fraric's.
The next morning there was »n ex
change of notes between thenl^ not
only written notes, but banknotes'. Mr.
Lowrie wrote inclosing 700 francs and
saying that he had drawn the balance
of his letter of credit to restore a loss
that would doubtless fall heavy on
j Miss Kentwood. Miss Kentwood wrote
|inclosing 1,200 francs," begging Mr.
Lowrie to accept it as a loan. She
| would be obliged to' cut short* her trip,
but this was more than made up by
I the pleasure of Berving one whom she
I had come to appreciate highly.
On receipt of this noble sacrifice Mr.
Lowrie cocked his head much as one
who had discovered a "mare's nest"
Miss Kentwood received Mr. Lowrle's
I benefaction while'her maid was pre
paring her toilet for breakfast She
burst into a laugh. Mr. Lowrie was
to call at 10 o'clock, and when the hour
arrived she went to the hotel reception
room, dressed to go out with him, but
instead of being in plaSh1 clothes she
wore a $300 street costume. Advancing
[ to her visitor, Bhe handed him his do
nation. He accepted It and returned
I hers.
"Mr. Lowrie," she said, for the first
time addressing him by hiB real name,
"we have spoiled a them® for a novel."
"Or a picture play."
"Romance and riches are Incompati
ble."
"Just so."
"If you care to Join our fortunes 1
will refer you to my uncle In New
York, who is my business manager."
"I will call upon him on m^ return
to America."
"Let me see. We were to take a
walk together this morning."
"Being too poor to pay for a ride."
Both laughed.
"I think I will charter a steamboat
and we will make the tour of the lake."
"Do so. My maid will serve for a
chaperon."
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How the Cats Came to
Strongsville
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 191& by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
It was' not Hezeklah King's fault
th&t ho was "born a half wit and with a
twisted leg besides. His parents "died
when he was ten years old, and Hez
became a sort of child outlaw. He
wondered here and there till he finally
settled In Strongsville.
Ilea found the farming class mticb
more sympathetic than the villagers,
but he was Imposed on by them to a
certain degree. When he had got to be
a youth of fourteen or fifteen he could
hoe corn or potatoes or chop and split
wood as well as almost any man. They
would hire him by the week and give
him such food and lodgings as they
saw fit, and when he was through with
his Week he was given some old clothes
or a few cents in money.
The years passed on until Hezeklah
was twenty, and he was more of an out
law than ever. A man named Brooks
went to work In the sawmill at Strongs
ville. He was an old bachelor, and he
rented a small house and lived alone.
In passing the boy on the street one
day he must have given the victim a
look of sympathy, for when he got back
to his boose again he found Hezeklah
Bested on his doorstep. He invited him
in and gave him a meal and a good
bed. From that day the unfortunate
had a home.
To make clear what followed the
reader must know that Strongsville
had a strong antipathy to cats. It was
founded on sanitary principles. There
had once been an epidemic of scarlet
fever and again an epidemic of mea
sles, and the doctors had agreed that
the germs of both were carried from
house to house by the feline population.
Thus it came about that the cats were
exterminated to the last one and the
mice had a play day every day in the
year. The old bachelor learned this
fact as soon as he talked of renting a
house In the village. He was told that
if he brought a cat along with him
she would certainly be poisoned off In
short order.
Anf> dav after Hezeklah had had a
home for six months he went to work
for a certain farmer at wages set by
Mr. Brooks, who had become a guard
Ian to him. After working for three
or four days Hezekiah unearthed a box
of gold coin amounting to $5,000. They
were English coins and had been buried
In the long ago—so long ago that the
box had become mere punk. He car
ried the money home with him wrap
ped in his old coat, and it sent forth
metallic clinks as it was thrown on the
table. He was smiling almost for the
first time in a year, and after an effort
he managed to say:
"I dug it out of the ground."
"Did you tell the farmer?" asked
Mr. Brooks when he had recovered
from his astonishment.
"Not a word," was replied.
"Well," continued the old bachelor
after the money had been counted,
"this find has made you rich, but don't
Bay anything about It to any one. The
people of this town hare used you
shamefully, and I want to see you get
even with them. You know what I
mean, don't you?"
In reply Hezekiah's face lighted up,
and he nodded his head. He had been
aware for a long time that no one had
played him fair, but he felt bis help
lessness to resent it
In thinking how he might revenge
the young man's wrongs the old bach
elor brought up the cat question, and
he soon had his plans laid. The next
tin peddler that came along was stop
ped and held In private conversation
for half an hour, and then he winked
and laughed and drove away. He
■tored his tinware temporarily and
loaded up 200 felines in its place.
That wagon re-entered the village at
11 o'clock at night, when every man,
woman and child "was sleeping his first
sleep. It paused in front of the town
hall, and the door was opened, and
the cats came bouncing out
Two hundred cats might have been
exterminated in time, but the tin ped
dler returned next evening with 200
more re-enforcements and again the
third night The town had now been
turned Into a cat town. It had more
catB walking the fences or seated
around the back doors than any town
of four times its size in this state. By
night It was a constant serenade that
prevented sleep except at brief inter
vals. There were enough cats to car
ry the germs of a dozen epidemics. It
is a cat town today. Men were hired
by the week to shoot or trap them,
but kittens were born about as fast
as old cats were killed off, and at last
the people gave up and settled down
to bear the infliction with what pains
they could.
' After the cat invasion was a month
old the badhelor said to the half wit:
"Hezekiah, you know what a cat Is,
don't you?"
Heeekiah nodded and grinned.
"After paying all expenses of dump
ing 600 cats into Strongsville I have
$4,500 of your gold left I am going
to put it in the bank for you and send
you to New York city to see if the
surgeons can make you over. I hope
they will be able to help you. If they
can't, you can come back home and
live with me the rest of your life. Do
you understand what I mean?"
The ' surgeons helped him some
enough so that when he caught sight
of twelve or fifteen cats sunning them
selves on" some householder's veranda
he could appreciate the situation and
go home and say to Mr. Brooks:
•There were just three barrels of
cats oh Brown's veranda—Just three
barrel^—and Brown was out there
. looking at them, and looking very sad."
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