The Nome nugget., 1901-11-13

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Everywhere, some hitched to sleds, others wid no ties to honld them, an aich wan av the CUTS a-singin' av his favOrite chune at the top av his voice an his speed. Doors flew open; men, women an children joined their voices to the already grate volume av divarsi- fled music. an horses an dogs kept runnln', an' cats ran up on roofs an big around as q stove poipe. an we kept roight on 9oin', an Clancy yellin on ahead, an l could see him hailess. ciingin' on to the stern av th' sled, an l could see Casey wid tn blood slreamin' down his face an he a-yellin' to an shakin' his fist at Clancy, an Clancy all tn toime a-yellin' at tn top av his voice an a-sayin' things that wasn't "MuSh. or flaw or "Gee.' Coin? Why we were a-hyin'. We were outside av the city. but still there rang out on tn northern air tn Gabriel-loike tones av Clancy's voice. wld a heavy ring av business in 1t. an th' voice that Casey was runnin' wdsn' { as low as a lute in me lady's chamber.
 We were nearin' Nome river. an list beNant was Fort Davis. On we sped. Why don't something, somebody or some ould thing rise up an put a stop to this wild Tam O'Shanter divil's own roide. an jist then wan-lialf av me loive treignt-the grass widows part sweetly purred: Och Mir. de Quinn. won't you hurry up the dogs, phase, an let us see what th' other sled is doin'?"
 Hurry up? Begobs, if those dogs had gone but trille fasther their legs would have gone out av their bodies an left their tails away back in Nome: l didn't tell her so. but tould her as well as l could for a mouth full av snow had been takin' in along tn route: q don't see how they could go much faster unless Vanderbilt would bring along his Empire Express an let us hitch on behoind." An still Clancy kept up his hellish yells, mixed wid hot wurrds.
 Down we wint on the ice av Nome river. The bugles blowed to arms, the troops formed in line, volley was fired, an. thank hivin, this divil's s own race was ready for history.
 Tired Nature overtakes huskies as well as other men, an there they lay on the snow wid about ten inches av tongue stickin' out an wid eyes twice the size they started wid.
 A sergeant, pale an tremblin', want cd to know what the matter was. "Oh, merely d little race against toime an to give the dogs an all av us some gintle exercoise. Phwat did yeZ think the matther was, anyhow?' warbled our little grass songstress.
 "W ell, the fact is, the commanding ossifer thought as how it moight be as some av last years resayvers had broken jailan were comin' out here to jump the fort an drive us all out"
 ."Poor fellow, you made wide mis- take in the kind av Noise.'
 At this atrocious pun the married part av me cargo fell amidships in 8 dead faint. Clancy and Casey came back to town in an ambulance, an the dogs an sled in an army wagon. 1 drove me own tame back. an when 1 'bade the ladies goodbye me little grass patch. said: "Och, Mir. de Quinn, ] would 50 loike to have another .roide loike that. See Mr. Clancy, phase. an ax him would he go tomorrow wid us an take the lead tame again. It was jist too jolly for anything.'
 The other lady said that she, too, would loike to make another trip loike the last wan--wId some enemy as proxy.
 The mkt day Clancy was a-tryin' to tell ne how the play came up, but I couldn't hear him we'll, an says l: "Phwat's the matter, Clancy? l can't understand ye at all, at all. Why don't ye spake out, an not whisper down in yer stomach?"
 "l'll tell ye, Pat, an it's the Gods own truth, this is all the voice I've got left over from yisterday's roide."