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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