B ALD Y OF NOM E 



they could. There was no exercise that 

 afternoon, and the next morning when 

 they were being harnessed, the question of 

 a leader confronted "Scotty." He talked 

 it over with Matt and with Her, and 

 when they suggested Tom, "Scotty" said 

 that while Tom never fell below the 

 necessary standard in anything, neither 

 did he ever rise above it. He pondered 

 for a little while and then exclaimed, "I 

 believe I'll put Baldy in the lead; he's 

 nervous amongst people, but on the trail 

 I can depend upon him to the last breath 

 in his body!" 



And so it was Baldy who led the team 

 in the Solomon Derby. It took the 

 strongest self-control and the keenest de- 

 sire not to shake "Scotty's" trust in him, to 

 keep Baldy from bolting when he moved 

 once more through those throngs whose 

 nearness roused in him such fear; but the 

 ordeal was soon over, and they were in the 



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