قراءة كتاب Derby Day in the Yukon, and Other Poems of the "Northland"
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Derby Day in the Yukon, and Other Poems of the "Northland"
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Derby Day in the Yukon, by Yukon Bill
Title: Derby Day in the Yukon
and Other Poems of the "Northland"
Author: Yukon Bill
Release Date: September 19, 2010 [eBook #33758]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Derby Day
in the Yukon
and other Poems of the "Northland"
by
Yukon Bill
TORONTO
The Musson Book Company
limited
Copyright, 1910, by
GEORGE H. DORAN CO.
And carry to some heart in bitter pain
Only my lute's light laughter; make thou strong
The weak of heart, and bid them smile again!
THESE RHYMES
OF THE NORTHLAND ARE AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED TO MY PARDS, B. AND B.,
WHO HELPED ME TO CARRY MY
PACK OVER LIFE'S TRAIL.
Y. B.
On the Trail, 1910.
CONTENTS
Page
GREETING 11
DERBY DAY IN THE YUKON 17
THE MALAMUTE 23
RED-JACKET 29
UP AGAINST IT 35
HOW SLIPPERY PLAYED THE GAME 39
HEROES 47
LOWER-FLAT ANNALS 53
THE TRAIL 61
THE KING OF THE KLONDIKE 67
GHOSTS 75
AN ANGEL 81
BILLY BIRD'S CELEBRATION 87
INVITATION 93
JIM 97
TALE OF THE CHE-CHA-KO 107
ST. BONIFACE FIRE BRIGADE 113
WINDY 119
MY SONG 127
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MALAMUTE Frontispiece
RED-JACKET, BULLY BOY HE IS facing p. 29
WHEN I MET WITH JIM ALONG THE DAWSON TRAIL 97
PRAY, SIR, HAVE YOU SEEN MR. MARMADUKE? 121
GREETING
To Robert W. Service
GREETING
(I'm know'd as "Yukon Bill");
You blazed th' trail an' blazed it true;——
Some o' my friends I see y' knew
On old Che-cha-ko Hill;
But say,