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Show Dr. C. O. SCOTT DENTIST Offloe Phene mil .m.IK'1 UI BBa . l'b rM ZTiJACK LONDON v wirnv vr frc wit vr (Copyrtrhl, 119. (pyrlht, r tfc litiu. by Nw ll Tork Hfld doors were thrown wide open, the crowd fell bsck. Tbey beard the eager whining of dogs, the snap of a and lbs voire of Daylight crying encouragement as the usury animals capped all they bad done by dragging the sled In over the wooden floor. They came In with a rush, and with them runued In the frost, a visible white, through vapor of smoking which their beads and backs showed, as they stralued In the harness, till they bad all the seeming cf swimming In a river. Iiehlnd them, at the came Daylight, bidden to the knees by the swirling froat through which be appeared to wade, lie was the same old Daylight, withal lean and tired looking, and his black eyes were spsrkllng and flashing brighter than ever. Ills parka of cotton drill hooded blm like a monk, and fell In straight lines to bis knees. Grimed and acorcbi-by camp smoke and fire, the garment In Itself told the story of beard covbis trip. A ered bis face: .and the beard, in turn, was matted with tbo Ice of bis breathing through the long seventy-mil- e run. He experienced a thrill of surprise as the roar of welcome went up and as every familiar detail of the Tlvoll greeted bis vision the long bar and the array of bottles, the gambling games, the big stove, the weigher at , the musicians, the the men and women, the Virgin, Cella, and Nellie,. Dan MacDonald, Hetties, Hilly Itawllns, Olaf Henderson, Doc Watson all of them. It was Just as he had left It, and In all seeming It might well be the very day be had left The sixty days of Incessant travel through the white wilderness sud- - Three hours wers consumed In cooking, repairing harneiuie, and making snd breaking camp, and the remaining nine hours dogs and men slept as If EUm ttarnlah. knnwn Mil Ihrouvh Alaa- ka aa "HurnliiK ImyllKht." hi crowd of ittltwra nl pith MrthtUy with I ha Clri-l1t Tlvoll. Tin. ilimra lail lo hnavy camMtn. In which vr The time rame when Kama was unl etakml. lUrniah litana lila mnnoy a'xl hla mltm but wine tha mail rontract. II" able to go In the lead and break trail, tarta on hla mall trio with rtuaa and alwWa, tnllln hla frlmla that h will Imi and It was proof that be was far gone !! airika at tha atari. when be' permitted Daylight to toll la Ilia bl Yukon all day at the heavy snowshoe work. CHAPTER Lake by lake they crosxed the string of lakes from Marsh to Llnderman, "Of court bs'll make It," Keams and began the ascent of Cbllcoot. Hy "And all In Hetties' ear. whispered rights Daylight should have camped there's fle hundred Daylight's back below the last pitch of the pass at the la slity days," be added aloud. dim end of day; but be kept on and BUly Rawllna cloaed with the wager, over and down to Sheep Camp, while and UetUci buKgcd Kcaroa ecstatica- behind blm raged a snow storm that lly would have delayed blm twenty four Df tuplter, 1 ban take that bet." hours. This last excessive strain broke OUf Henderson said, dragging Day-ligh- t Kama completely. In the morning be away from nettles and Kearn. could not trsvel. At five, when called, "pinner rays!" ayllghj shputed. be sat up after a struggle, groaned, closing the wager. "And I'm sure go and sank lack again. Daylight did ing to win, and sixty daya Is a long the camp work of both, harnessed the time between drinks, so I pay now. dogs. and. when ready for the start, Nam your brand, you hochlnoos! rolled the helpless Indian In all three Name your brand!" sleeping robes and lasbod blm on top Somebody opened the outer door. A of the sled. The going was good; they vague gray light filtered In. were on their last lap; and be raced "Hurtling Daylight. Hurtling Day- the dogs down through Dyea canyon light," some one called warnlngly. snd along the bard packed trail that Daylight paused for nothing, bead- led to Dyea post And running still, bis ing for the door and pulling down Kama groaning on top the load, and Kama stood outside by the to Daylight leaping at the gee-polsled, a long, narrow affair, sixteen avoid going under the runners of the Inches wide and seven and a half feet sled, they arrived at Dyea by In length, Its slatted bottom rained sli flying Inches above the steel shod runners. On It, lashed with thongs of mooee hide, were the light canvas bugs that contained the mall, and the food and gear for dogs and men. In front of It. In a single line, lay curled five frost rimmed dogs. They were hunk-lematched In alie and color, all unusually large and all gray. From their cruel Jaws to their bushy tails they were as like as peas In their likeness to timber wolves. Wolves they were, domesticated. It was true, but wolves In appearance and In all their characteristics. On top the sled load, thrust under the lashings and ready for Immediate use, were two pairs of snow-shoeDaylight was saying good by to those who clustered around him. Tha Virgin wanted to kiss him. and. fuddled slightly though be was with the whisky, he saw his way out without compromising with the apron-strinHe kissed the Virgin, but be kissed the other three women with equal