GREAT TIME
.Inn nan Elks Defeat Sfeagway
Herd at Baseball
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Janeau Elks defeated visiting Elks
fromSkagway last i^?k by a score of 10
19 10 at b*aeball. Judmu Record-Miner
the toil wing account of the game:
Juneau people were treated to real,
live baseball? the genuine, dyed-ln-the
wool, national league brand '(coppered^
vest* rday afternoon, when a team com
posed of visiting Skagway Elks and a
team from the home lodge 'crossed
bats', on the lo *1 diamond. Nevr be
f>re was such lull playing seen In
Juneau, and never again will it be.
The tClks' system of playing the nation
al game is of a (pattern all their own,
tbey never do it twice in the same way
To say the game was worth goiog miles
to see is putting it mildly. Each inning
alone? and there were five long,
luscious ones? waa worth the price of
admission.
"Will Uavson, tbeSkagway ilothler,
at first base, put up a spectacular game
both in the fie'd and at the bat.
Nothing got past him on first base, and
the way he reached up after the high
ones wnen at bat waa startling.
"Ben Behrends put in all hi* time
trving to knock out fliea, but somehow
tLere was no affinity between his bat
and the bit's that came over the plate,
lie bUmes it ail on Spickett.
"Hy 1'reidentbal would have made
.food if he could have kept away from
the umpires. ? Nothing to it. Hy can
kick harder than even Doc Tanner.
"McLean was visibly disappointed
over the size of the ball. 'Me hit one
of tl ose?' he indignantly remarked,
A tsai 1 want is a fool ball!'
? Jim McClosaey would have made
a. ore runs if he had not tried to steal
oaaes. The bases were all pegged
down and Jim could not gel away with
them."
The Skagwiy line up was as follows:
WW Ward, catcher: Fred Will lama,
pitcher: 0, If. Hrraden, shortstop, Will
tayson, 1st base: McQulnn, 2d base:
Henry Friedenthal, 3d base: Hector
McLean, right field: H. M. Behrends,
center field, and Kowler, left field.
Jim McCloskey played first base for
?fur.eau, and Mayor Forrest shortstop.
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BASEBALL DANCt
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> Turning the Scale. }
[Ordinal.]
Who Is there who cannot look back
to some trilling Incident that changed
the whole coarse of his life? If A had
not happened to meet B on a street
corner on a certain day twenty years
ago. B would not now be A s son-in
law. If C had not seen a certain ad
vertlsemen: for n partner with a thou
sand dollars, he would not now be
the multimillionaire owner of a gold
producing patent. If r> had been o.
flue penman, he would uow doubtless
have been a bookkeeper Instead of
managing partner of his Arm. So It
goes. We think we know what shapes
our end. but we don't. In not one of
! the cases referred to would the person
J affected for a moment consider the
cause given the correct one.
? One day Jim Beverly, a countryman
who had been long hunting for a Job
I in the city, becoming discouraged,
made up his uilnd to go home before
his funds were completely exhausted.
Jim had come to town with a trunk
that had to be held together by a rope.
He had got rid of the country clothes
In It find thought he would like to take
j back one of those suit cases which he
saw so much used. Going to a shop,
he bought a secondhand one at a re
duced price. Besides being second
hand, It had the letters "V. T." painted
on the end. He was told that a red
headed man wearing glasses and a
striped waistcoat hud turned it In as
part paymeut for 11 new one. That was
a lie. The man bought a new one and
left his old oue t?> t*> put In the cellar.
Beverly got It cheap, took It to hi*
room, put his belongings In It and
went to the train. A man took a sent
beside him who kept glancing out of
the corner of lils eye at him.
"How are y\ TorbertJ" he said pres
ently In a low voice.
"How did you know my name was
Torbert?'" asked Jim. suspecting a con
fidence game.
"By several things? Initials on suit
case, red head."
"Well, suppose 1 am Torbert. What
then?"
"Got the stuff lu the case?"
"Suppose 1 have."
