BALDY OF NOME 



Tom, Dick, and Harry, who loved any 

 sort of a demonstration in which they 

 could figure conspicuously, but was a 

 nerve-racking forerunner to Baldy of the 

 personal discomfort that may be part of a 

 great achievement. Though it was ten 

 o'clock at night, the full moon and the 

 radiance of the snow made everything 

 shimmer and glitter with wonderful bril- 

 liancy; the lights of the little town seemed 

 but a continuation of the stars ; huge bon- 

 fires cast a warm glow upon the ice, and 

 rockets rose and fell like sparkling jewels 

 in the clear sky. There was the stirring 

 triumphant notes of the bugle, and wild, 

 incessant cheers. Then the crowds surged 

 toward them as they "crossed the line," 

 and the timekeepers officially announced 

 the arrival of the first team; four hundred 

 and eight miles in eighty-two hours, two 

 minutes and forty-one seconds. Again 

 came the deafening shouts, and again they 



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