B ALD Y OF NOM E 



inheritance from some wolf ancestor. 

 The other dogs joined in the mournful 

 chorus, and then as it died away he tried 

 again and again to rouse his silent master. 

 Moment after moment passed; finally the 

 warm tongue and the insistent paw did 

 their work, for there was a slight move- 

 ment, a flicker of the eyelids, and then 

 "Scotty" lifted himself upon his elbow and 

 spoke to them. He was terribly confused. 

 What was he doing in the snow in the 

 bitter cold, soaked in blood, and with his 

 team beside him? Then he remembered 

 that he was in a race, the Solomon Derby; 

 he had gone ahead of the other teams at a 

 terrific speed when he heard something 

 snap. Thinking it might be a runner, 

 he had leaned over the side of the sled to 

 look; there was a crushing blow, and he 

 recalled no more till he felt Baldy's hot 

 breath, and an agonizing pain in his 

 temple. Gazing about he saw the cause 



