•he
- 1818 OMwt D»Jy a AU*ka
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
L. a. KeOer, Publisher.
Admitted U McoBd clasg Bail
a.atter July S. 1898. at tt« Slta*
wa, P. <X
Th« Dally Alaska* effargt tor
all pnollcaUoflj not aollclted, which
•ccladeg aU notices, other than
obarehaa or eharltahl# societies.
Saborfpdon R*t«s
One mOBth by mail I .76
jae moath by earrlfe 100
iiktm months by null 2.25
Si* tooath hy man *-60
>»« Tear by mail 9-00
itwripttotu Awl Adveartisonento
ttwHved By
i-QBe't New* C«-, Wbltohorae, T. T
K. 4 Utdeoa CaroroeB, T. T.
B. U PUiman Atlln» B. 0.
PDIT0R1AL i!
Teleg.-aphic report? of changes la
the clan for financing the Govern
ment have produces a feeling of
uncertainty in the minds of our cit
izens. : 1 <•
We have positive assurance
from Secretary G1 asS that a popula
loan will be offered for subscription
on April 21, and that this will e a
"salable loan,'—in other word®, a
loan that will be attractive to the
investor whether in the form of cer"
tiftcates or bonds..
Obviously there are detajls
which cannot yet be decided, and
announcements which cannot be
made until Congress has legislated •
Let us not be confused by pre
liminary discussion, but let us keep
our minds fixed' on the fact that our
Government require^ the money to
compltfcf *he work which it has un
dertaken. The attempted industr
ial revolt which collapsed in Seattle,
owing to the firmness of the Mayor,
is evidence that Hun propangand<a
is still active. The "war' will not
be over until the Huns have beer*
given tCe bill and have begun pay
ing. Then and then only, will they
realize defeat and confess error.
Just outside of one of our Indiana
towns Is a house which for twenty
years has been pointed out to all pass
ersby as a place of curiosity. The
woman who lives In It was Jilted by
her betrothed more than twenty years
ago. Angry at all men, she had this
house built several rods from the road
and there, with a maid, estab
lished her home. No man was ever
permitted to enter that domain. The
woman never left the yard because
she was determined never again to
look on any man, since they were all
"alike and unfaithful to any one or
anything," as she said.
But still she read the newspapers.
They were her only way of communi
cating with the world.
A few weeks ago people were sur
prised by seeing this woman come to
Its main street. They wondered and
wondered until the woman herself told
of the attraction which had brought
her from her seclusion. She had come
to see the soldier lads leave. The
newspapers had told her stories of a
new race of men—young men who
above all other qualities, were true to
their country—true enough to die for
It.
She saw them leave. And then she
went to the Red Cross headquarters
and got yarn to knit socks to send to
them. Now she Is helping keep the
booths In which Thrift stamps and
Liberty bonds are being sold.—Indian
apolis News.
WOOD FOR SALE
Remick McLaughlin have
fortv cords of well seasoned wod'
oa the cars.. This wood is dry and
will hold the heat. Leave orders
xvltft Charles 5»ye for delivery.. 3
TTEUBBT
IN THE CLEARING
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE, TIME OF SILAS WIGHT
IRVING BACHELLER
,Aum» of
JU (SEN HOtptfi tXRI AND I. DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLEi,
' -KEfflNO W.VfTH UZZIE. ETC. ETC
* / / ^ correoHt NiHtraiwivtNtBw. two uaaa*
V'„ ' " . SYNOPSIS. ,i 7 I
CHAPTER I—Barton Baynes. orphan,
la taken to live with his uncle. Peabody
Baynes, And his Aunt D«el on a farm on ,
Rattleroad Iq a neighborhood called Lick- ]
Ityipllt, about the year 1826. Barton meets j
Sally DttnkeXberg, about his own age. but
socially of a class above the Bayneses,
and Is fascinated by the pretty face
and fine clothes.
CHAPTER II--Barton meets Roving
Kate, known 1n the neighborhood as the
"SUent Woman." Amos Grlmshaw. young
son of the richest man In the township,
Is a visitor at the Baynes home, and
Roving Kata tells the fortunes of the two
boys, predicting a bright future for Bar
ton and death on the gallows for Amos.
