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Through. Tickets to ami rrom AUin, Dawson, miruau**,
all Iuterior Alaska and V uk&n River points.
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern ujj-to
tiate steamers will operate regularly the entire length of tho
Yukon River and tributaries, giving a service never before e
qualled.
DAILY TRAIN SERVICE
(EXCEPT SUNDAYS)
■will bo maintained between Skagway and White Hare a. Par
lor Observation Cars on every train efford txaveiers every
cciufbri and convenience.
A. F. Z1PF
Traffic Manaaer
For full information apply to
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
and 612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, \&nh.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 89
Daily except Sunday
No. 1, X. Bound So. 2, 8. Bound
1st Oajjji 1st Claaa
0:30 a. m. U*v« 8KAGWAY Arrives 4:50 p. m.
12:03 p. m. " WHITE PASS 3:20 p. m.
12:4"; p. hi. " LOO CABIN " 2:90 p. m.
I'40 p. DL " BKJTVETT » ' 1:50 p. in.
p. m. " CARCROSS ** 11:48 a. m.
5:50 p. m. Arrives WHITXHORSE w 9:00 a. in.
Paupciigfr» moxt be M depot la time to hare Baggage in
spected iud checked. Inspection Is stopped 80 »inatas before
I earing time of trains. —
150 poonds of baggage will be checked free with each full
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THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da»v.
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rate* $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. Pi JLI-EN. P.op.
Jkagway. Alaska
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FOR SALE
The property described as the east
Half of lot 5, block 26, 4th Avenue,
adjoining the Trail Building, with a
4-room cottage.
$500
Cash or Terms
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
Established in 1897
An Appalling
Moment
A Russian Soldier Meet*
Something More to Be
Dreaded Than Battle
By EUNOR MARSH
Peter Nlchlallef was a soldier la the
Russian army, fighting With the troops
near Riga. which la In the aorthweat
ern part of the empira Petar iraa
wounded, having lost an eje In battle,
and was discharged from the service.
So as s6on as ha was able to travel he
prepared to return to hls home la the
province of Vologda, not far from the
Siberian line. He went by rail to
Petrograd and there wrote hia wife to
meet him midway between the capital
and his home with a sleigh tor tha
rest of his Journey.
Now, Peter had been married two
years before and soon after hia mar
riage had marched away to the war.
The parting with hia young wife was
very hard on both him and her. The
chances were that he would either be
killed in battle or die of dlseaae or be
so mutilated as to be a burden to him
self if not to others. But now he waa
on his way home, having lost only one
of his eyes, while the other enabled
him to keep In touch with tha world.
Peter would not have boon allowed
to keep his rifle had the fact been
known. Indeed, he should not have
taken It away with him, but he was
so attached to it that be could not
bear to part with it He had named
It for his wife and carved "Bonis" on
the stock. So he carried it with him
on his journey home, also a doeen
rounds of ammunition.
Peter reached a little town about ten
hours' Journey from hia home in the
morning, and his wife waa to Join Mai
there In the afternoon. Every min
ute that he waited for her seemed an
hour. Just before sunset he heard the
tinkling of bells up the road, and a
moment later a sleigh appeared driven
by Sonla. She pulled up before the
Inn where Peter was stopping. He
Jumped into the sleigh and embraced
her.
Then Sonla turned to a basket In the
rear part of the sleigh and lifted a
fur robe and a blanket, exposing the
rosy face of a boy a little over a year
old.
"Our son?" asked Peter, his face
lighting with pleasure.
"Yea; he Is our little Peter. I hare
named him for his father."
The child's eyes opened, and seeing
a man's smiling face bending oyer him
he smiled back.
The next morning the sleigh was
brought up to the Inn, Peter and his
family got In and started for home.
The wife sat on the back seat with her
boy in her arms, while Peter took the
reins. The sun shone bright on the
snow, but the air was oool and crisp.
As Peter drove along his heart was
full of gratitude that he had returned
to his wife with no greater loss than
be had sustained, and there was a
great joy In the finding of the little
st ranger whose coming Sonla had kept
from him for a surprise.
The reunited family Jogged along, the
child lulled to sleep in his mother's
arms by the soft tinkle of the sleigh
bells. The country was sparsely set
tled, and for a large part of the dis
tance the way led through dense for
ests. But Peter and his wife were
used to that, having always lived in
the region.
