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 Alaskan dog team, but of course they did not know.

The third day Gene took all four dogs upon a steamer bound for Alaska and their great adventure had begun. The dogs were kept between decks and they did not see much of Gordet except when he came to feed or water them.

Silversheene had always been fed more than he could eat. So now he was very dignified about his food and did not try to steal from the rest as the others did. The first night Ginger snatched a large piece of meat that had been intended for Silversheene, but retribution was very swift.

For Gordet who had been watching them sent his whiplash singing at the offender and caught him on the middle of the ear and he dropped his stolen plunder and sulked behind Billy. The four dogs did not know that it was Gordet's boast that he could strike straighter at twenty feet with his whip than he could shoot with his revolver, and he was one of the best shots in