'Til be on hand at N. to take It off
your hands. Three days. Better not
hurry. Say Friday. 11 at night"
'"Where':"
"Why, at the Xorthfleld House, you
know, as arranged."
Tbe man got up and left the car at
the flrst stop. While the train was roll
ing through the city limits a couple of
men came down the aisle, looking
here and there at passengers. Bever
ly's suit case was on eud before him.
One of the men looked at the letters
ou the suit case, then at him suspi
ciously.
"I'll trouble you to open that case."
said one of the men.
Beverly demurred at first, then open
ed tbe case. There was nothing In it
but the remnants of a few under
clothes. The man looked disappointed.
"You ve got a red head," he said, "and
tbe letters on your case are V. T? but
you're not the man."
"Ol course he Isn't the man." said hi*
companion. "I know tbe mau we
want. That's not him."
Now. it was on toe rip 01 juij ?
tongue to tell the whole story so far as
It bast been told here, but It may be
Judge ! from his dialogue with the ui?n
I who had sat beside him that he was
be'.tei adapted to receive than to give
information, so lie held his peace. The
men weut on. and Jlui got out when
the trj.in reached his statlou.
J Ini took Into his confidence a couple
of detactives, and they all went to N.
three days later. Jlin entered the
Northfeld House half an hour before
11 o'clt-ck. but he was not Jim Bever
ly; he was a man with white hair and
beard. He silt dowu In one of the of
fice chairs. It was not loug before he
saw the man who had sat beside him
?it) tht- tralu come In. He. too, sat
dowu and. taking up a uewspaper.
rend II ttll a inau with a red head,
glas-.es and a striped waistcoat enter
ed. carrying a brand new suit case.
The lafer went to the desk and called
for n room.
A little later the other man arose,
yawned and. going to the desk, looked
at th? register and went upstairs.
Beverlj weut to the door, called In hi*
men. and. noting the number if the
rootu assigned the newcomer, the
three weut upstairs. Five minutes
later they knocked at hla door and, re
ceiving no response, kicked It open.
They found him taking $150,000 out of
Lis suit case. They arrested him, and
he turned out to be Vincent Torbert.
absconding cashier of the ? tb Na
tional bank.
Jim Beverly pocketed $20,000 reward
by the transaction and. going back to
the tlty, thought be would see If It
would be easier to get on there with
tuonty In his pocket than without. He
got ? position In the bank to which he
had restored its lost funds, the presi
dent promising to advance him. Jim
prorwl capable and became cashier.
He tyarrled the daughter of one of the
directors. She Inherited her father's
?took in the bank, and this eventually
made Jim president. He Is now mana
ger and part owner of a trust oompaay
and Is a uoted financier.
The question Is, What would bave be
come of Jim Beverly had be not pone
lnt? a certain shop on a certain day
and bought a certain secondhand suit
^is?? The chances are that be would
' have been a tiller of the soil, up be
fore day. out In storm and sunshine,
his best products and living on
his poorest. He would bare been
Fanner Beverly instead of James O.
B?rf>rly. millionaire.
ELINOR T. BOYD.
Captain Dreams,
(Copyright. 1907, by E. C. Parcells.]
While 1 was In hospital at Madras n
Himloo sailor who had a cot next to
mine was visited by a sea captain with
whom he had served. I overheard
much of their conversation. The Htn
loo finally died.
The uaine of the captain was
Dralnes. A few weeks later people
were railing him Dreams. He was a
sood sailor, but i>oor In pocket. The
native had told him a secret before he
died.
The father of the dying native had
lieen h sepoy In the great mutiny, and
when the rebellion had been stamped
out lie had to go Into hiding and live
his last days In the Jungle. When It
became apparent that the English
would conquer, a move was made by
nil the wealthy Hindoos to save their
fortunes. The father was attached to
the force of the nabob of Mysore and
with certain others removed treasure
to the amount of a million dollars from
that province to the coast aud thence
by salllug craft to oue of the Lacca
dlves. There It was burled. The fa
ther could not tell the sou what per
tlcular Island It was, nor did he know
whether the treasure was recovered
after the war. He was woundeU In
battle soon after his return to the
coast, aud wheu peace came he became
a fugitive to save himself. The treas
ure was taken ashore at night and de
posited In a cave.