Reproved ftxr an act of boyish mischief
Barton runs away, intending to make his
home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches
the. village of Canton and falls Into a
sleep of exhaustion on a porch. There
he Is found by Sllaa Wright. Jr.. proml- i
nent man In public affairs, who, knowing
Peabody Baynes. takes Barton home af
ter buying him new clothcs.
CHAPTER HI—Barton and his uncle
and aunt visit Canton and hear Silas
Wright rcivd a sermon.
"How' much do you owe on this j
place?" Barnes asked.
"Seven hundred an' fifty dollars,"
said my uncle.
"Ia It due?"
"It's been due a year an' If I hare
to pay that note Til be short my In
terest.**
"God o' Israel I I'm scalrt," said
Uncle Peabody.
Down crashed the stick of wood
Into the box.
"What about?"
"It would be like him to put the
screws on you now. You've got be
tween him an' Ms prey. Tou'va taken
the mouse away from the cat."
1 remember the little panic that
fell on us then. I could see tears
In the eyes ef Aunt Deel as she sat
with her hi»d leaning: wearily on her
hand.
"If he does 111 do all I can," said
Barnes, "whatever I've got will be
yours."
Rodney Barnes left us, and I re
member how Uncle Peabody stood in
the middle of the floor and whistled
the merriest tune he knew.
"Stand right up here," be called In
his most cheerful tone. "Stand right
up here before me, both o' ye."
I got Aunt Deel by the hand and j
led her toward my uncle. We stood j
"One, Two, Three, Ready—Sing."
facing him. "Stand stralghter," he
demanded. "Now, altogether. One,
two, three, ready—sing."
He beat time with his band in Imi
tation of the singing master at the
schooihouse and we joined him in
singing an old tnne which began: "Oh,
keep my heart from eadness, God."
This irresistible spirit of the man
bridged a bad hour and got us off
to bed In fairly good condition.
A few days later the note came
due and its owner Insisted upon full
payment. There was 6uch a clamor for j
money those days! I remember that |
my aunt had sixty dollars which she
had saved, little by little, by selling
eggs and chickens. She had planned
to use It to buy a tombstone for her
mother and father—a long-cherished
ambition. My uncle needed the most
of It to help pay the note. We drove
to Potsdam on that sad errand and
what a time we had getting there
and back in deep mud and 6and and
jolting over corduroys 1
"Bart," my uncle said the next
evening, as I took down the book to
read, "I guess we'd better talk
things over a little tonight. These
are hard times. If we can find any
body with money enough to buy 'em
I dunno but we better sell the
sheep."
"If you hadn't been a fool," my
aunt exclaimed with a look of great
distress—"ayes! If yon hadn't been
a itoi.
Tm just what I be, an' I ain't so
big a fool that I need to be reminded
of It," said iuy uncle.
"I'll stay home an' work," I pro
posed bravely.
"You ain't old enough for that,"
sighed Aunt Deel.
"I want to keep you in school," 6ald
Uncle I'eabody, who sat making a
splint broom.
While we were talking in walked
Benjamin Grlmshaw—the rich nmn of
the bills, lie didn't stop to knock,
but walked right In as if the house
were his own. It was common gos
sip that he held a mortgage on every
acre of the countryside. I had never
Vlked him, for he was a stern-eyed
man who was always scolding some
body. and I had not forgotten what his
eon had said of him.
"Good night!" he exclaimed curtly,
:is he sat down and set his cane be
tween his feet and rested his hands
noon it. He spoke hoarsely and 1
remember the curious notion came to
me that he looked like our old ram.
He wore a thin, gray beard under his
chin. His mouth was shut tight in
a long line curving downward a lit
tle at the ends. My uncle used to
say that his mouth was made to keep
his thoughts from leaking and going
to waste. lie had a big body, a big
chin, a big mouth, a big nose and
big ears and hands. His eyes lay
small in this setting of bigness.
"Why, Mr. Grlmshaw, It's years
since you've been in our house
ayes!" said Aunt Deel.
"I suppose it is," he answered rath
er sharply. "1 don't have much time
to get around. I have to work.
