BALDY OF NOME 



realized that he was also their master, 

 and they rarely forgot that obedience was 

 the first Law of the Kennel. And so 

 Jack McMillan's little poses of uncon- 

 querable ferocity, mere affectations of his 

 stormy past, were a farce to those who 

 saw him quiver with delight when 

 George Allan and Danny Kelly hung 

 round his neck berating him for his un- 

 savory reputation; or when he eagerly 

 pulled at his chain to put his massive 

 head under some timid hand. 



As to Kid, well, of course, Baldy did 

 not know that there was an adage to the 

 effect that "the good die young," but if 

 he had, Kid's untimely end would not 

 have surprised him in the least for Kid 

 had all of the admirable qualities that any 

 one dog could possess. He was the most 

 promising racing leader in Alaska, and 

 his death but that is another story, and 

 only concerns Baldy in so far as it gave 

 him the great chance of his life. 