That was the story told to the son.
uud that was the sou wlio told It to the
captain. The story was over twenty
years old tlien. You will ask why the
son hHdu't made a try for the treas
ure. In the first p'ace, for twenty
years after the war the English were
very vigilant about such things, but
claimed a big share of whatever the
natives found. Again, the son was
poor In pocket and distrustful of his
fellow men. If he had had the money
to fit out an expedition, he would have
had to take five or six persons Into his
,'oufldence. uud the ehasice of his being
murdered aud despoiled was good In ~
deed. Had he gone t'"> the owner of
any craft aud offered half he would
have been laughed at. tie had simply
come to the conclusion that the Island
was oue of the I.accadlve group, and
he could not say that the treasure hail
not been removed years before. He
simply hung on to bis secret and
waited, and he was waiting yet when
he was stabbed In n street brawl.
Captain Dralnes at once determined
to try for the treasure. He had to
have money, and he had to have men.
and In this way It cam# to be known
that be was off after a million. Xo
one knew whither he was bound, but
everywhere he showed up he was ridi
culed and laughed at. Before he left
port he was spoken of as Captain
Dreams. He resigned from hlB ship,
chartered r native craft and selected n
crew to be depended oo. He fitted the
craft to fight as well as to sail, and he
got away from Madras In th'? night
and was out of sight of the coast next
morning. He had bis all In the enter
prise, aud It was a cas# of make or
break with him.
The run down to the group was
made, but that was only the beginning
Some of the Islands are only ?aud bars
or rocky Islets, while others are four
or five miles In circumference and
heavily wooded. They had to be ?,
searrhed In rotation. The craft would
be anchored In the channel between
two Islands while parties landed on |
either to search for a cave. This '
searching took up lots of time. At the
end of three months only eight of the
Islands had been explored, and the
men were ready for mutluy. The pro
visions were gone, and a hundred dlf- j
ferent disappointments had soured the
tempers of the men. They agreed to
search the ninth Island, but would go
no farther. If nothiug was found
there, the captain must head for the
coast, even If be had to go In chains. I
Fortune stands by some meu In
strange ways. Half the Island hail
been explored when there came a great
gale, and a French ship that had been -
dismasted and abandoued at sea came
driving In. She furnished plenty of pro
visions, and It was seen that the sal
vage of her cargo would give every
man a good thing, treasury or no treas
ure.
The next day after the wreck drove
ashore Captain Dreams set out to gatn
er some wild fruit. In their search tlia
men had discovered no animals of any
sort. The captain had not gone forty
rods when a goat sprang out of the
bushes and raced away. He turned at
a tangent to follow her and ten min
utes later found himself at the base of
a rocky cliff with a cave entrance five
feet above the ground, tt was the na
bob's treasure house, and the treasure
was there. He had a portion of It with ?
him when he returned to the men. Just
what the treasure amounted to In dol *]
lars and cents no one outside of the
treasure party ever learned, but the
cargo taken from the wreck sold for
$40,000 at the Portuguese port of Goa.
Captain Dreams waa ready to sail
away and only waiting for the tide
when a native craft with a crew of
thirty fishermen and shell gatherers
appeared and undertook to despoil him.
But for his muskets they would have
done so, and his craft would never
have been heard of move. In the fight
he Inflicted a loss of five men killed
and sailed triumphantly away. The
English government heard of his find
and tried to bring him to the mark, but
the Portuguese governor refused to de
liver him up, and after a year he sail
ed for France and may be living In
that country today. Ninety-nine of the
hunts for buried treasure have turned
out costly disappointments, but this
was an exception. The treasure was
ttere, and It was secured.
M. QUAD.
? hi rim. .1,1 . 'Timl?rt
TO My Patrons:
I will be at my old place of busi
ness until further notice and pre
pared to give receipts to all those
who desire to pay their account.
MARTIN CONWAY
Skagway, May 11th, 1907.
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