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 forsaken place, go, and have it over with. I guess a year in Alaska will cure you. I can spare you better now than I can when I am older. It is the way with young blood."

So everything had finally been arranged and Richard Henderson had taken the train for Seattle where nearly all of the Alaskan expeditions outfit and sail. He spent several days in this splendid Puget Sound city getting jhis simple outfit, and finally the steamer pointed her nose westward, and they were off for the long trip to Alaska.

He had seen Puget Sound several times before, but Mount Ranier and the surrounding country had never looked more beautiful. Richard did not know, but he was seeing for the first time through the eyes of romance. The spirit of adventure colored all things and made the old world seem full of beauty and wonder.

The run to Victoria was a pleasant one, but it was not until they were well upon their way towards Alaska, going by the in-