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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1890
Page
2
A lyric note from Chambers' Journal laments a day turned gray and somber. Vivid imagery contrasts yesterday's bright world with today’s pale landscape. The speaker links the gloom to a personal heartache, the shadow cast by an inner sorrow.
A young English clerk recounts his voyage to Montreal and Fort Trial with the Hudson's Bay Company. He describes his stern Scottish supervisor Mr McIvor, his harsh view of Indians, and a river rescue of an old drowning woman amid mockery from fellow workers.
In March at a Hudson Bay trading post, trader Mr. McIvor and his wife avert a planned Indian attack led by Match-ee-ninie. A old woman warns of danger. a candle in gunpowder nearly explodes, saving them, while the attacker group disperses leaving the store intact. The old woman disappears, rumored killed by Match-ee-ninie for warning them.
A humorous dialogue features Jinks revealing his journalist career and a ten year engagement. He proclaims his name at the head of an article in a major magazine as proof he can marry, noting it took years for the piece to be published. The exchange ends with Good news.
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