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Show ! POCAHONTAS IN ALASKA Bl All Wins' li'C'ipo from Heine (lis Cen HBl lorplccK nr it luminal. H VtiRnlinntn ha linmi oiitilono liy nn H Alnskit uiiililuu. John Smilli win only H in ilitiiptr n linvliij; lili lir.ilns 8 pat H tcrvil (iviii- tlir Hill roiuiil In'' real uitntti H -wlion lOL:iliuiitns icsciilmI lil til with liur H Tin) Jnlin Smltli. of Aliifikii, wns not B only in iliuijrur uf lining killiul, hut of H licln;' iMtiin when ll.u woman in whoso H fo Iio foiiuil favor 5.1 roil lilm. H 'Of coiu'o tliu sltuiitlnn in llfo of tlio H actors nro soinowliat (lificrutit, but tlio H plot of the play is tliu wiinc. H Tho Alnskii John Smith was not a H tltloil cxplnror when hu fell Into tlio H iiiinils of the s.tvnxop, nor w;i his immu H John Smith. Ho wits only n couunon, H jcllow-sklnncil ea rook. H HIm name is Ah AVIny. nnd tlmro is H nothing uttrnctlvo rthoiit Iilin. He is H jitiout ns homely n mlxtitro of China- H man nnd May lay jdrnto ns could bo H fniiiid in a day's walk. Ills Pocahontas H niiH'ors to tlio nniiiu of Julio just now, H lint nobody known what hur Indian H 11:11110 was. Situ Is a long way uf H lioinjr l'ocaliontas' equal in beauty, H nnd tlio tiiwnsli features of gonorallons H were consolliliitcd wheu her Jaco was W1' Will the ro 111 a 11 co is tliore. L Ah Win? nnd Julio, noiy Mn. Ah pipV 'Win'?, arrived hero on iicodtisli sclioou- H rr soruriil months uliico, hut havo not F ironn into oocioty yet. Thoy rcslilo 011 H Jto-td allby, in Chinatown, and submit- pAg ted to an inlcrvluw recently. Thoy H only Kubniittcd to It, thoy did not tako B part In ft, and when ft canto to so H Mirin tlio story of their lovo tlio re- . jinttor was obligod to obtain his infor- H matiori from a third party, to whom H Wiuglinit conlhled it in explanation of H Ids dtf.eolin- bride. JQB Ah Win;;, some nlno yenrs ago, was U cook in tlio employ of tlio Navy Do- B' ji.irtuient, and wasshipped north on the 1 Jamestown. Wlillu on the Sitka sta- PH tliui WltigSslinio expired or ho desert- ed -J11H which is not plain ami ship HBV JK.-U nlmnru a wiialcr. Ttie whaler was PPJ wrrcked and Win;; was cast up on an PPJ liilnHpltiiWo ico tloe. Julio was tlio PPJ IiiiizIiIct of a chief of n tribo of In- PPJ dlmis. nnd, while hunting with lior fa- PPJ tlii'i discovered Ah Wing, who wns as PPJ near do.ul from starvation, cold, anil PPJ exposure :t it wus jmssllilo for him to PPJ bn ami retain life. For days and days PPJ Julio mimed him, mid ho llnally re- PPJ covered, to tind himself the object of a PPJ great de.il of nttentlou on the part of PPJ I lio ludianK. They could spcal: no PPJ I'hlucHO nr lingllah, and Wing had no PPJ voiiiprelicnslon of their dialect. Ho PPJ was at 11 loss to understand tlio solid- PPJ ttido itli whleti thoy fed him and tlio PPJ IntiTosl they took in watching tlio no PH ('iiuiulalloii of fat upon his ribs. At PPBmi lant the horrid truth dawiioiipon'hlin PPPK at lo.ist 80 tlujjU. Thoy worogo- PPJPIs inlo barbitpPHiJ ual lilirtTT PPj"' v Hu ittlcniptcd to escape, but was cap- PPJ tured and returned te tho villa aud PPJ )iut under guard A Tho fatal day nr- PPJ lived. Whig was informed by panto- PPJ iiilinu llr.it an incision would be mado PPJ iiV.tis nock and his llfo 11 11 til alloifed to PPJ enipo Into a soapstouo basiu. He PPJ gave ull nip for lost, when ho was in- PPJ hiilred by tho sight of Julio in tears. PPJ lie iiiado lovo to her. Sho comtiro PPJ heiidrd and went to ask papa. Tho PPJ old chief whs fond of his daughter and PPJ could refnsu her nothing, ilo issued PPJ nr 1 edict against baked Wing. Tho re- PPJ iii.iiinlor of tho village protested and PPJ the chief was obliged to stato why ho PPJ desired tlio stranger's llfo prcsorvicd. PPJ The ottjccUrx gave in and Wiog And PPJ Julio m era married in Indian ntylo. PPJ Wing lived with tlio tribe fi.r tmino- PPJ time. Out novcr became very papular. PPJ lie was not much of a hunter and pro- PHf ft-rrml to Ilo nround tho houso, towing pifl with tho women, to chasing polar PW heirs, walruses, seals, nnd tho like. PH FiniilJy Vo liad n chanuo to escape. PP A boat's crow oiino lu from a tctuiouor PPJ to trado for skins. Their coot was PPJ dead, and Wing begged thorn to tako PPJ I1I111 awny wkh them. Wing's fathor-PPJ fathor-PPJ . in-law gnvo him leavo of ijIjsouco for PPJ three tiipnttisatul sent Julie along with PpL him tjnimro Ids return. PPL Thej called away, and aftor much PPb tnarino wundoriug and transferring PPB from nno vessel to another, arrived iu PPP ,S.in Francisco. Wing had a, tasto for PPPPE the noodlo nnd secured a job of tnllor- PPPPX ing- Tho faithful Julio nrored an PPPP iidopt, aud fiharcR Wing's labors. Thoy PPpT still find rarao dlllleulty in converging. PPB 'Wlugkuowsn few words of English PBJv and a few of Indian. Julio knows a PPj few ol Huglish nnd a few of Chinese. PH Wlien tuclr dlscussluus becomes mil- PPJ mated thoy resort to all threo Ian- PPJ guages at once, nnd the talo is very PPJ exciting. Thcro Is a llttlo Wing now, PPJ and hu islcaruliig ull three languagos. PH Their homo is on the top lloorofa PPJ Itoss-ulldy tenement, where Julie is PPJ iiipldly being converted into a China- PPJ woman ly her fellow-lodgers. Sho Is PPJ (pilot ut ail times, aud is presumably PPJ ' mourning for tho freedom of her na- PPJ l ho suowKelils. Sho docs not go out PPJ lieeanso tho noiso and thu bustle of tho PPJ, Kt reels frighten her. Wing's leavo of PH ubsonco has long since expired, but In PPJ,. the conlluos of civilization ho has be- PPJ coma tlio master and has no intoution PRH of rctnrulng to the hind of his wife's HPJ people. PPJ Julie will not llvo long hero; sho ill- PPJ ready triiows signs of consumption, do- PPJ vcloped presumably by thu unaecus- PPJ tniiH'd foul uir. PPJ The story has been prettv well nu- PPJ thuntlcatod, with thu exception of tho piH intontiou of the Indians to eat Whig PPJ rtur killing him. His own country- PPJ inun do not beliuvo this p.irt of tho PPJ Mory, but Wing adheres to it, stoutly. PPJ and tho ftronge.it tlu between him and PPJ his wife is his gratitudu to her for aav- Jug him from sueh a fate. 1 . VoyiigTs to thu far north stnto that Mm -r 'V-9 'V-9 "A . thoy liavo heard of cannibalism among tlio'luillaiiK, but it has always been attributed at-tributed to Isolated Instance of starva-Tion's starva-Tion's uecculty, nnd not habit. San Francisco Jixmniiier. |