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Chapter I

Yukon Bill

TORONTO The Musson Book Company limited Copyright, 1910, by GEORGE H. DORAN CO.

THESE RHYMES OF THE NORTHLAND ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO MY PARDS, B. AND B., WHO HELPED ME TO CARRY MY PACK OVER LIFE'S TRAIL.

Y. B.

On the Trail, 1910.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE MALAMUTE Frontispiece RED-JACKET, BULLY BOY HE IS facing p. 29 WHEN I MET WITH JIM ALONG THE DAWSON TRAIL 97 PRAY, SIR, HAVE YOU SEEN MR. MARMADUKE? 121

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GREETING

To Robert W. Service

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GREETING

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DERBY DAY IN THE YUKON

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THE MALAMUTE

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RED-JACKET

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UP AGAINST IT

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HOW SLIPPERY PLAYED THE GAME

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No, th' story ain't never bin told afore, as I'm th' on'y man seed th' game played on th' dance-hall floor. I was ther' when the fun began. An' what I see I tell you straight—tell it as man to man.

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HOW SLIPPERY PLAYED THE GAME

No, th' story ain't never bin told afore. I saw it finished—saw it began. Saw it play'd out on th' dance-hall floor. It's betwixt us, man t' man!

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