There's some people seem to be able
to git along without it. I see you've
got one o' these newfangled stoves,"
lie added as he looked It over. "Huh!
Rich folks can have anything they
want."
Uncle IVabouy nnrt sar splintering
the Ions stick of yellow birch. I ob
served that the jnckkntfe trembled In
his hand. His tone hud a touch of
unnaturalness, proceeding no doubt
from his fear of the wan before him,
as he said:
"When I lionclit that stove I felt
richer than I do now. I had almost
enough to settle with you up to date,
but I signed a note for a friend and
had to pay It."
"Ayuhl I suppose so," Grlmshaw
answered In a tone of bitter Irony
which cut me like a knife-blade, young
as I was. "What business have you
signln' notes an' glvin' away money
which ain't yours to givt—I'd like to
know? What business have you actin*
like a rich man when you can't pay
yer honest debts? I'd like to know
thut, too?"
"If I've ever acted like a rich man
it's been when I wa'n't lookin'," said
Uncle Peabody.
"What business have you to go en
largln' yer family—takln' another
mouth to feed aud another body to
spin for? That costs money. I want
to tell you one thing, Baynes, you've
got to pay up or git out o' here."
lie raised his enne and shook It In
the air as he spoke.
"Oh, I ain't no doubt o' that," said
Uncle Peabody. "You'll have to have
yer imoney—that's sure; an' you will
have it If I live, every cent of It.
This boy is goin" to be a great help
to me—jou don't know what a good
boy he is and what a comfort he's
been to us!"
These words of my beloved uncle
uncovered my emotions so that I put
my elbow oa the wood-box and leaned
my head upon It aud sobbed.
"I ain't goln* to be hurd on ye,
Baynes," said Mr. Grlmshaw as he
rose from his chair; "I'll give ye
three months to see what you can do.
I wouldn't wonder if the boy would
turn out all right. He's big an' cordy
of his age and a purty. likely boy, they
tell me."
Mr. Grimshaw opened the door ana
stood for a moment looking at us and
added In a milder tone: "You've got
one o' the best farms In this town an'
if ye work hard an' use common
sense ye ought to be out o' debt In
five years—mebbe less."
lie closed the door and went away.
Neither of us moved or 6poke as we
listened to his footsteps on the gravel
path that went down to the road and
to the sound of his buggy as he drove
away. Then Uncle Peabody broke
the silence by saying:
"He's the dam'dest—"
He stopped, set the half-splintered
6tick aside, closed his jackknlfe and
went to the water-pail to cool his
emotions with a drink.
Aunt Deel took up the subject where
he had dropped It, as if no-half-ex
pressed sentiment would satisfy her,
saying:
"—old skinflint that ever lived in
this world, ayes I I ain't goin' to
hold my opinion o' that mau no
longer, ayes! I can't. It's too pow
erful—ayeg.!"
Having recovered my composure I
repeated that I should like to give up
school and stay at home and work.
Auut Deel Interrupted me by say
ing:
"I have an Idee that Slle Wright
will help us—ayes I He's comin' home
au' you better go down an' see him—
ayes! Hadn't ye?"
"Bart an' m go down to-morrer,M
said Cncle Pea body.
Some fourteen months before that
day my uncle had taken me to Pots
dam and traded grain and salts for
what he called a "rip roarln' fine suit
o* clothes" with boots and cap and
shirt and collar and necktie to match,
I having earned them by sawing and
cording wood at three shillings a
cord. How often we looked back to
those better days! The clothes had
been too big for me and I had had to
wult until my growth had taken up
the "slack" In my coat and trousers
before I could venture out of the
neighborhood. I had tried them on
every week or so for a long time. Now
my etatuie filled them handsomely
and tbey filled me with a pride and
salsfactlon which I had never known
befcre.
"Now may the Lord help ye to be
careful—awful, terrible careful o'
thtm clothes every minute o' this
day," Aunt Deel cautioned as she
looked at me. "Don't git no horse
sweat nor wagon grea»e on 'em."
To Aunt Deel wagon grease was
the worst enemy of a happy and re
spectable home.