About 5 o'clock In the afternoon,
when they were half a dozen versts
from home, suddenly they heard a dis
tant bark. Peter turned and looked
his wife In the face, from which the
color had receded. Both knew the
sound too well as that of a wolf, and
they knew the danger.
"ir X nan oniy len ine cnnu at
home!" moaned Sonla.
They at once made preparations for
an attack from a pack of wolves. Lit
tle Peter was put in the basket and
covered with robes. Sonla changed
places with her husband, she taking
the reins, while he took up his rifle
from the bottom of the sleigh and in
serted a cartridge In the breach. Then
he waited in the back seat for a con
test which he felt would very likely
come.
The barking continued and drew
nearer. Judging from the volume,
there must be (julte a large pack. Pres.
ently a wolf was seen emerging from
the wood beside the road. Sonla urged
on the horse, and the wolf, left behind,
followed at a gallop. Peter lifted his
rifle to bis shoulder.
When the ex-soldier had last aimed
that gun it was at a line of Germans
crossing a field. Although a well arm
ed human enemy waa advancing upon
him and his comrades, he did not feel
the fear that oppressed him now.
Then he was a part of an army de
fending Russia; now he was alone and
the lives of his dear wife and child
were dependent upon him, and him
alone. As to ills own life he had be
come used to risking that
Nevertheless he kept his nerve. He
remembered that he had on If a docexi
cartridges and might have to repel a
hundred wolves. He had fought the
Germans when all his ammunition had
been exhausted and knew the helpless
ness of one so situated. If he ground
his teeth then, what would be his feel
ings should his dozen shots be exhaust,
ed now before he could drive off the
wolves or reach home?
Peter was by no means Ignorant of
defensive warfare against wolves. He
reserved his fire, while the brute fol
lowed in his wake, and when It ap
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pfttAched too closely Sonla whipped op
the bora© and gained a little on It
Meanwhile wolves were pouring from
the woods Into the road behind the
sleljfh. They were yelping and snarl
ing and tumbling over one another,
but alwayi keeping their fierce eyes on
the object containing what would ap
pease their hunger, for It was near the
end of a long winter, and they were
famished.
Finally the pack, now united, press
ed so closely upon tha sleigh that Pe
ter felt It necessary to kill the leader,
knowing that there would be • scram
ble for his dead bod^, which would oc
casion tome delay. Peter was a good
shot and pat • ballet between the efres
of the foremost wolf. The beast drop
ped dead, and, as Peter had expected,
many of the brutes pooaced upon the
body and fought for tt But there
were so many In the pack that a num
ber that could not get near the carcass
followed on.
A wolf emerged from the wood In
advance and made a spring for the
horse, which was going at a gallop.
8onl* had brought a revolver with
her. Its chambers being loaded, she
took the reins In her left hand and,
drawing the weapon with her right,
fired, and the wolf, releasing its
clutch on the horse, rolled down Into
the road His carcass took off a num
ber of the wolves following.
The yelping and the shots awakened
little Feter, who threw off the cover
ing from his face and realizing that
something was wrong, added his own
tiny voice to the din. But neither his
father nor his mother could spare any
time to attend to him, for the former
was now forced by the pressing wolves
to fire more rapidly, while the latter
was emptying the chambers of her re
volver upon those that were appearing
In the road In front of the sleigh.
Though Peter husbanded his shots
as best be could, all were gone at last
Some of the wolves had been killed
by him, some bad lagged behind, and
some had dropped out of the chase al
together. There were now only half
a dozen wolves in pursuit, but they
were the largest, the strongest and the
fiercest of the pack. The leader made
a spring for Peter, who brained It
with the barrel of his rifle. But in
doing so the weapon slipped out of Pe
ter's hand and fell in the road.
While the body of the wolf he had
killed was being devoured Peter turn
ed to his wife, put his arms about her
and kissed her.
"Goodby, sweetheart," fie saia.
"What are you going to do 7"
"The wolves must have another rlc
tim."
"Oh, Peter!"
"It Is for you and the child. When
the next one spring* at me he will
take me, but there will b« food enough
for all of them In my body, and you
may escape."
"No; we will die together."
"I will go first. If they require more
food it will be your turn next God
grant that I may save yon both."
Me bent down and kissed his little
■on; then, standing on the rear »eat,
was about to jump down into the road
when a shot was heard and the fore
most wolf fell dead. The rest scatter
ed under shots fired from an unseen
enemy.
"Pull op!" cried Peter to his wife.
Sonla drew rein and at the same time
several men emerged from the wood on
one side of the road.
