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THE SOURDOUGH MINER

MOST OF THE WEALTH SOUGHT BY THE
SOURDOUGH-PROSPECTOR-MINER LAY AMONG
THE SANDS Of WILDERNESS STREAMBEDS
IN THE FORM OF PLACER GOLD.'

STOPPING AT A LIKELY PLACE, HE DIPPED
UP A SAMPLE OF SAND WITH WATER, AND
SWISHED 4T AROUND AND AROUND, TO
"WASH" IT.

"A NUGGETf — WHEN THE LIGHTER-WEIGHT
PARTICLES HAD BEEN WASHED OVER THE
EDGE OF THE PAN THE GOLD PARTICLES
REMAINED.

'•I'VE STRUCK IT RICH?" THIS IS THE

SPOT--- THIS IS THE HOUR THAT

THE SOURDOUGH HAD BEEN DREAMING
OF SO LONG!

AFTER TAKING A FEW MORE SAMPLES, THE
SOURDOUGH DROVE THE FOUR CORNER STAKES
TO MARK OUT HIS CLAIM ON THE GOLD BEAR-
ING SANDS.

POSTMASTER: Please H-nd

DAYS OR WEEKS LATER---THE SOURDOUGH
RECORDED HIS CLAIM WITH THE MINES REG-
ISTRAR, ITWAS NOW LEGALLY HIS PROPERTY,
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THE UNIFORMED FIGURE HITS THE WATER HARD

WHERE THE CURRENT IS DEEP

AND SWIFT.

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THE SPLASH,

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I WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR PRISONER!

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MEANWHILE, ON THE
-UPPER TRAIL"
ABOVE THE CAMYON-

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STUNNED AND HELPLESS, GUNNISON

SLIDES TOWARD THE RIVER

WITH ONLY YUKON KING TO SAVE
HIM FROM A SACK-BREAKING PALL.

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LEADER OF THE
WOLF PACK

THEN, MOVED BY FEMALE INSTl NCT, KUNEE
INSISTS THAT THE DEN BE WELL STOCKED
WITH MEAT--FOOO FOR SEVERAL WEEKS:

THE WARM CHINOOK WIND IS FULLOF SPRING
SCENTS? THE WILLOW BUDS ARE BURSTING,
GRASS IS SPROUTING, AND THE MURMUR OF BIG
AND LITTLE STREAMS "S EVERYWHERE:

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BUT NOW THE SENSE OF RESPONSIB

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HEAVILY ON THE

TWO WOLF PARENTS?

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NOW THAT ENEI.

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THIS IS THEIR FIRST HUNT TOGETHER IN WEEK!

BUT IT WILL HAVETO BE BRIEF; THE DEN

MUST NOT LONG BE LEFT UNGUARDED.

BOLD, SAVAGE AND EVER HUNGRY, HE QUICKLY
MAKES SURE THAT NEITHER PARENT WOLF IS
AT HOME ONLY THE HELPLESS PUPPIES '.

AN HOUR AFTER THE WOLVES HAVE LEFT, A
'SKUNK-BEAR-OR WOLVERINE CHANCES TO
CATCH THE SCENT OF THE NEW DEN.

HE ENTERS--- JUST AS
KUNEE AND GRAY WOLF
RETURN. THE END OF H
BUSHY TAIL IS STILL IN
SIGHT! KUNEE LEAPS--

THE KILLER WHIPS AROUND, SNARLIN6---BUT
GRAY WOLF'S THRUSTING CHARGE BOWLS HIM
OVER.

TWO MINUTES LATER GRAY WOLF FLINGS THE

INTRUDER'S CARCASS DOWN THE HILL! BOTH
PARENT WOLVES BEAR DEEP SCRATCHES

THE MOOSE

"Gil, old Blubberlip!" yelled Pete Ma-
son, throwing stones. "I hardly have
enough food for myself. Git, you beg-
gar!"

The big moose shambled off toward
the trees on his shaky legs. An old bull,
chased from the herd by strong young
males, he might have starved last winter
if Pete Mason hadn't taken pity and fed
him scraps.

8ut now, after the long hard winter of
northern Maniloba, Pete had just enough
food to last him till the spring thaw next
month. His daily meal was reduced to a
small chunk of pemmicon, two dried bis-
cuits and a handful of frozen berries,
washed down with weak teo.

"Not a scrap to spare for o moocher
like Blubberlip," muttered Pete to himself.
The ancient moose had stopped under a
tree and now he looked back sadly. Pete
really was fond of the big ungainly ani-
mal, and he fell badly about it, but he just
couldn't spare the food.

