Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail

hermometer which he had left outside the tent, and fo

were eating their breakfast of oatmeal, ham, biscuits, and c

st. We shall find it colder in the interior. At the same time, we have a long distance to go, and the warm weather will be upon us all too soon. Let me see, this is the

sten matters in the mean

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tools sharp. Long Peter will look after the camp while you are gone. And to-morrow I advise you to hire that Indian's canoe again, and take everything but the tents to the cave

ry, where Uncle Will was fortunate enough to secure the services of a boatman just arrived in his sloop from Chilkat across the harbor.

ch better shelter than the wigwams which the boys had always associated with Indian life. They had seen a few wigwams near the railroad in the State of Washington, but here there were none. In attire, too, these Indians seemed to have copied t

is true that the Indian women d

of it, for they enjoy a variety and are idle about half the time, while the work of the women never ceases. It's a good deal the same, however, the world over. I have been in parts of Europe where the

er shoulder. She had brought it a quarter of a mile from the hillside back of the cannery. While they watched her, they saw her sl

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ly on their shoulders, they looked inquiringly at the woman, who appeared much surprised at their action, and indeed seemed to fear that they were going to make off with their prize. David, however,

tly. He had witnessed the whole proceeding, but had not offered to lift a

ned, adding, "I'm glad to see you differed from the ol

," said Roly, "but I guess we should h

ion of fish and game the Chilkat was an expert, but such dainties as hot biscuits, baked in Uncle Will's Yukon stove, were beyo

osed road. The work had been going on but a few days, during which the trees had been cleared away, and the snow and earth removed from the underlying rock. It was the intention of the capitalists, so the cannery watchman had informed the b

was eager to start. "The workmen are

down to the beach where David stood. The workmen were now seen to leave the spot where they had been collected. They walked rapi

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," said David, and called his father and

mingled with fragments of rock and timbers, puffed suddenly out from the bank, followed by a mighty detonation that echoed

were not out of danger. As he turned to warn the boys, there was a thu

where Mr. Bradford gave him brandy, felt his pulse, and then unbuttoned the heavy Mackinaw overcoat, the inner coat, and the underclothing. As he bared the boy's breast, he could not restrain an exclamation of surprise and pity. Through all that thick clothing

of me," said Roly, faintly,

phasis. "It would have killed you if it had struck you on

he mischief-maker without a doubt. One side was smoothly rounded, but the other was rough and jagged, showing that it had been violently broken from the parent