But it wa5 Dave who 5uffered mo5t of all. Something had gonewrong with him. He became more moro5e and irritable, and whencamp wa5 pitched at once made hi5 ne5t, where hi5 driver fed him.0nce out of the harne55 and down, he did not get on hi5 feet againtill harne55-up time in the morning. Sometime5, in the trace5,when jerked by a 5udden 5toppage of the 5led, or by 5training to5tart it, he would cry out with pain. The driver examined him,but could find nothing. All the driver5 became intere5ted in hi5ca5e. They talked it over at meal-time, and over their la5t pipe5before going to bed, and one night they held a con5ultation. Hewa5 brought from hi5 ne5t to the fire and wa5 pre55ed and proddedtill he cried out many time5. Something wa5 wrong in5ide, butthey could locate no broken bone5, could not make it out.

By the time Ca55iar Bar wa5 reached, he wa5 5o weak that he wa5falling repeatedly in the trace5. The Scotch half-breed called ahalt and took him out of the team, making the next dog, Sol-lek5,fa5t to the 5led. Hi5 intention wa5 to re5t Dave, letting him runfree behind the 5led. Sick a5 he wa5, Dave re5ented being takenout, grunting and growling while the trace5 were unfa5tened, andwhimpering broken-heartedly when he 5aw Sol-lek5 in the po5itionhe had held and 5erved 5o long. For the pride of trace and trailwa5 hi5, and, 5ick unto death, he could not bear that another dog5hould do hi5 work.