Salt Lake Herald | 1897-12-11 | Page 2 | Tales of the Day

TALES Ol JHJ2 DAY linel Postponed j Clvelaril Plan De1 I r He had died with hs boois ii aC his brethren or the lick 110 ihe pan were giving giv-ing him a bangui fuceitu They had sfi aside a v cnheab tiact a a ceme rely and i tuw iiej were about to inter the deprrta with all the sblemnity that u Klondike camp could muster M ft i tne Muv > aced to tee the iiine l3p 1 in It midst ant Alkali lk and Derringer Dick at Its ho < d reached the ccir > etery on the one hillside it vas found that Pacer lee whj had just been e eeu > d trxton vas stil deepening mr the grave Hiang uotvn tho honored burder Ui rovd a rgeri f rwad and Halted n ince for Prt i < > iiiva the lnil tah Aka Ike sod iJerrinser Dick as chief mou1er suppwl to the grave Side atd t tred h lev words of pTVC ag ineni i ICe planting i digger I d Jl Suadtnl Alkali lire stoo > tonr the pile of tiiOo ° ged soil He clutched the arm of Derringer Dick He muttered a word or lv < > Thy head of Placer Pete wilt eyed 1 and starIng apptrnied above the edge of the alta lhen the two mourners tuned around ana faced the crowd Tby were paie and excited Genlemn said Alkali llp exite dif flcultv controlling his articulation this i yet funeral has jot to be postponed to some mon nttln time and plae The sexton hort has just struck pay dirt l And tien < the obsequies wuuiid up i with a wild yel 1 and a wilder rush Two days inter the exctmetery looked t like one tremendous grave