COMES fASf
C ?ra s Poarins: Inte Iinterior
Over Ra'lroa l
Freight is pouring ioto the interior
over ths White Pass faster than at any
time in recent yearn at this staige of
the *e son. Fifteen different Teasels
are no? engaged m the Skagway Puget
Soucit traffic, soma ot tbetn larger than
?3y >>f^iie vessels that have plied this
run it^V iAos.t a decade Some of them
ire corafng'witn immense cargoes and
all of them carry fair sized ones.
The new vessels on this route this
-?>rltig are the Haldis, Halvard and
Hornet, the first two beiug operated by
!.'?<* McKenzie Brothers, Limited, and
Tie iast named by tha Alxska Steamship
Company, which has found its Jeffer
son, Dolphin, titration and Dirigo in
adequate to handle its business. The
McKec ie eompmy is also operating
the Henriette.
The i'aeittc Coast Steamship Com
pauy continues to op rate its four ves
sels, the Cottage City, the City of
Seattle, the A!- Kl and the Humboldt,
ail of wh oh bring fair cargoes.
The Canadian Pacdc's two liners,
Pr.cc. ss May and Princess lie* trice,
bring so d cargoes once a week.
In spite of this big fleet of vessels,
however, the barge Canada is now in
1 >r; with an immense cargo which is
Iwing discharged.
The present indications fully justify
the prediction of General Manager
Brrdoe made early this Spring that the
toniii^a for the se:ison will be fully up
to that of !as: year, or above it.
SOON OVER
"Swiftw-tter Hill's" Wife
Tires of No. -
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Seat.f. June JT- Dora Beebe Cook,
? iKvoreed wife of "Swiftwater Bill"
( -tes, hi.s brought suit against Cook
I - a divorce. She aUe'ges that Cook
h s spent her alimony. Cook has
? lowered tne complaint of his wife,
li- says she wants to reiu-?rry "Swift
*y.cr Bill," who is peaniiess and liv
i ?? with his father at Oakland.
?Mrs CLEW
IS VERY lAROt
It is estimated tbat the spring clean
u; of the Winter damps at Nome ag
gregaied iT, 000,000. To this will be
add ii *2.000,000 to *5, 000,000 for the
worain* between the present and next
N <vember. Nome's output last year
was *6,5 0,000 for the entire year.
Tanana's output th:s year is now
1 laced at $12,000,000, in case the strike
shall be settled before the fall rains set
in. It was ?9,250,000 last year.
Nome's output would have been
j2,0o0,0C0 greater aod the Tanana's
J3.0C0, 000 greater had it not been for
the strikes.
At Tha Ma.oot
Mt. Vernon Rye, Old Taylor and Bdl
CDont Whiskies (double stamped goods,
10 years oid), and Rainier and Pacific
Bottled B;er, at the Mascot,
BUY NOW
Select Yonr Sonvenirs Be
fore Seasou hes;io8
Do you want 'o send a souvenir of
Alaska boiue to relatives or friends?
Buy now. before the beginning of the
tourist travel: buy when you have a
large ana choice stock from which to
Ddke v^ur selections.
We Save the best line in Alaskan
souvenirs and novelties ever present
ed to the Northern public.
Ours'.ock of wa^cbesnugget, jewelry,
precious stones and otl.er articles was
never so complete *r so worthy of your
patronage, if you ueed anything come
and see wnat we have .before you do
anythiog rash.
The repair department of our estab
lishment excels. Its mottoes are AS
GOOD AS NEW and SATISFAC
TION guaranteed.
We examine your eyes free of charge;
we fit defectiv eyes with glasses that
will remedy the defects at prices that
are right.
J. Iduta, Optician aud Jeweler
The Fifth Avenue bote! Is the big
gest and best appointed hostelry In ail
liie north.
[Orisltn!.!
The honeytuoou was over for young
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald, and they were
watering the most dangerous period for
married people? the portal between ro
mance and practical wedlock. Th^ ]
first ripple came one evening at din
ner, when the husband announced that
he had an eugagcmeut lu the city with
a party of his old cronies. The wife
?aid nothing, but her husband saw
that she was doing a Kreat deal of
thinking. He tlir-rofc .? poke with all
the intonation of ati'ection of which ho j
was capable, emphasizing the "dear"
and going around behiud her and put
ting his arms about her. It was ail of j
no avail. Had he not dreaded the
chair of his bachelor fi Unu.'s lie would
i have broken the eiua :ient aud stay
I #d at home. As It was, he kissed his
1 wife several times, not eliciting the
' slightest response, and with much mis
| giving went out.
