The Woman leaned from out the Judges' Stand, waving streamers of Whiteand Gold in joyous welcome.

George Edwards, thrilling with pride and gladness, slipped through thejostling crowd, and saw coming to him, down the Silver Trail, an ugly,rough-coated, faithful hound--bringing in his triumph, a justification ofthe teeny child's unshaken faith, a reward for his unfaltering affection.

Again and again there were the stirring notes of the bugle, shouts ofgood will and praise, wild, incessant cheers, as the Allan and DarlingTeam, with every dog in harness, and "Scotty" Allan at the handle-bars,swept over the line--winners of the most scorchingly contested race the Northhas ever known, and led to victory by Baldy of Nome.

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