The Young Alaskans

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e ocean vessel's whistle out in the fog-bank which covered the mouth of the harbor, he pulled in his fishing-line, hurriedly t

and again it was passed from one to another along the half-mile of high sidewalk which led from the dock t

reets were full, almost the entire population hurrying over the long trestle to the dock where the boat must land. The whistle said to them that there were now at hand cargoes of goods for the merchants, machinery for the new railroad building inland, necessities and luxuries for every-day life, and, best of all, letters, b

ht be called young Alaskans, for although the town of Valdez itself was not more than a few years old, their fathers had helped found the town and were prominent in its business affairs. Mr. Hardy was engaged in railway contracts on the new railroad, and Mr. Wilcox was chief of engin

w many fish did you get? What boat's that, do yo

and again kicking his codfish out of the road of the gathe

"She blows like the Yucatan, but may

," said John. "If it's the Yucatan, and Uncle Di

"If each of us had a gun we

s than thirty miles inland. The fellow that killed them threw away two skins because they were so heavy he didn

d on such matters, "are over toward Kadiak Island. I heard a trade

cash in our fur for enough to buy a mining claim, like enough! My uncle Dick's due to go over there, too, before long,"

here," he said; and the others nodded, because they had come to l

the front of the fog-bank thinned and lifted, showing the white-capped waves rolling beneath. Suddenly a strong shift of wind descended from the ca?on between two of the many mountain-peaks which line the bay, and broke the fog into long ribbons of white vapor. The sun shone through, and its

Ole Petersen calmly second

women, children, and dogs-greeted the v

m her giant whistle, the Yucatan slowly forged ahead, and within half a