I Mrs. Arenmaia nail ne ver i.etoie neen ;
| compelled to pas-; an alone. A
I member of a lar .?> family, with hosts
| of frieuds of her own age. her life had
| been one delightful hoildaj. Now
imooc straugevs, in a -urna.-e place.
of the clock? It ticked loud enough to
wake the dead a very uatu"..l -revul
?ion came over her. Before her mar
riage she had tli if; 'it lie would die
without her lover. Now she thought
?he would uie without her home and
all who were in it. It occurred to hei
with sudden and overwhelming force
that she had exchanged everything for
AOthlng. No. for a life of loneliness.
And her crown of wrruiv was that aft
er all the hilling and cooing the man
for whom she had ma-ao the sacrirtce
would not give up the society of his
old chums for hers. She threw her
self on a sofa, buried her face iu h pil
low and moaned:
"Mother:"
The young husband had voluntarily
told his wife th::t he would return i>j
the 10 o'clock train, rencbiug home at
11. This necessitated 111- leaving his
friends l>y half past 1). and when he
proposed to do m> there wa.-i a shout of
derision.
"She's got him under already!" cried
one.
"Come, old man," said another, "put
up a good tight in the beginning and
you'll have au easy 1!'?. If you don't
slavery Is yours forever."
And so Mr. Arcbilwild. rallied by his
friends, put off his .>lng from train
to train till the last, which left at 12
mldnlftit. But some - e bad borrowed
his watch ou preteus ? of doing a sbiiaht
of hand trick w ith it and b id set it
back. Therefore wheu Archie, as they
called him, rose to go there was a
shout of laughter, and he was Informed
that the train had been gone ten iniu
utes.
All this puts Mr Archibald's friends
tn a somewhat bail liglit. But they
were not so bad as they apiieared.
After badgering th"ir victim for awhile
they told him that he needn't worry.
One of them had aff automobile wait
lng. and the} would all see him home
to make sure his wife didn't abuse
him. I'afortutiatel they \ . re a lonx
while getting away, and at - o'clock In
the morutng. when they wero spinning
over a road through a lonely wood,
there was a report, the automobile
turned sldewl-e against a telegraph
pole, and the p : rty ?a- - "Hied in the
road. A tire : .. 1 c\ploded, The only
Injury to any one of them was a
scratch on Archie
| It was 7 a. in. when the party rode
up to tile A
fast. Leaving them in lb library, he
mounted the stairs 10 tliid Ills wife.
She was not lu be.' i >oui. nor had her
bed been occupied lie r..ng tor a
servant, who Informed, him that Mrs.
Archibald hud taken t!:.? o , io. k train
for her mother's home 1 - ng down
stairs, he excitedly HBUoilui'td to the
party the result of their i-sc ;>ade. The
news temporarily ihri a . uiper over
them. Then Koine Oi e propo-ed to take
Archibald to his wife's refuge, fifty
mile* distant, and bring her back. But
one of the party, a widower, made a
suggestion.
go there without something to work
on. There hi - een .. terrible automo
bile accident. Archie has be. n injured.
Put him to bed. Two of us will stay
with hlin whil > nd break
the news as delicately as ] >ossIble to
his wife."
me proposition w..s iirariru. .ium?
wu carried by two stout fellows to his
room and Lis band wound !n bandages.
The automobile dashed awaj .
About uoou the machine c.iiue puff
ing up to the house at !awbr?aklns
speed. Mrs. Ar?hll U1 would not wait
to bo banded out a:.'l, ru->biug Into tbo
bouse, threw her arms wildly about
ber husband.
"Forgive uie. darling," she cried.
/"Be careful -of his baud." exclaimed
one of bis masculine nurses. "We have
done the best we could for the poor
fellow since you were not here to nurse
him."
"I shall never forgive myself."
A few days later nr. automobile- of
the latest pattern came, a belated wed
ding present from the friends who had
caused the rupture, to Mrs. Archibald,
with a polite note saying that the gtv
trs Intended It to brin^ her speedily In
case she were absent when "poor Ar
chie" needed ber. ^
The Injured mail In a week's time
succeeded In getting away from his
wife to business, resolutely declining,
however, for a mouth to uubaudage
his hand. He mi-;ht have left her tor
ids old chums w: -n he liked after that,
but her tender : 'leltude for him while
recovering fro: i his wound weaned
him from them, and they were obliged
either to give him up or sec him at his
home. WILI.ARD C. IRVING.
f An Amateur Thief. I
?
(Original.)
Two friends, Wallace Yost and Clin
ton Palmer, were discussing tbe blun
ders made by criminals In. corerluj
their tracks. Yost was speaking.
