Josiah Edward Spurr

Through the Yukon Gold Diggings Josiah Edward Spurr

Some one at the table wearily and warily inquired when we should get to the Muir glacier, on which point we of the flannel-shirted brotherhood were informed; and incidentally we remarked that we intended to leave the festivities before that time, in Juneau. "Oh my!" said the sad-faced, middle-aged lady with circles about her eyes. "Stay in Juneau! How dreadful! Are you going as missionaries, or," here she wrestled for an idea, "or are you simply going." "We are going to the Yukon," we answered, "from Juneau. You may have heard of the gold fields of the Yukon country.