"We are Just In time," said one of
them.
But Peter did not hear him; ho was
locked in an embrace with his wife,
while the horse stood panting. Then
the mother took little Peter In her
arms, while tears of relief flowed fast.
A party of woodsmen working near
the road had heard the yelping and the
shots and, surmising the cause, had
ran toward the approaching dip. Hav
ing guns and ammunition, the driving
off of the remaining wolves was an
easy matter.
There was thankfulness In the hearts
of Peter and his wife while completing
their Journey, and as soon as they had
reached their home and put little Peter
In his crib they fell on their knees side
by side and with their arms about
each other.
Feter Xlclilallef's farm was Desiegea
by bis neighbors to bear about the
war waged so far from them tbat
they got no news of it except when
some discharged soldier came borne,
usually broken down in body and some
times in mind, to tell them about it.
Petei's accounts were listened to in
wrupt attention, but on telling of his
adventures he always wound up by
saying that under the most murderous
fire he had never encountered anything
so appalling as when the only remain
ing defense for his wife and boy was
bis own body thrown as meat to the
wolves.
Not long after Peter's return another
discharged soldier brought tbe news
that the Little Father had abdicated
the throne, and a new era bad opened
for the Russian empire.
By this time Peter, having become
strong again, was seixed with a desire
to go back to the firing line. That Is
the singular feature of a soldier's life.
While incurring danger many a man
pines for safety and the comforts of
home, but let him remain inactive for
a short period and an irresistible da
sire comes upon him to get back into
those very dangers that had been bo
intolerable.
Peter would have gone back at once
had not Sonla begged him not to leave
her, not to tear himself away from
their little boy.
Peter listened to her appeals till the
Import of the stirring events came over
him. In the deposition of the crar, the
entering of the United States into the
contest, he saw a struggle between Im
perialism and democracy. He believed
in the rule of the people, and ab one of
the people he deemed it his duty to go
on fighting for their cause. Then he
went back.
Our display for your selection Is
bow complete on
. i i I i i ii !J 'lilr!
Tennis Rackets
Tennis Presses
Tennis Balls
Tennis-Grips
Wo baye stocked this year the
famoug Spaulding & Bros., line as
well m the HoTBamaa line which Is
on«i of the moet popular lines In the
Norti.
Witght & DUaon Championship,
Spaulding Championship and Hard
Court ballg for 1917 la abundance.
Remember all our gooda are
guaranteed, and we haye had your
waata In mlad In ordering our
stock. Wb await your commands,
feeling ooafldent that we can give
you satisfaction In gooda ancJ
prices.
Rackets for the Kiddles ait $1-25
and $1.60.
KELLER BROS.
Quality Job Printing—Daily Alaskan
Photo by American Press Association.
Chief of Militia Affair* William A.
Mann.
Bible Colors.
The natural colors mentioned in the
Bible are white, black, red, yellow and
green. The only fundnmentary color
of which the ancient Hebrews appear
to have had a clear conception was red.
They had no scientific knowledge of
colors.
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Mistress—They say there are 10,000,
000 germs on the cap of a milk bottle..
Maid—Sure, ain't It lucky it don't wear
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT!
OIF FINAL ACOOCNB
la the Halted States Commlssioaar'a
Court for fJia Territory of Alas
ka, SJrtgwajr Precinct at Ska^
Way, Alaska, Before the H06. K.
A. Rasmuson, Commtoaloaer, and
Ex-offialo Probate dud^a,
la -Mie Matter of the Estate at An
ma C&ssldy, deceased.
NOTICE 13 HEREBY OIVBN,
that Frank Suffecool, the admlais
trator of the estate of Anna Oae
aldy, deceased, has rendered, pre
sented, aad filed la the above entit
led ocurt, hla final account oj his
admlnlsLration of said estate} ami
the hearing of tbs eama has boaa
flie(l by said corurt for the lTth, da
of July, 1917 e* 10 o'clock, b thfl
forenoon; of said day, at the United
States Ceurt House, La Sk&gway, AJ
fcska, and all cerraona lntarctfted to
said estate ar« notified to appear
at eadd time aad £0e <u>X objection
they may hare to said account ted
to show cause IX anj the; fcfcre,
why *aJd final account ehaala no*
he allowed.
EdtraTd S. SasmnflBtt,
Commlsice^er and ex-Officio En>
bate Judge.
First publicatloa May, ism, 1917.
L««t jjubllcallonj July, I0tl», 1917,
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