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Title: Baldy of Nome

Author: Esther Birdsall Darling

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BALDY of NOME

by

ESTHER BIRDSALL DARLING

Decorations by Hattie Longstreet

[Illustration: Baldy of Nome]

To My Mother

whose unfailing kindness to all animals is one of my earliest and
happiest memories

Contents

I. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS

II. WHERE EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY

III. THE FIRST STEP

IV. THE PLODDER

V. THE WOMAN, THE RACERS, AND OTHERS

VI. TO VISIT THOSE IN AFFLICTION

VII. THE DAWN OF A TO-MORROW

VIII. A TRAGEDY WITHOUT A MORAL AND A COMEDY WITH ONE

IX. WITH THE FLIGHT OF TIME

X. THE SOLOMON DERBY

XI. ONE SUMMER

XII. THE GREAT RACE

XIII. FOR THE SUPREMACY OF THE TRAIL

XIV. IMMORTALS OF THE TRAIL

Illustrations

THE RACING TEAM

"SCOTTY" ALLAN AND BALDY

THE ALASKA OF MEN AND DOGS
June 1st--The steamer "Corwin" at the edge of the ice, five miles
from shore

THE WOMAN

NOME, ALASKA--FROM BERING SEA

THE START OF AN ALASKA DOG TEAM RACE

A TEAM OF SIBERIANS

"SHE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MAIL TEAMS"
Eric Johnson, U.S. mail carrier on the Nome-Unalakleet Route

THE AIR WAS CRISP AND KEEN

THE TRAIL HAD GROWN EXCEEDINGLY ROUGH

KRUZAMAPA HOT SPRINGS

THE RAMSAY SIBERIANS

AN OVATION FOR THE PLUCKY LITTLE SCOTCHMAN

THE CAR COASTED DOWN ALL THE HILLS

"SCOTTY" ALLAN ON THE TRAIL

AN ALASKAN SWEEPSTAKES TEAM
Fay Dalzene, driver

CAPTAIN HAAS OF THE FRENCH ARMY AND HIS ALASKAN SLEDGES

BALDY OF NOME