OMR SIDE
Rev. M-. Turkington Ex
plains That Sermon
Whitehorse, June 29? To tha Editor?
\Wuld you lcindly allow me space ia
your paper for a lew Hoes by way of ex
^Unntioo of a very misleading letter
I Ahich appeared in last Tuesday's copy
of your paper.
< >o Sabbath evcDiog, the l'3id lost, I
the statement, mat the nations
ivi ich held the Sabbath observance
n .<>> loos.-ly always lowered their tuorul
Jtaudard sooner or later.
To pro? this I took France as the
first exanip'e and quoted from a public
statement made bv a Catholic bishop as
to ihe moral state of France at the pres
rilt t iiue.
I then cited Spain's past aud present
condit on and noted huv the Spaniards
had loved the bull and cock tights on
the Sabbath day.
The third proof was a reference to
till- almost opeu Sunday in the I'uittd
S'atfs ami here 1 pointed out that th:s
?vas oue uf the leading factors which
had pulled down he moral staudard of
: hat country. Then 1 quoted a statt"
inent from one of the American maga
.nes to show that the standard was
not as high as it might he, and it was
fur this quotation that 1 was accused cf
being narrow, prejudice and ignorant.
1 said not a word beyond what was stat
ed in the article.
The last example I took was the Yu
kon. I spoke of the lowness of the
standard in this place, and bettered it
largely came through a disregard of
the Sabbath combined with greed for
&raio.
1 can assure you I did not make the
statement from etther narrowness or
prejudice. for these qualities have no
roura in my life, as tome of my Amer
ican friends in Skagwav, who have
kuown me for years, can testify. Nor
??an it be truly said F did it through
iguora? ce. for I have been almost a
?.iic->tant rpxrier of I'ucle Sam's papers
aed magazines for tifteen jeais.
t hare li< ed in the states for uearly
foi.r years at different times, and have
a true regard and warm feeling for my
American cousins: but I consider it
mo-.', unfair that such a rabid letter
abou .V. be sent tu you for publication
ju?f because I made a quotation from
an American magazine in the pulpit.
In Chrift's kingdom there are no
racial noucdary linen.
K. TrRKI.VOTON.
NO COlNCIl
MftThG VESTfRDAY
Owing to hbaence from the city of
Mr De Siercy and inability of Mr. Mc
Kay to attend, no meeting of the city
fathers was held last night.
A special meeting will undoubtedly
be called this week bv the mayor for
the transaction of regular business. At
thN meeting the appointment of a
uighf wa?chman will be taken up to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Henry Fredenthal
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5 Captain Dreams, \
[Copyright, 1*0". by E. C. Parentis.]
While I was iu hospital at Madras a
Hindoo sailor who bail n cot uext to
mine was visited by a sen captain with
whom he had served, f overheard
much of th*ir conversation. The Hin
doo finally died.
The name of the captain was
Pralnes. A few weeks later people
were calling bim Drenms. He was a
?ood sailor, but poor in pocket. The
native bad told him a secret !>el'ore he
died.
The father of tlie uymg nauve uuu
beeu a sepoy iu tho great miitiuy , ami
when the rebelliou had Ikvii stamped
out he hud to go into hiding au?l live
his last days in the Jungle. N hen it.
became apparent that the Knullsh
wouid conquer, a move was made by
all the wealthy Hindoo* to save their
fortunes. The father was attached to
the force of the nabob <?f Mysore ami
with ivrtalu others removed treasure
to tlie amount of a million dollars from
that province to the coast and thence
by solllu- craft to one of the I.neca
dives, T ere it was buried. The ta
ther could not tell the son what pill
tlciilar Isl.rtd it was. nor did he ki?w
after the "fir. lie was wounded In
buttle soot; after Ills return to the
coast, and 'ien peace came lie became
a fugitive t. snve himself. The treas
ure was tak 'i ashore at night anil de
posited In a 'are.
