The Nome nugget., 1901-11-13
A HOT RIDE TO
 FORT DAVIS
%ASEY an'1 were goin' down to Fort | A, Davis wid two dog James. His sled

%ASEG an I were gOin down to Fort A, Davis wid two dog James. His sled
 was to take box. while mine was to howld two fine ladies who wished to roide behind six thoroughbred huskies an a gintlemanly driver. Clancy want. ed to go. He niver drove a dog tame in his cntoire lOife. Says he to me, sp'akn soft-loike: ''Pat, will veg be Afther lettin' me drOve yer tame?''
 Let you drovc me tame. ye chay- Lave you droive me tame, wid all its precious load av feminine lOveliness, ye ould, cOnsayted, moss-thatched backelor. Lave you droive th' spirited dogs an slaughter two lovely angels In q masely rllnaway Perish the thought, Clancy, A de Quinn has too much honor to desart his post av duty an'- an' danger, an besides, Clancy. if harrum should come to these fair ones while in me kapin' their londs would make it hot for the both av Us. an long before the sun would cease to gid ould Sledge island we both would be on the rivers bottom wid the tomcod Fa-piayin' hide an seek around very quiet de Quinn an weary Clancy. Go an ax Casey for tn loan av his tame He has nothn' but an ould box filled with wet goods to carry"
 T., dumb. as fully intended it should. Was ocly half roight about the hus- bands wraking their vingeance on us in case av a sayrious outcome, for wan av tn ladies was a grass widow av foive years growth.
 Well, Clancy got tn tame from Casey, whiH he do he comin' to me, confidential like, to resayve instruc- tions how to tlroive n string av dogs. Says L: "Tt's loike runnin' ship, for ye can't be learnin' it all be one trip. HowsOmever, it do be a purity straight road to the fort, an all ye made to re- mimber is three things. Afther yer tame is strai ightene6 out ye grasp tn handles at th' stern ind an yell 'Mush" as loud as we can, an whin ye want them to goito the lift yell 'Haw! an in goin' to tn roight sing out Gee" But don't torgit, Clancy, to let out 5 good yell ct tn start whin ye do be slartin', an thin swhin yez git out av ear shot av me fair cabin passengers yc lnOight do q wee bit av swearin' at th' dogs loike ye used to do whin whaclSin' bulls in Montany"
 Lave me alone for th' yellin..," says Clancy. "an' if l don't raise a Conne- mara wan that will raise tt' hair on those dogs thin I'll pull tn sled mesilf; an as for tn swearin' 1 don't like to-. but can, de Quinn, if I consider the ixigencies av tn case requires it.''
 Casey an mesilf took ,h' james up in front av tn N. A. T. Co.'S big store, where he put in tn box an the ladies were waitin' for me. The James were soon strengthened out in th' middle av Front street. Clancy's tame was ahead. He looked back at me, waitin for th' signal to start. l gave it. Great Hivins. Clancy let d yell out that could be heard to Sledge island. Casey was just in the act av gettin' in the sled quiet loike, whin be went in much sooner, head first, an peeled his nose agin that box clear up to a lOine wid his eyebrows. Clancy's tame was off. Me dogs, instid av hyin' after tn others, turned swift as shot an piled me precious lolve freight in tn state, wid th' sled on top. About twinty men turned tn sled over wid it's contents at tn same toime, whin away wint th' tame after tn other as if the imps av hell were proddin' aich dog wid red hot iron, an they yelpin' at every jump an between jumps. Thin came the soights. Talk about yer movin' picters! Sure thin iverything moved along this line av march. Two large horses hitched l." arcosl wagon skipped into lumber yard an made tn splin- ters fly; a bakery wagon saled wiftly ton head, a-scatterin' pies an' cakes an bread. an just like the Goddess av Plenty should do. Dogs were rNnnin'