The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

tHtN toiu us NHtIl bEdulolu brought him up here from the states He was big shaggy beast-a thoroughbred in actions and disposition. but cur hy birth. His mother died when Gully was still a pup: sh" was a part Irish setter and some other breed which was ne"r recorded. His father too disapr"ared when h" Was hut a shaggy h1ll and from those days his career commenced
 little tad had picked him up on the street one day and had befriended him, taking him to his home and feed ing him as he had never been fed before. The little chaps father threat ened to kill Gully if Master Robert that's the only name Gully ever heard the boy called-didn't dispose of the dog at once. However. Master Bob's good and gentle mother pleaded his cause and Gully remained as a perm anent fixtcre in the Bradford, that was Master Bobs last name. household.
 -h'h'hS ioil'h ny ana 'ulN ndQ worked his way into the heart of MT. Bradford who like his wife and son, admri"d the dog for its many good traits
 Many was the romp Master Bob and Gully had together and when MT. Bradford brought home beautiful ShinnN. little fellow was the proudest being in the town. Cully's name was engraved on the collar plate in big bold letters as was Master Bob's name and address. It was in those days that a friendship between the faithful canine and the child was established which was akin boy went, Gully was at his heels plead ing with his sombre eyes. seemingly to want to talk with his youthful master.
 But this happiness was short t-lived. The story of the discovery of the third beach line at Nome and of the wonder ful pay streak. was published in all
 
 Bradford appeared to he nervous those days
 It was often told in the parlor of an evening. while the happy family was lounging before the fireplace and Gully was dozing by the side of his master. how Mir. Bradford. in the ear Her stampedcs to mining camps had been one of the first to unearth pay and how he took gold and lots of il. out of Mother Earth.
 There came q time when the old invitation which the Land of the Mid night Sun seemed to extend to him and one eventful day he came home from his club. greatly excited. and said that he had made mp his mind to go North.
 With that remark came a change in Cully's career Instinct seemed to tell the dog that there was something un- usual in the air. but little did he real izez that he was to figure in the trans formation until Mr. Bradford bid fare we'll to his wife and son. whose eyes were wet with tears. and the next minute snapped chain on him and left the house for the terminal station.
 As many of the readers may have been given to believe that Gully was to he used in the traces. pulling his mas ter alongside of numerous other dogs over the snow and ice it may he we'll such an intention at the time.
 When the big ship arrived in the rnadstead off of Nome and after they had later been conveyed ashore. Gully opened his eyes to new country. SO different than any he had ever known.
 Eskimos, mushing up and down Front street clothed in parka and muk- luk did not appeal to Cully's refined sense of taste nor did the wolfish look inf dogs known as malamutes
 But as weeks slipped by and when The ice had come in Gully had be- come wiser dog and he respected the Eskimos and malamutes for their knowledge of the country and the con ditions
 One day Mr. Bradford left the hotel where he was stopping and left Gully in the clerks charge. As Gully kick ed up such n disturbance and parked sp loud and different than any other dogs the clerk was used to, he let him out
 Mir. Bradford had about forty min utes start on Gully and the snow. which had blanketed the ground. cov- cred the trails of his footsteps. Gully was at a loss.
 Finally the states dog" as the old miners were pleased to call him, made off for the foothills across the tundra. Instinct again served Gully well. and after a tireless search through the treeless territory surrounding Nome.