t in the roadstead.

A silent little group stood on the dreary beach watching the twinkling
lights of the distant ship as she sailed, phantom-like, out into the
misty grayness of Bering Sea.

Only the dull pounding of the surf and the weird cry of the wolf dogs
broke the stillness.

At last the Woman turned from the Big Man at her side toward the boy and
Moose Jones.

"Some time, perhaps," she said half sadly, yet with pride, "the Captain
may have great tales for us of the War Dogs of the North. But never,
never, Ben, will there be greater tales than we can tell of the Old
Guard, Baldy of Nome and the others--our Immortals of the Trail."

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