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and seizing hold of the traces in front and 

 rear, they soon had the shivering dog up 

 on the sled between them. Carefully were 

 Cuffy and Ca?sar, the two dogs behind Jack, 

 guided over on the same bridge without any 

 mishap. Hanging on to the cariole to which 

 they were attached, I safely followed, and in 

 like manner all of our party crossed. Jack 

 was in a deplorable condition. His glossy 

 coat, usually of inky blackness, was now 

 turning to snowy whiteness, as Jack Frost 

 speedily began to exert his terrible power. 

 We were at least twelve miles from shore, 

 and of course nothing could be done out 

 there on the ice for the noble fellow, that so 

 pitifully yet mutely looked to me for help. 



" For the shore," was the cry, " and a 

 new flannel shirt to the Indian who can get 

 there before the Ookemou (master) and 

 have a fire burning at which the ice can be 

 quickly melted from poor shivering Jack." 



At once we were off. A new flannel shirt 

 is a great thing to an Indian, and so whips 

 were out, and their pistol-like reports rang 

 out in unison with the drivers' cheery calls 

 to their different trains. At first Jack, so 

 hampered by the weight of his icy load, 

 seemed dazed and discouraged; then he 



