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wasnotacloudinthesky。

itwasaclearday,andyetthereseemedan

intangiblepalloverthefaceofthings,asubtlegloomthatmadethedaydark,

andthatwasduetotheabsenceofsun。

thisfactdidnotworrytheman。

hewasusedtothelackofsun。

ithadbeendayssincehehadseenthesun,

andheknewthatafewmore-daysmustpassbeforethatcheerfulorb,due

south,wouldjustpeepabovethesky-lineanddipimmediatelyfromview。

 　　themanflungalookbackalongthewayhehadcome。

theyukon

layamilewideandhiddenunderthreefeetofice。

ontopofthisicewere

asmanyfeetofsnow。

itwasallpurewhite,rollingingentle,undulations

wheretheicejamsofthefreeze-uphadformed。

northandsouth,asfaras

hiseyecouldsee,itwasunbrokenwhite,saveforadarkhairlinethatcurved

andtwistedfromaroundthespruce-coveredislandtothesouth,andthat

curvedandtwistedawayintothenorth,whereitdisappearedbehindanother

spruce-coveredisland。

thisdarkhair-linewasthetrail--themaintrail--that

ledsouthfivehundredmilestothechilcootpass,dyea,andsaltwater;

and

thatlednorthseventymilestodawson,andstillontothenorthathousand

milestonulato,andfinallytost。

michaelonberingsea,athousandmiles

andhalfathousandmore。

 　　butallthis--themysterious,far-reachinghair-linetrail。

theabsence

ofsunfromthesky,thetremendouscold,andthestrangenessandweirdness

ofitall--madenoimpressionontheman。

itwasnotbecausehewaslong

usedtoit。

hewasanewcomer!

intheland,achechaquo,andthiswashis

firstwinter。

thetroublewithhimwasthathewaswithoutimagination。

hewasquickandalertinthethingsoflife,butonlyinthethings,andnotin

thesignificances。

fiftydegreesbelowzeromeanteighty-odddegreesof

frost。

suchfactimpressedhimasbeingcoldanduncomfortable,andthat

wasall。

itdidnotleadhimtomeditateuponhisfrailtyasacreatureof

temperature,anduponmansfrailtyingeneral,ableonlytolivewithincertain

narrowlimitsofheatandcold;

andfromthereonitdidnotleadhimtothe

conjecturalfieldofimmortalityandmansplaceintheuniverse。

fifty

degreesbelowzerostoodfortebiteoffrostthathurtandthatmustbeguarded

againstbytheuseofmittens,ear-flaps,warmmoccasins,andthicksocks。

fiftydegreesbelowzerowastohimjustpreciselyfiftydegreesbelowzero。

thatthereshouldbeanythingmoretoitthanthatwasathoughtthatnever

enteredhishead。

 　　asheturnedtogoon,hespatspeculatively。

therewasasharp,

eplosivecracklethatstartledhim。

hespatagain。

andagain,intheair,

beforeitcouldfalltothesnow,thespittlecrackled。

heknewthatatfifty

belowspittlecrackledonthesnow,butthisspittlehadcrackledintheair。

undoubtedlyitwascolderthanfiftybelow--howmuchcolderhedidnot

know。

butthetemperaturedidnotmatter。

hewasboundfortheold

claimontheleftforkofhendersoncreek,wheretheboyswerealready。

theyhadcomeoveracrossthedividefromtheindiancreekcountry,whilehe

hadcometheroundaboutwaytotake;

alookatthepossibilitiesofgettingout

logsinthespringfromtheislandsintheyukon。

hewouldbeintocampby

sioclock;

abitafterdark,itwastrue,buttheboyswouldbethere,afire

wouldbegoing,andahotsupperwouldbeready。

asforlunch,hepressed

hishandagainsttheprotrudingbundleunderhisjacket。

itwasalsounder

hisshirt,wrappedupinahandkerchiefandlyingagainstthenakedskin。

it

wastheonlywaytokeepthebiscuitsfromfreezing。

hesmiledagreeablyto

himselfashethoughtofthosebiscuits,eachcutopenandsoppedinbacon

grease,andeachenclosingageneroussliceoffriedbacon。

 　　heplungedinamongthebigsprucetrees。

thetrailwasfaint。

a

footofsnowhadfallensincethelastsledhadpassedover,andhewasglad

hewaswithoutasled,travelinglight。

infact,hecarriednothingbutthe

lunchwrappedinthehandkerchief。

hewassurprised,however,atthe

cold。

itcertainlywascold,heconcludedasherubbedhisnumbnoseand

cheek-boneswithhismittenedhand。

hewasawarm-whiskeredman,but

thehaironhisfacedidnotprotectthehighcheek-bonesandtheeagernose

thatthrustitselfaggressivelyintothefrostyair。

 　　atthemansheelstrottedadog,abignativehusky,theproper

wolfdog,gray-coatedandwithoutanyvisible