BALDY OF NOME 



gradually dawned upon Baldy that the 

 sled was too light. The racing sled only 

 weighed a little more than thirty pounds, 

 and "Scotty," when he was not running 

 behind with a tight grasp on the handle 

 bars, usually perched at the back on the 

 projecting runners. For some time Baldy 

 had not noticed this additional weight, 

 and then, too, he was beginning to miss 

 his master's voice, "Hi, there! Tom, 

 Dick, Harry, snow birds in sight; Rab- 

 bits, Spot! Roadhouse, Barney!" Of 

 course, all of the dogs knew perfectly well 

 that it was only a joke, that snow birds, 

 and rabbits, and roadhouses are things 

 that do not concern you at all when you 

 are being driven by "Scotty" ; but they en- 

 joyed the little pleasantry and it gave 

 them delightful things to think about that 

 might become possibilities when they 

 were not in harness. 



If "Scotty" was not actually addressing 



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