The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-19
The
"Yaller Dog"
By MORRIS SCHULTZ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Oc. I,,s. western N.v.p.p.r ra,oaI

&c. 1884. western Newspaper raioa.p
II was not until they were too weak
to continue working that the mining
party discovered what was the matter
with them. Big joe had been splitting
blood all the morning.
Guess I'll have 10 have them pesky
teeth tended to la Dawson" he NUT.
tered, and collapsed on the tent floor.
II was scurvy. All the ave OF them
we're affected. but not Waller Dog"
the white man with u touch IL the
octoroon in him. they said. This
wasn't why they called him Naller
Deg. That name came after he had
slunk cut II the way when the party
from Parrish's tried to jump the gold.
claim. and the bullets were whixzing
freely. The party from Parrish's de-
cided 90 seek cooler regions: but YAH
Ter Dog was a name that chung.
Stlll. he was only a boy. Guess you
was plumb scairt. sonny" suggested
Big Joe. laying a kindly hand on the
fellows shoulder Hut no one trusted
Yailer Dog after that.
And there they were sick with
scurvy. all except Yalier Dog. who's.
colored blood must have told In his
favor. lie was not used To- white
mans food anyway. Tom Lesson said
contemptuously.
There they were. sixty miles from
nowhere. with winter coming on. too
sick tn WELD n pick. too sick Ia move.
Il guess It's our finish, Tom said
Big Joe. Unless one NJ us could git
tn Gray's store, and that's purity nigh
forty miles on the Dawso ruad. And
'Gray's got n sack Of pcrtaiies. . said
Jim Harrigan. but what's the Us.
Of thinking of III I guess we'd better
rot here. rather n out In m. snow"
where's Yaller Dosf" asked sorne
one. hut Yallcr Dog. seen In the tent
n few minutes before. had disappeared
Curse him. guess our claim'll he
his for the picking now" said Tom.
'Oh. what's the sense 81 swearingi''
nuttcred Rig Joe. ''You all knew what
Yaller Dog was when that lot from
Parrishs tried tn jump our claim
Can't expect him To change his naiur.
can yef'
There was n pattering on the tent
II had begun 10 snow
The first snowstorm Of the year In
Alaska il apt TO he as bad as any.
II showed three days and nights. The
furious gale tore and battered nj the
tent. Inside. with snow heaped up
about them. lay the five men. pros
,rate with the helpiessn.ss % scurvy.
And outside. speeding toward Gray's
went Yaller Dog
Tie was yellow, and he knew 10. Hut
that touch ~ Blg Joes hand on his
shoulder had awakened something In
him. something that beat down the
thought OF the gold claim that nigh,
have been his.
Late the second night Waller pog
llmped into Grny's store with his
news. He slung the bag Of potatoes
over his shoulder. and was gone be-
fore old Gray. who had expected him
"a wait. could ind his dogs
ON be ran, covering the homeward
trail. The snow came down like cur
tain. the wind roared. aud his eyes
were soon closed by reason u the fine
particles OF ice about the lids. on
the way 20 Gray's. Yaller Dog had had
certain landmarks 90 guide him: but
these existed no longer. Everything
was covered with the soft blanket. in |
20 which his feet slipped deeper and
deeper.
lie struggled and fought with a
tenacity that had never been his. lie
was fighting his way by sinstlnct
against a gale that momentarily grew
worse Hours went by. The sack
upon his shoulder weighed heavier
than lead. The frozen potatoes dealt
him blows like bullets Mt every move
ment.
AZ last he could go no further
softly. insensibly. Waller Dog slipped
down In the powdcry snow. He closed
his eyes. Just one moments sleep.
and then up and away again!
The barking ~ the dogs aroused
the somnolent men In the tent. sleep
Ing their lives away under their
blankets. The arrival Of Gray's sleigh
awakened only morneniary interest
In them. Gray had his IRE Ia before
he shook them Ia their feet.
Boys. this Is better than potatoes.
lac said. ITS the last bottle In the
store" lie poured out generous
half-cupful 81 lime juice for each /
"And there n be rig along soon a.
the storm stops. By the way. where's
Yaller Dogf Twas he warned me
Amt he with your
Amt seen him." said Big Joe
drowslly. 4
Old Gray checked an oath. Say
that name YOU give him wasn't right
boys" he said. II guess we're most
IL US yaller one way or another
on'y we don't git found out"