"I tell you the criminal from the mo
ment he becomes a criminal has not a
normal control of his faculties."
"He should have a far keeuer control
of them than before. Had 1 committed
h crime my faculties would be sharp
as a razor."
"I should like to have that statement
tested."
"It Is possible. MaEe It worth my
while, and I will commit a crime."
"What do you mean?"
Palmer thought awhile before reply
ing. "I will- bet you $1,000 to SJO.OOO
fhatNl can steal $10,000 and not be de
tected for, say, a year. I will take the
money from the safe of my employer,
!?> which I anil others hare access. The
money can be returned anonymously
at the end of the year with Interest."
"The conditions will not be criminal.
If you are arrested, I can come for
ward and claim Ihat It Is merely n
wager."
"That would not be evidence, any
tbief could set some friend to put In
such ft claim for him."
-I believe you're right. So far as be
lug cousldered a criminal la concerned,
there would be no hope fcr you."
The hot was made, and Palmer the
next day during business hours, while
the ollice was crowded, walked delib
erately Into the safe, whleh stood open,
l>ut a package of bills lu bis side coat
pocket, went and sat down at his desk,
[?cniaiued there till the hour of closing,
then wunt out in company with a mem
ber of the firm. Going to his room, he
sat down to think over what he should
do with the money. Ills brain was
clear, uud he was pleased to discover
that he had perfect control of his fac
ulties. There had been so many peo
ple in the office at the time the money
was taken, the safe standing open the
while, that there was uo reason why
h<> should be suspected any more than
others. Nevertheless all the office force
would be placed under surveillance. A
detective would be employed, whose
eye' would be open to the slightest
clew. Palmer's room might he search
ed when he was absent, so he coition I
leave the money there, lie dared not
keep It on his person. He da nil not
put It In bank. He must get rid of It.
Here was a risk that he was forced
to take. If he were seen biding the
money, if It were discovered In any
place' that would Incriminate him, tj?**
game would be up. However, he tie
lleved that the risk would be Infinites
linal, and he spent several hours mak
ing plans for the tUs position of the
funds. The theft had not t>oen discov
ered before the closing hours of busi
ness and could not possibly lie>lls
covered till the beginning of business
hours the next day. He could certain
ly not l>e watched till then, If at all
After dinner he went to his grand
mother's, who lived a few miles out In
the couutry, nnd when It was dark and
no one noticed him he strolled back of
the house. Taking o spade from the
barn, he went a few hundred yards to
a wood. There under a tree he knew
well? he had often ellmbed It when a
boy - he buried the bills hi a cigar box.
He felt now that the rest would be
easy. He would go to the office, as
usual, in the morning feeling sure that
the theft could not be traced to him.
All he had to do was to act naturally.
He slept fairly well and at P o'clock
tn the morning entered the office. The
employees were coming In, and one of
the partners, Mr. Knox, was already
there. Faluier cast a quick glance
about him ard saw that all was as
usual. He sat down at his desk and
tried to lose himself In his work. But
he couldn't. He dreaded the moment
when the money would be missed.
Then he begnu to wish the discovery
would be made and his suspense end
ed. About 11 o'clock the cashier went
Into the safe aud soon returned with
a serious look on his face. Going to
the head of the firm, Sir. pevlln, he
whispered something In his ear. The
gentleman a''ose and went to the safe
with the cashier. Both eutered, aud
both came out together, the head of
the firm taking In with a searching
glance every man In the office.
Palmer's heart was beating like a
kettledrum, and he felt the blood leav
ing bis face. Should he look ftt his em
pi oyer or keep his eyes on his work?
He had wit enough left to choose the
latter course, but he felt that the eye
of his employer was on him, aud to
look unconcerned was out of the ques
tion.
"Mr. Palmer, will you step Into my
private office?"
Palmer knew that the first part of
his game had gone against him, but be
was plucky. Indeed, he bad to be
\ilufky and nerved himself for a strug
gle as to the remaining part. He de
nied any knowledge of the theft and
explained his pallor on the ground that
he was not well. Mr. Devlin pretend
ed at least to be convinced of bis Inno
cence and sent him back to work.
Thai's the last I'almer heard of the
matter. He could have borne the
strain better bad be heard more. For
weeks he endured (he tortures of the
damned and when be could endure It
no longer went to his aunt's, dug up
the money and, going to Mr. Devlia
laid It on bis desk.
Palmer, having returned the money,
was not prosecuted. The circumstances
of the bet were given out, but made
little impression. Palmer went forth
with the mark of Cain upon him and
died in a few years of the obloquy un
der which he lived.
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