And the gentleman with crumpled whiskers was the second-best man at Bonanza, excepting Skookum Jim and Taglish Charlie, two Siwah Indians who were with Carmack when the strike was made.

Also, if you care for the romantic, he was in love with Belinda Mulrooney, the most courageous woman who ever came into the north." "Why was she courageous ?" "Because she came alone into a man's land, without a soul to fight for her, determined to make a fortune along with the others.

And she did.

As long as there is a Dawson sour-dough alive, he will remember Belinda Mulrooney." "She proved what a woman could do, Mr.Holt." "Yes, and a little later she proved how foolish a woman can be, Miss Standish.

She became the richest woman in Dawson.