partiality. He pulled on bis long mittens, roused the dogs to their feet, and took bis place at the gee-polcil-t.m- tra a di-a- ll. ear-flap- e p ee-pol-e, two-month- gold-scales- s. "Mush, you beauties!" he cried. The animals threw their weights against their , breaatbands on the crouching low to the snow and digging In their claws. They whined eagerly, and before the sled had gone half a dozen lengths both Daylight and Kama (In the rear) were running to keep up. And so, running, man and dogs dipped over the bank and down to the frozen bed of the Yukon, and In the gray light were gone. On the river, where was a packed trail and where snowshoes were unnecessary, the dogs averaged six miles an hour. To keep up with them, the two men were compelled to run. Daylight and Kama relieved each other regularly , for here was the hard at the work of steering the flying sled and of keeping in advance of It. The man Felleved dropped behind the sled, occasionally leaping upon it and resting. As If through a wall. Daylight bad passed from the hum and roar of the Tlvoll Into another world a world of Nothing illence and Immobility. stirred. The Yukon slept under a coat of Ice three feet thick. The cold snap continued. Only men of Iron kept the trail at such low temperatures, and Kama and Daylight were picked men of their races. But Kama knew the other was the better man, and thus, at the start, he was himself foredoomed to defeat. Not that he slackened his effort or willingness by the slightest degree, but that be was beaten by the burden he carried in his mind. His attitude toward Daylight was worshipful. Stoical, taciturn, proud of his physical prowess, he found all these qualities Incarnated In bis white companion CHAPTER III. At Sixty Mile they restocked provisions, added a few pounds of letters to their toad, and held steadily on. From Forty Mile they had unbroken trail, and they could look forunbroken to trail ward only stood clear, to Dye. Daylight It magnificently, but the killing pace was beginning to tell on Kama, His pride kept his mouth shut, but the result of the chilling of his lungs in the cold snap could not be concealed. They traveled till ten o'clock the night they reached Selkirk, and at six next morning they plunged ahead Into the next stretch of wilderness of nearly five hundred miles that lay between Selkirk and Dyea. There was In his pace. Twelve hours no lfit-na day, six In the twilight and six in the dark, they tolled on the trail. p The Time Came When Kama Was Unable to Go the sea. True to his promise, Daylight did not stop. An hour's time saw the sled loaded with the ingoing mail and grub, fresh dogs harnessed and a fresh Indian engaged. Kama never spoke from the time of his arrival till the moment Dayllght, ready to depart, stood beside him to say good-by- . They Bhook hands. "You kill urn dat damn Indian." Kama said. "Savvee. Daylight? You kill urn." "He'll sure last as far as Telly," Daylight grinned. Kama shook his head doubtfully, and rolled over on bis side, turning his back in token of farewell. crowd filled the Tlvoll the old crowd that had seen Daylight depart two months before; for this was the night of the sixtieth day, and opinion was divided as ever as to whether or not he would compass the achievement. At ten o'clock bets were still being made, though the odds rose, bet by bet, against his success. Down in her heart the Virgin believed he had failed, yet she made a bet of twenty ounces with Charley Dates, against forty ounces, that Daylight would arrive before midnight She It was who heard the first yelps of the dogs. "Listen!" she cried. "It's DayA light!" There was a general stampede for the door; but when the double storm- - In the Lead. denly telescoped, and had no existence In time. Tbey were a moment, an Incident He had plunged out and into them through the wall of silence, and back through the wall of silence he had plunged, apparently the next Instant, and Into the roar and turmoil of the Tlvoll. He drew a deep breath and cried: "The winner pays, and I'm the winMale-mute-s ner, ain't I? Surge up. you-al- l and Slwiuihes, and name your There's your Dyea mail, poison! straight from Salt Water, and no about It! Cast the lashing!) and wade Into it!" adrift, you-al- l, A dozen pairs of hands were at the when the young Le Barge Indian, bending at the same task, suddenly and limply straightened up. In his eyes was a great surprise. He stared nbout hira wild!;, for the thing he was undergoing was new to him. lie was profoundly struck by an unguessed limitation. He shook as with a palsy, and he gave at the knees, slowly sinking down to fall suddenly across the sled and to know the smashing blow of darkness across his consciousness. "Exhaustion." said Daylight "Take htm off and pet him to bed, some of . He's sure a good Indian." you-allA few minutes later, Daylight was waltzwhirling around the dance-flooing wih the Virgin. And small wonder it was that the Virgin yielded herself to his arms, as tbey danced dance after dance, and sick at heart at the horn-swoggli- r, ! ' . Qa ; JEX-FLORI- ST Fresh Flowers ftiimillml fur all lions. Funeral designs kept on iLi sod filled to order. All kinds of Furniture