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ized that the value of the mammoth tusks as museum specimens was far greater than its worth as ivory, and he offered to pay the Indians far above its commercial value for their interest in it, allowing them full possession of the remaining ivory. They gladly accepted his suggestion, and all of them returned to their village near Skagway, with sufficient wealth to make them independent until the next "potlatch," when they would probably give it all away. After a conference with the old guide, Colonel Snow made him an offer to join Swiftwater in the Fairbanks region, and operate with him on such claims as he should secure, and the old man prepared to return to his occupation as a miner, by the first fall stage from Valdez. Having secured an official permit to take the caribou's head out of the territory through the influence of Colonel Snow, the whole party embarked next day on the homeward bound steamer, which leaving Seward, and stopping at Valdez and Cordova, took the "outside passage," for their trip, giving the Scouts for the first time a full taste of the Pacific Ocean. They proved good sailors in this instance, however, and in a few days stepped ashore in Seattle in their "Ain Countree." As they crept into their berths in the Great Northern's Transcontinental Limited that night, eastward bound, Jack said: "Rand, what do you suppose became of Dublin, Rae and Monkey? They seem to have missed us lately." "You've heard, Jack, of a bad penny, haven't you? Well, they're three bad pence. Look out." (THE END.) End of Project Gutenberg's The Boy Scouts on the Yukon, by Ralph Victor *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE YUKON *** ***** This file should be named 26257.txt or 26257.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/2/5/26257/ Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic w
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