We hitched our team to the grass
hopper spring wagon and set out on
our journey. It was a warm, hazy
Indian-summer day In November. As
we passed "the mill" we saw the Si
lent Woman looking out of the little
window of her room above the black
smith shop—a low, weather-stained,
frame building, hard by the main
road, with a narrow hanging stair on
the side of It.
"She keeps waten Dy ine winuer
when she ain't travelln'," euid Uncle
Peabody. "Knows all that's gola'
on—that woman—knows who goes to
the village an' how long they etay.
When Grlmshaw goes by they say she
hustles off down the' road In her rags.
She looks like a sick dog herself, but
I've heard that she keeps that room
o' hers just as neat as a pin."
Near the village we passed a smart
looking buggy, drawn by a spry-foot
ed torse in shiny harness. Then I
noticed with a pang that our wagon
was covered with dry mud and thut
our horses were rather bouy and our
harness a kind of lead color. So I
was In an humble state of mind when
we entered the village.
There was a crowd of men and
women in front of Mr. Wright's otliee
and through its open door 1 saw many
of his fellow townsmen. We waited at
the door for a few minutes. I crowded
in while Uncle Peabody stood talk
lug to a villager. The Senator caught
sight of me and came to my side and
put his hand on my head and said:
"Hello, Bart! How you've grown!
and how handsome fou look! Where's
your uncle?"
"He's there by the door," I an
swered. 1
"Well, le's go and see him."
Mr. Wright was stouter and grayer
and grander than when I had seen
him last. He was dressed in black
broadcloth an J wore a big beaver hat
and high collar and his hair was al
most white. I remember vividly his
clear, kindly, gray eyes and ruddy
cheeks.
"Bayncq, I'm glad to see you," he
said heartily. "Did ye bring me any
jerked meat?"
"Didn't think of It," said Uncle
Peabody. "But I've got a nice young
doe all Jerked an' If you're fond o'
Jerk I'll bring ye down some to-mor
rer."
"I'd like to take some to Washing
ton, but I wouldn't have you bring
It bo far."
"I'd like to bring It—I want a
chance to talk with ye for half an
hour or such a matter," said my un
cle. "I've got a little trouble on my
hands,"
The Senator took us into his office
and Introduced us to the leading men
of the county.
"Here," said the Senator as he put
his hand on my head, "Is a coming
man In the Democratic party."
The great men laughed at my ,
blushes and we came away with a
deep sense of pride In us. At last I
felt equal to the ordeal of meeting
the Dunkelbergs. My uncle must have
shared my feeling, for, to my delight,
he went straight to the basement
store above which was the modest
sign: "H. Dunkelberg, Produce."
"Well I swan!" said the merchant
In the treble voice which I remem
bered so well. "This Is Bart and Pea
body I How are you?"
"Pretty well," I answered, my un
cle being too slow of speech to suit
my sense of propriety. "How is Sal
ly?"
The two men laughed heartily, much
to my embarrassment.
"He's getting right down to busi
ness," said my uncle.
"That's right" said Mr. Dunkelberg.
•Why, Bart, she's spry as a cricket
and pretty as a picture. Come up to
dinner with me and see for yourself."
Uncle Peabody hesitated, whereupon
I gavo him a furtive nod and he said
"All right," and then I had a deli
clous feeling of excitement I had
hard work to control my impatience
when they talked.
By and by I asked, "Are you 'most
ready to go?"
"Yes—come on—it's after twelve
o'clock," said Mr. Dunkelberg. "Sally
will be back from school now."
So we walked to .the big house of
the DhnkeTDSFgsT dnif T ctfuET TP Ifr* my
heart beating when we turned In at
the gate—the golden gate of my yor.t
It must have been, for after X had
passed It I thought no more as a child
That rude push which Mr. Grimshuw
gave me had hurried the passing.
I was a little surprised at my own
dignity when Sally opened the door
to welcome us. My uncle told Aunt
Deel that I acted and spoke like Silas
Wright, "so nice and proper." Sally
was different, too^-less playful and
more beautiful with long yellow curie
covering her shoulders.
"How nice you lookl" she Bald as
she took my arm and led me into her
playroom.
"These are my new clothes," I
boasted. "They are very expensive
and I have to be careful of them."