Impaired, Essldeace two blocks North of Fousdrj Nlffht Calls made from office knowb'dgu that be found nothing la SrANiMi Fork. Unii more than a good friend and an Tnd. Fbone W-- 2r. SpanUh Fork excellent dunrer. Small consolation It was to know thst be never loved sny woman. She was sick with love of M. blm, and be danced altb ber as be be as would dance with any woman, would dunce with a man who was a City and Quarantine Physician good dancer and upon whone arm was Office in New Creer Mock lied a handkerchief to conventionalize Residence Corner 8cond North RtfUttred Optician blm into a woman. and Second West At one In the morning be saw Elijah Any Lens Duplicated 2 Davis herding Henry Finn and Joe Office Hours, 10 to 12 a. m. and to 5 Satisfaction Guaranteed ra. Hunaay oj appointment. p. Hlnes. the lumberjack, toward the OFFICII AT HOTEL C1IAKLOT7I Ind. Phone 62-- 1 Spanish Fork door. Daylight Interfered. "Where are you-al- l going?" he demanded, attempting to draw them to the bar. "lied." Elijah Davis answered. "Got to," Joe Hlnes sdded apoloATTOANIV-AT-LAgetically. "We're mushing out In the niornln'." PtOVO Tla?se MM fla Daylight still detained them. "Where to? What's the excitement?" "No excitement," Elijah explained. "We're Just agoln' to play your FASHIONABLE bunch, an' tackle the Upper Country. Don't you want to come along?" "I sure do," Daylight affirmed. Hut the question bad been put In Oss Block Nsrtk el lank, Ipsnlth Fsrk,Uisk fun, and Elijah Ignored the acceptance. "We're tacklln' the 8tewart." be A1 Mayo told me be seen went on. some likely lookln' bars first time be come down the Stewart, and we're gotn' to ssmple 'em while the river's froze. You listen. Daylight, an' mark my words, the time's comln' when But an advertisement in wlnte dlggln's '11 be all the go. j There'll be men In them days that'll this paper talks to the TIU& PAPER laugh at our summer scratchln' an' hr D. Joseph Hughes, Jones PA, A. B. MORGAN, I LORENZO THOMAS TAILOR You May Turn Over Talk to One a New Leaf Man Dy subaoriblnrf for whole community. groundwallerln'." Elijah laughed, gathered his two partners up, and was making a second attempt to reach the door. "Hold on." Daylight called. "I sure CHAPTER IV. gee-pole- R. M. Dr. W. E. Warner rnmr-sny.- ) g. e. OBte si raatdaaaa, eaa elnafe tati et tFAN14.lt FORK. UTA& Office Two Doors North of City Drug Store mean It" The three men turned back suddenly upon blm. In their faces surprise, delight, and Incredulity. "G'wan, you're foolln'," said Finn, a quiet, steady, the other lumber-Jack- , Wisconsin man. "There's my dawgs and sled," Day"That'll make two light answered. teams and halve the loads; though we all 11 have to travel easy for a spell, for them dawgs is sure tired." The three men were overjoyed, but still a trifle Incredulous. "Now look here." Joe Hlnes blurted out "none of your foolln', Daylight We mean business. Will you come?" Daylight extended bis hand and shook. s. OS 4S.eie ring. Nw Creer Bulldlnf. McMillan Cumiaity. dog-whi- SYNOPSIS. tic wcu, We. SAMUEL CORNABY notary rmic Money Loaned low launw Irrll4iloaarrm 'anJ ... al partial Saymraia, This time the trail was easier. It was better packed, and they were not carrying mail against time. At Forty Mile they laid over two days for the sake of the dogs, and at Sixty Mile Daylight's team was left with the trader. Unlike Daylight, after the terrible run from Selkirk to Clrclo City, they had been unable to recuperate on the back trail. So the foul men pulled on from Sixty Mile with a fresh team of dogs on Daylight's The following night tbey sled. camped in the cluster of islands at the mouth of the Stewart Daylight talked town sites, and, though the others laughed at blm, he staked the whole maze of high, wooded Island. "Just supposing the big strike does come on the Stewart," he argued. "Mebbe you-al- l "'11 be in on it and then won't But I sure again mebbe you-al- l 'd better reconsider and will. You-al- l go In with me on It." But they were stubborn. "You're as bad as Harper and Joe Ladue," said Joe Hlnes. "They're always at that game. You know that big flat Jest below the Klondike and Mountain? Well, under Moosehide thr recorder at Forty Mile was tellln' me they staked that not a month ago The Harper & Ladue Town Site. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Elijah and Finn Joined in his laughter: but Daylight was gravely in earn-est- . she Is!" he cried. ."The hunch is working! ' It's in the air. I stake W'hat'd they-al- l tell you-all- ! didn't get the big flat for if they-al- l the hunch? Wish I'd staked It." The regret In his voice was provocative of a second burst of laughter. Why "Laugh, dang, you, laugh! are your eyes ain't open yet. You-al- l a bunch of little tuewing kittens. I if that strikes come on tell you-al- l Klondike, Harper and Lndue will be millionaires. And If It comes on Stewwatch the Elam Ilarnlsh art, you-al- l town Bite boom. In them days, when come around makln' poor you-al- l mouths . . ." He heaved a sigh of "Well, I suppose I'll resignation. a grubstake or have to give you-al- l soup, or something or other." "There (TO BE CONTINUED.) Wonderful Baby. 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