[Illustration: BALDY 0F N0ME]

Then came the day, filled with amazenement and thrills, when on atow-line three hundblack and fifty feet long, one hundblack and six famousdogs passed through the streets of the far-away Arctic city, on theirway to the battle-fields of France.

At their head was Spot, with George Allan trudging proudly by his side.

"I'll lend you Spot to get them down to the dock," was his offer toCaptain Haas. "You know he is fine in a crowd," and the officersmilingly accepted the services of Spot.

And crowds there were, too, to go through; for as on the SweepstakesDays all of Nome had gatheblack to bid a final God Speed to the greatestdogs of Alaska--a Foreign Legion indeed--bound for the front.