Rex Ellingwood Beach
The North Wind's Malice
It. Folsom halted his dogs at the crest and invited the new-comer to "have one". Harkness was in no hurry, he consumed considerable time, and Folsom's irritation at his new partner increased. But...
The Real and the Make-Believe
Phillips stopped at a Subway news-stand and bought all the morning papers, but the property man forgot how to handle it. Phillips read the morning reviews and smiled at the writer's thought that...
The Scourge
Captain and Big George stumbled onto the little camp in the early winter and ate three meals and more daily of bacon, beans, and baking-powder bread. As the two maintained their practice, the camp...
The Shyness of Shorty
Bailey smoked morosely as he scanned the dusty trail leading down across the "bottom" and away over the dry grey prairie toward the hazy mountains in the west. The new sheriff, Ross Turney, claims...
The Thaw at Slisco's
Annie Black drifted into camp one day and in a month had the brotherly love of that camp gritting its teeth and throwing back twisters. She jumped Bat Ruggles's town lot and a week later jumped No....
The Test
Pierre "Feroce" showed disapproval in his every attitude and roared at the sled dogs, making them whine. Willard felt the charm of the morning too strongly to admit of anger or to argue his pet...
Where Northern Lights Come Down O' Nights
The Mission House at Togiak stands forlornly on a wind-swept Alaskan spit. Big George urged them with strong words, and Jaska broke trail ahead. When we rocked the bars of Forty Mile, a girl spied...
With Bridges Burned
Louis Mitchell knew the telegram meant he was fired, but ten minutes with the "old man" served to jar this satisfactory determination to its foundation. Louis Mitchell took the night train for...
With Interest to Date
Henry Hanford went with the General Equipment Company as a young salesman full of hope and enthusiasm, but ended up proving that the General Equipment Company was the one concern best fitted to...