Connie Morgan in Alaska
Herbert Strang
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"LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM, HE WAS ANSWERING THE CALL OFTHE GOLD."]
CONNIE MORGAN IN ALASKA
BY JAMES B. HENDRYX
AUTHOR OF "THE PROMISE," "THE LAW OF THE WOODS," ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED_
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press
COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY J.B. HENDRYX
Made in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--SAM MORGAN'S BOY 1
II.--THE TEN BOW STAMPEDE 16
III.--THE NEW CAMP 30
IV.--PARTNERS 41
V.--ON THE TRAIL OF WASECHE 54
VI.--THE MEN OF EAGLE 70
VII.--IN THE LILLIMUIT 91
VIII.--WASECHE BILL TO THE RESCUE 105
IX.--THE WHITE DEATH 120
X.--THE _IGLOO_ IN THE SNOW 141
XI.--ON THE DEAD MAN'S LONELY TRAIL 156
XII.--IN THE HEART OF THE SILENT LAND 169
XIII.--O'BRIEN 185
XIV.--THE ESCAPE FROM THE WHITE INDIANS 203
XV.--O'BRIEN'S CANS OF GOLD 219
XVI.--FIGHTING THE NORTH 234
XVII.--THE SNOW TRAIL 251
XVIII.--ALASKA! 269
XIX.--ON THE KANDIK 283
XX.--THE DESERTER 296
XXI.--MISTER SQUIGG 312
XXII.--THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FIT 325
ILLUSTRATIONS
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"Like his father before him, he was answering the call of the gold" _Frontispiece_
"Making sure that the boy slept, he began silently to assemble his trail pack" 42
"McDougall's prize _malamutes_ shot out on the trail" 52
"When Connie opened his eyes, daylight had vanished" 67
"What could one small boy do in the face of the ultimatum of these men of the North?" 81
"My dad would have got out, and, you bet, so will I!" 103
"Now, what d' yo' think of that! I'd sho' hate fo' this heah rope to break!" 116
Connie Morgan "stared spellbound at the terrible splendour of the changing lights" 136
"Waseche Bill attacked the hard-packed snow with his axe" 149
"We'ah lost, kid. It's a cinch we cain't find the divide" 154
"The boy's lips moved in prayer, the only one he had ever learned" 166
"The two partners stared open-mouthed at the apparition. _The face was white!_" 183
"With a palsied arm he motioned to O'Brien, who stepped before him" 195
"The boy's fifteen-foot lash sang through the thin air" 216
"As they passed between the pillared rocks the Indians broke cover, hurling their copper-tipped harpoons as they ran" 232
"You make me tired!" cried Connie. "Anybody'd think you needed a city, with the streets all numbered, to find your way around" 237
"Without waiting for a reply, Connie slipped softly over the edge" 262
"Recklessly O'Brien rushed out upon the glittering span of snow while Connie and Waseche watched breathlessly" 272
"My dad followed British Kronk eight hundred miles through the snow before he caught him--and then--you just wait." 299
"Mechanically he drew the knife from its sheath and dragged himself to the body of the moose." 310
"Between them walked a little, rat-faced man. The man was Mr. Squigg." 331
"Squigg slunk into the star-lit night." 337
Connie Morgan in Alaska
