B ALD Y OF NOME 



CHAPTER II. 



Scotty Allan is Boss Discipline and 

 Training. 



BALDY had watched with much in- 

 terest the attempt of Fisher, a recent 

 acquisition, to ignore "Scotty's" authority, 

 and wondered when the inevitable end 

 would come, and what it would be. 

 Fisher had shirked on the trail all the 

 way from Nome, for he had been badly 

 trained. "Scotty" spoke to him fre- 

 quently, but Fisher preferred nagging to 

 working, though he was careful not to be 

 defiant in manner. But one day when 

 "Scotty" was going to take Her for a ride, 

 and Fisher felt inclined to doze on the hay 

 in the barn, there came open rebellion. 

 When the other dogs stepped into place 

 and "Scotty" was ready to snap each har- 

 ness to the tow-line, Fisher, reluctant in 



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