He tried to whistle as he climbed back to the main-deck; Rossland, even though he detested the man, had set him right.

And he would lend him books, if he wanted to be amused! Egad, but the fellow had turned the trick nicely.

And it was something to be remembered.

He stiffened his shoulders and found old Donald Hardwick and Stampede Smith.

He did not leave them until the _Nome_ had landed her passengers and freight and was churning her way out of Gastineau Channel toward Skagway.