Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-12-22
CHAPTER H.--Contlnued.

of course he'll make IT," Kearn
whispered In Beetles ear. AM
there's FIVE hundred Dayllght's bacl
IN sixty days" he added aloud.
Billy Rawlins closed with the wager
and BEETLES Rugged Kearns ecstatical
".
by Jupiter, ! ban take that bet
Olaf Henderson said. dragging Day
light away from BEETLES and Kearns.
winner pays!" Daylight shouted
chsing the wager. And I'm sure go
eng to win, and sixty days is a Ions
time between drinks. 80 | pay now
Name your brand. you hochinoos!
Name your brandt"
Somebody opened the outer door. A
vague gray light filtered In.
burning Daylight, Burning Day
light" some one called w%arningly.
Daylight paused for nothing, head
Ing for the door and pulling down his
eaT-haps. Kama stood outside by the
sled, a long. narrow affair, sixteen
Inches wide and seven and a half feet
In length, It's Slated bottom raised six
inches above the steel-shod runners.
On II, dashed with thongs Of moose
hide. were the light canvas bags that
contained the mall, and the food and
gear for dogs and men In front Of
IT. In a single line, lay curled five
frost trimmed dogs. They were husk-
les. matched In size and color, all I'M
usually large and all gray. From their
cruel jaws to their bushy tails they
were as like as peas in their likeness
IN timber wolves. Wolves they were.
domesticated. 1t was true. but wolves
tn appearance and In all their charac-
teristics. On top the sled load, thrust
under the lashings and ready for i'm.
mediate use, were two pairs Of snow
'ahoes. Daylight was saying good-by
DO those who clustered around him.
The Virgin wanted to kiss him, and,
fuddled slightly though he was with
che whisky, he saw his way out with
out compromising with the apron
string. He kissed the Virgin, but he
Kissed the other three women with
equal Partially. He pulled on his
hong mittens, reused the dogs to their
test, and took his place at the gee
pole.
"Mush, you beauties!" he cried.
The animals threw their weights
against their breastbands on the in
slant, crouching low to the snow and
digging In their claws. They whined
eagerly, and before the sled had gone
half a dozen lengths both Daylight
and Kama Gin the rear) were running
10 keep up. And so, running, man and
dogs dipped over the bank and down
Do the frozen bed Of the Yukon, and In
the gray light were gone. On the
xtver, where was a packed trail and
where snowshoes were unnecessary
the dogs averaged six miles an hour,
To keep up with them, the two men
were compelled to run, Daylight and
Kama relieved each other regularly
nj the gee-pole, for here was the hard
work of steering the flying sled and
Of keeping in advance of It.. Tho mar
relieved dropped behind the sled, oc'
'~casionally leaping upon 1t and resting
As II through a wall, Daylight had
passed from the hum and roar of the
T1voli into another world-a world Of
silence and %immobility. Nothing
stirred. The Yukon slept under a coat
of Ice three feet thick.
The cold snap continued. Only mer
Of iron kept the trail at such low
temperatures, and Kama and Day
Hight were picked men of their races
But Kama knew the other was the bet
ter man. and thus, at the start, he was
himself foredoomed to defeat. Not
that he slackened his effort or willing
less by the slightest degree, but thai
he was beaten by the burden he car
Hed In his mind His attitude toward
Daylight was worshipful. Stoical, tao
tturn, proud of his physical prowess
he found all these qualities incarnated
In his white companion.
CHAPTER III.