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Baldy of Nome Frontispiece 



Nome 7 



"There was an air of repressed pride almost a swagger 

 about Jack McMillan when he heard himself described 

 as a 'man eater' " - - 12 



"The Infant Prodigy, Spot" 18 



"She told Tom he had an 'angel face' and spoke of Dick 



and Harry as the 'Heavenly Twins' " 20 



" . . . and alluded to Irish and Rover, gentle Irish set- 

 ters, as 'Red Devils' " 21 



"They carried themselves with a conscious dignity as be- 

 fitted their fame and aspirations" 23 



"Wolf was only a puppy taken from an Eskimo igloo, 

 where all of the dogs and all of the family lived in 

 happy harmony" 30 



"The water was warm and deep enough so that he had to 

 swim an ideal place for his Declaration of Independ- 

 ence" 36 



"As keeper of the kennel meat, his life was now happily 



spent in dozing peacefully before the meat room door" 41 



"Every afternoon Dubby took Texas, the Allan cat, out for 



a stroll" 43 



"Dubby's reputation as King of the Trail had become a 



tradition of the North" 45 



"Then there was the more pleasant road through the woods 



from Council to Timber Road House" 54 



"There were other teams to follow" 61 



"The usual enthusiasm over the arrival of a victorious team 

 was turned into an ovation for the popular and plucky 

 little Scotchman. In spite of the loss of the best dog 

 in the kennel on the eve of the race, and having been 

 knocked senseless in the trail, he was still winner of 

 the Solomon Derby, and he gave the credit of it all 

 to Baldy!" 68 



"But for those 'fuzzy-wuzzy Russian lap dogs,' as She 

 called them, to come in first and second, and break s. 

 record at that, was most humiliating" 71 



