. On the "White Pass" pay-roll . Hexey and Hislop ox Wixter Trail. John Hislop and His Friends (Snap-shot taken fruni ambush on the Skaguay river) Construction of First Section their like. Few men could have stayed withthem that day till noon when they haltedfor food and rest. Jack however was oneof the few. But he had not been hard-ened to fast work on the trail as they hadbeen by keeping company with each otherfor many months previously, and his exer-tions had begun to tell on even his magnif-icent physical powers when they hit thetrail again after the brief noon was now on the d
. On the "White Pass" pay-roll . Hexey and Hislop ox Wixter Trail. John Hislop and His Friends (Snap-shot taken fruni ambush on the Skaguay river) Construction of First Section their like. Few men could have stayed withthem that day till noon when they haltedfor food and rest. Jack however was oneof the few. But he had not been hard-ened to fast work on the trail as they hadbeen by keeping company with each otherfor many months previously, and his exer-tions had begun to tell on even his magnif-icent physical powers when they hit thetrail again after the brief noon was now on the defensive and doggedlyhe stuck to it all afternoon in the failing lightand through the increasing cold. In vain they urged him to take it easy —the more they protested, the more he per-sisted, with failing strength but unfalteringdetermiaation not to give in. When theyreached camp at dark Jack was exhaustedand never knew that his generous friendswere any less so. It was a bitter night, thethermometer far below zero, and the tentgave little protection from the f
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