B ALDY OF NOM E 



pravity, such as chasing the Allan girls' 

 pet cat, stealing ighbor's dog-salmon, 

 or attacking a pas^ ' ix terrier, seem 

 so pensive and gentle that mere circum- 

 stantial evidence could never attach itself 

 to him, and Tom was far too crafty to be 

 caught in an overt act. Only once could 

 Baldy remember that Tom had mani- 

 fested any trace of guilty uneasiness, and 

 then it was not so much shame or remorse 

 as fear of a richly deserved punishment. 

 It was in March, just a month before one 

 of the great races, and "Scotty" had taken 

 Her up to the Hot Springs, seventy miles 

 from Nome, to visit for a couple of weeks. 

 Baldy could never quite figure Her out. 

 She came into the Kennel every day and 

 seemed to love them all, but She simply 

 had no idea of discipline and casually 

 suggested all sorts of foolish and revolu- 

 tionary privileges for the dogs that would 

 have ruined them in no time. Then, too, 



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