Hint was ''ie story told to the son.
and that wa- he sou who told t to the
captain. The story was over twenty
years old th.- Yon will ask why the
sou hadn't u do a t-v for the treas
ure. In the Irst pace, for twenty
years after tl ? war the English wen
very vigilant -out such things, but
claimed a big -liaro >f whatever the
natives found. Again, the son was
IHM.r in pocket mil distrustful of Ills
fellow men. If e had had the m ney
to fit out an exp lition, he would have
Had to take live ? six wrsous into his
confidence. and i ? chance of his helm;
murdered and tl. noile I was go.nl in
deed. Had he g ie t" the owner of .
any craft an.l o: red half he would
was one of the I. vadlve group, and
he could not say t' 't the treasure had
not I teen removed rears before. He
simply hung ou ? his secret and
waited, and he wa waiting yet when
be was stabbed In i street brawl.
Captain Draines once determined
to try for the tr.v sure. lie had to
have money, and h* liad to iiave men.
aud in this way it arao to be know n
oue knew whither - was l?ouud. but
evervwliere he sliov d up he was ridl- ;
euled and laughed He fore he left j
port he was spok i of as Captain ,
Dream*. He resit d from his ship. !
chartered a native . ift and selected a
crew to he depeiule on. He fitted the
craft to fight as we as to sail, and lie
got away from M ras in the night
aud was out of sitli of the coast next
morning. He hr.d ' ; all in the enter
prise, aud It was :. cas? of make or
break with him.
The run down t tho group was
made, but that was aly the beglnuinif
Some of the island- re only sand liars
or rocky islets, wl. * others are lour
or five miles In rcumference and
heavily wooded. hey had to he
searched In rotatio Tho craft would
two islands while .arties landed on
either to search : r a cave. This
searching took up ! * of tiiae. At the
end of three month- only eight of the
Islands had been .-xplot*l. and the
uieu were refd.v f?'
visions were gone, id fl hundred d.f
ferent disappolntni.- ts had soured the
ti-inpers of the me They agreed .o
search the ninth I* nd. but would go
no farther. If milling was found
there, the captain lust head for the
coast, even if he had to go in chains.
Fortune stands .y some men in
Strang* ways. !' f the island hud
dlsui t ? and aha 'tied at sea came
Irlvln.r in She run -boil plenty of pr>
. ; i. and it wa- seeu that the sal
v.ije of her cargo would give every
man a good thing, tr. ;^:re or no treas
ure.
_ _i ilriivn
I up llt'.M nav aiu-i ii?
ashore Captain I>renms <ex out to gatli
??r some wilil fruit. In their seari h ilie
iiiimi had discovered 110 animals of auy
sort. The captain had not gone forty
rods when a goat sprang out of the
bushes ami meed away. He turneil at
i tang-nt to follow Iter ami ten min
utes later foii'.iil himself at the base of
a rock.v cliCf with a cave entrance five
feet above the ground. It was the na
bob's treasure house, ami llie treasure
was there, lie bail a portion of it wltli
him when he returned t > tlir* iuen. Jus!
what the treasury.-* somite ! to in dol
lars and cents no one out le of the
treasure party ever learned, but the
cargo taken from the t\ reek sold for
$40.ow at the Portuguese port of Coa.
Captain Urea uis was ready to sail
away and only wait ug for the tide
when a native craft with a crew of
thirty tlsbermen mid -hell gatherers
?ppeu'vd a:td undert ml: to despoil him.
But for lii-i m' slii-t-i ti. ?>? would have
done so. autl his craft would never
have bee i heard of move. In the light
he Inflict - 1 u loss of live men killed
and salli triumphantly away. The
Knglhh gjveritau at ! _>ard of his lind
u;al 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 liriug In
that country today. Ninety -nine of the
bunt9 for buried treasure have turaud
out costly disappointment!), but this
was an exception. The treasure was
ttere. and It was secured.
M. QUAD.
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