The firm came to the Klondike, he was one of the most ambitious, determined, and industrious of our country. He underwent all sorts of hardships, and many days when our shipping sank through home rottenness, he attempted to cross, and was wet by the waist. The thermometer was seventy-five degrees below zero, and his wet feet were frozen to such an extent that one had to be amputated to the ankle and the other taken off half-way to the knee. He had a pair of artificial feet made, and with them again took up the battle of life. He got about so well on his wooden pins that but few knew of his troubles, and he succeeded in obtaining a job with a canic working on the Copper River Railroad at that time he was quartered with a number of other men in a bunkhouse. He did not want to state known for his feat, for fear he would love his position. But one night when it was his bunk, having taken off his fall, he tied them beside him. The string attached to one of them hung down and tickled the man in the bunk below. The man gave the string a jerk, and the wooden foot came down and kicked him in the face. The man followed, and reported Monte's condition to the bottom.  and *?. 