I behaved myself with great care
at the table—I remember that—and,
after dinner, we played in the door
yard and the stable, I with a great
fear of tearing my new clothes. I
stopped and cautioned her more than
once1: "Be careful! For gracious
sake! be careful o' ray new cult!"
As we were leaving late In the af
ternoon she 6aid:
"I wish you would come here to
school."
"I suppose he will some time," said
Uncle Peabody.
A new hope entered my breast, that
moment, and began to grow there.
"Aren't you going to kiss her?" enld
Mr. Dunkelberg with a smile.
I saw the color in her cheeks deep
en as she turned with a smile and
walked away two or three steps while
the grown people laughed, and stood
with her back turned looking in at
the window.
"You're looking the wrong way for
the scenery," said Mr. Dunkelberg.
She turned and walked toward me
with a look of resolution In her pret
ty face and said:
"I'm not afraid of him."
We kissed each other and, again,
that well-remembered touch of her
hair upon my face! But the feel of
her warm Hps upon ray own—that was
so different and so sweet to remem
ber in the lonely days that followed!
Fast flows the river to the sea when
youth Is sailing on it. They h:id
shoved me out of the quiet cove into
the swift current—those dear, kindly,
thoughtless people. Sally ran away
Into the house as their laughter con
tinued and my uncle and I walked
dovjn the street. IJ>iW happy I was!
(Continued on Saturday)
You will regret it if you lose one
Instalment of our serial story, "llie
Light iu th.e Clearing.'' Subscribe
today.
Many Skagw»y People Knooe the
Importance of Healthy KJdiveyg, .
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day, < ;
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weair kidneys allow Impurltlet to
multiply. j j.i
No kidney 111 should be neglected.
There is possible danger In delay.
If you have backache or urinary
troubles,
If you are nervous, dizzy or worn
°«t, - '• .Jin:!
BeeLn treating your kidneys at
once; , j
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
PillS. ; i , j
Recommended by thousand*
Mrs. Ous Andreas, 243 W. FlWy*
eighth St., Seattle, "Wash., says:
! "What caused my kidneys to get out
! of order, I don't know. Across
| the small of my back and over my
! kidneys', eharp pain# caught me all
the time. Dizzy spells annoyed me
a lot, too, andi I always felt tired
and languid. I used different kid*
i ney remedies but wasn't helped
i until J used! Doan's Kidney Pills,
j In a short time Do&n's had re*
j moved the troubl© and I have felt
j fine ever since."
Trice GOc, at all dealers. Don't
; simply ask or a kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidney Pilla—tha same
that Mrs. Andrea^ ha& Foster*
■iUilburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
To pet [the genuine, call for tha
| full nam<j LAXATIVE BROMO
| QUININE. Look, for signal ore U
E. W. GROVE. Cures ,* Cold In
One Pay. 30c. J222
dXna A remedy forinfctfiaoJ
!ll of the urintry trtct,
. c - P&i&JeflS, non-po:nOoi»u»
W* i-vd will not Wrirture
Relieveflin 1 to 5 days.
rn.CS Si.20 Sold By Draggkts
:;..C w, a each l.otlle or niailea on teqttttt.
I THE E'vANS CHEMICAL^)" CINCINNATI, 0.
White Pass &. Yukon Route
TIME TABLE XO. 42
Thursday and Friday
So. 1. N. Bound No. 2, S. Bound
l«t ma** 1st CIms
9:00 a. m. Leaves
11:35 a. m. H
12:15 p. m. "
1:10 p. m. ■
2:60 p. m. "
5:20 p. m. Arrives
SKAGWAY Arrives
WHITE PASS Lo»ve»
LOG CABIN "
BENNETT "
CARCIIOSS "
WHITEHORSE "
4:20 p. m.
2:60 p. m.
2:00 p. m.
1:20 p. m.
11:18 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
Passengers moat be at depl In time to have Baggage In
spected And checked. Inapwtton is (topped 30 Minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pound* of baggage wlU t> checked free with <*cb fiB
flare ticket and 70 pounds wltf! each half far* ticket.
IN THE COLUMNS OF
The Daily Alaskan
You will find advertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants
Plit"] your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
i^kdvertise in The DailyJ Alaskan
Printing of Quality