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Show TnACJEDY OF THE KLONDIKE. Terrible Cold Found Easy Victim In Careless Traveler. Klondlko rlvor Is fed by numerous soda springs and oven tho wlntor's cold fails to closo them entirely. Walking on tho edgo of tho leo near tho shoro, a miner ono day slipped into six Inches of water. In a moment mo-ment ho wns out and hastening to tho brush hard by to light a llro before his feet frozo. Rapidly ho cut n few fragments of wood with his heavy pocket knlfo. Uut tho unllghtcd match dropped from his already chilled tin-flors, tin-flors, for ho hnd rashly removed his I mittens In order to use tho knlfo with moro freedom. Then ho lighted n second and n third nnd finally several at ono tlmo, but clthor his hasto or perhaps a sigh of tho air caused them to fall in tho snow. All this tlmo tho frost wns seizing his limbs, his body, his heart, tils in lml. lie turned to tho fatal mittens, which ho novcr should havo taken off, hut his already frozon fingers could only lift them from tho Ico whero thoy had fallen, and after a vain nttempt ho hurled them from him nnd strovo onco again to light a last match. Hut It was too Into. |