On The Dalton Trail

Prof. a ml Mrs. W. S. Perry have i !■■. ivftl letters trouw 1helr soa Paul, wlib left New Yovk lat suflnime-r, for the gold field.s of A.lapk&, ;uvl from ( -,:■■ da'ted "Dalton Traïl, 100 miles fiom tliie coast, Sept. 20, 1897," wc ■ allowed to quote a porttoo oi the coutents. bellevlng ihat m:uiy oi our readers wul be g-re.iily toterested i u W iys : "The reftura tomorröw oí most oi i'iic sevenal paxtïèfe traveliag praetically iosetlii es me to eend you ilie good ivurd that I arai ini the best o; liealth aiad spirits, In spite oí i'li ■ (Híiiculties overeóme or yet lacing us. These latter axe eausiqg tlie bieaking up oí tlie party wlio.se eomT'.ined íoroes liad TO horses aad 110 cattle. Elglit of the honsea feil by. ie wayslde yesterday, Btarred to deat.Ii, Uecause fora week we have been traveling themxuiitains ui snow a íooh deap, and 100 miles of bhow líe in front of us, say re'turning 'ï'ukounns, and thls it is that has ucared most oí tlie mem into i-eturning. Vi'e, liowever, have onough gr u-W to wiuteï iis, and have never tlioaglit oí Imrniug back. We arey noiw in good linüber, so if our hoises give out (our .iet diied yeefcerday) can ruin up a shack and winter ia good style. Iï, thea-efore you lo ïiot ?iear from me for stíveral montihs, yow may imagine me as living on Smoked salmón, at Daltoin's trading post, 33 miles j beyomd, practieing on snowsiioes and wiitiug my book, 'By t-be Dalton Trail.' It is possible, liowever, that otdieis' misiortune is good luck. We ltóive been pro-mised ten liorses and tem head oí cattle to be Jaid for if we get to Tlue Yukoners say Xiaeve is absolutely 'no grub' tkera as tha rivet boits failed to get vup with provtsions. So we would gèt 1 om $1, (presjiitpiice) to $3 a pouni for beef, or say $5,000 for eaclr of uf. We have our liopes, it íoas noi snow ranch more, as tliere i good teed 40 miles aliead. We would islauhter om the Yukon river, at i"ort Selkirk, 233 miles alvead, aad sled dovm on the snow. "Tío-aiis-'ht tons oí provisions, worth ■tJieir weigïlt in gold in Dawson, haTe 1ean tlbrown away by those retaming or adrancing. Among tlve lat leiare two woman wlvo ride ïnustaiigs and can-ry guns. YeSterdiay I packed 30 lbs. eigfct miles on my back, bo a,m In. (jood sbape, without even a, cold. "If you are as well as I am, then lili, family is O. K."