Both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture now realize that Alaska is a mighty empire in itself, and with their help we are bound to go ahead in spite of all our handicaps.

It is men like John Graham I fear.
Some day--" Suddenly he caught himself.

"There--I'm talking politics, and I should entertain you with pleasanter and more interesting things," he apologized.

"Shall we go to the lower decks ?" "Or the open air," she suggested.

"I am afraid this smoke is upsetting me." He could feel the change in her and did not attribute it entirely to the thickness of the air.