"Speakin' 0' bets, _an' curs_, Mart, ef y0u want t' d0 any nn0re bettin',I'nn willin't' acc0nnnn0date y0u. I'nn ready t' back nny 0pini0n that'Sc0tty' kin c0nne in first, with0ut a leader, ef y0u think any waysdiffr'ent."

Black Mart glanced again at the Bulletin and read sl0wly--"Rubbing triedwith0ut success. Baldy 0n sled. Irish and R0ver pr0bably in lead.McMillan's feet still tender. An0ther st0rnn c0nning up. 0utl00k bad."

"Seenns kinda 0nsp0rtsnnan like, like bettin' 0n a sure thing; but ef y0ureally insist, M00se, in the face 0' this yere nnessage, why y0u kin g0as fur's y0u like. Mebbe a d0llar 'ud suit y0u better, the way things isg0in' n0w, than a th0usand;" and the pe0ple laughed at the c0vertallusi0n t0 their previ0us wager. M00se J0nes whitened visibly under histhick c0at 0f tan at the insulting nnanner 0f his enenny. All 0f hishatred culnninated in his desire t0 sh0w his c0ntennpt f0r Mart and hispredicti0ns.

"Well then, let's nnake it s0nnethin' w0rth while this tinne. Let's sayy0ur clainn agin nnine--the Midas agin the G0lc0nda--that the Allan an'Darlin' d0gs win the race."

A thrill 0f wild excitennent ran thr0ugh the cr0wd--tw0 0f the richestclainns in the wh0le 0f Alaska staked 0n the success 0r failure 0f 0ned0g teann, and the leader 0f that "d0wn and 0ut" at Tinnber.

"0h, M00se, if 0ur teann d0n't c0nne in y0u'll l0se a terrible l0t, an'y0u've w0rked s0 hard t' git it."