Pete went back to his labors, working
his gold diggings. The worn-out lode
would never moke him rich. Yet, it was
better than trapping helpless animals for
their fur. Pete had never liked that.

A sudden growl made Pete whirl and
turn pale. A big Kodiok bear was am-
bling toward the cabin, hungrily sniffing
the food bin next to the cabin. Pete yelled
frantically but the bear didn't scare as
they usually did. He kept coming ... to-
ward the bin.

Pete knew he himself was in no danger.
Bears seldom attack men except when

wounded or enraged. This bear, newly
awakened from his winter's hibernation,
was plain hungry. He would roid Pete's
dwindling food supplies and 'ap up every
bit.

Pete groaned. How could he stop a
half-ton mass of muscle? His small calibre
.22 in the cabin would only sting the
beast into fury. Pete could only watch
helplessly as his food hoard vanished
down the greedy bear's gullet!

But there was a sudden snorl behind
the bear. Pete gasped. Old Blubberlip
was there, pawing the ground. Was the
old moose going to challenge the great
bear?

Antlers lowered, the moose charged.
Pete tried to shut his eyes. The bear
might have thought iwice if it were a
young powerful bull. But Blubberlip
would be slaughtered!

Yet some inner reserve ol youth seemed
to fill the old moose. For a moment, he
was the mighty antlered king of the north
again, feared by all creaturesl

Avoiding the bear's swipe of his paw,
the moose swung his antlers, tumbling the
Kodiak end over end. The bear got up
snarling, teeth bared. But one look at the
fire in Blubberlip's eye and the bear sud-
denly took to his heels, shuffling off
through the trees.

"You saved my food supply, Blubber-
lip!" cried Pete, hugging his mangy neck.
"Correction . . . our food supply!"

Pete held out a handful of berries for
the old moose to munch contentedly
"Shore and share alike from now on, pol."

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MINE. SIT SCARY ABOUT PACKING IT BACK ALONE
WITH ALL THAT GOLD, THOUGH. WILL YOU COME
HERE AND ESCORT ME BACK TO THE

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YOU SENT TO
SERGEANT PRESTON

AND THAT'S

WHY WE'RE HERE'

NOBODY ELSE

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FARTHER INSIDE,
BUT THE TIMBERS
ARE ROTTEN IN
THERE? TUNNEL
MIGHT CAVE IN —
ANY TIME!

--•WALK TEN FEET AHEAD OF US -
WITH THE LANTERN!
CAVES ON YOU!

I'LL TRY IT? IT MAY KILLME BUTT

WILL GIVE ME*0 CHANCE AT ALL
ONCE THEY'VE SEEN THE GOLD *

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NOT FAR FROM THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE, KING
PAUSES, HALTED BY A FAINT SHOUT FROM THE
HILLSIDE ABOVE IT' A SHOUT TOO FAINT FOR
ORDINARY HEARING!

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PRESTON'S FIRST THOUGHT IS FOR HIS PRISONERS.

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ENTRANCE CAVES---

'LL PUT HIM TO SLEEP
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'•.NOCKED DOWN, THE OLD MAN'S LIFE IS IN PERIL
SUDDENLY OLD BOSS MABRY 13 IN THE FlSHTf WHEN A BULLET STRIKES THE TRAMP'S

PICKAXE! .

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frs savage temper aroused, the beast rushes

TOWARDS THE HELPLESS MAN . .

Fl VE HOURS LATER— IN A SNUG MINER'S CABIN, HALF-
WAY TO SWEETWATER

I WISH 1 KNEW WHERE YUKON
KING IS RIGHT NOW, LCHJfTHE/
BLIZZARD HAO WIPED OUT HIS 1
TRACKS WHEN I GOT HERE '

DON'T BLAME YOUR-
SELF.CORPORALf

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Was there no end to

White Eagle's "Endless Journey"?

Read th* July issue of:

INDIAN CHIEF

SALE AT TOUK FAVOHITi DEU. COMICS DEALM

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DELL. COMICS ARE COOD COMICS

DANOERS OF THE TRAIL

MANY UNFORESEEN DANGERS THREATENED
THE LONE TRAPPER, PROSPECTOR OR TRADER.
ALONG THE YUKON'S WILDERNESS TRAILS.

THE WORST DANGERS WERE OFTEN THE LEAST

EXPECTED SUCH AS THE GENTLE BREEZE

WHICH CAME UP TO FAN THE NEARLY DEAD FIRE!

HOW QUICKLY A BREEZE COULD BECOME A
GUSTY WIND- BLOWING HOT COALS ONTO DEAD
TWIGS AND LEAVES. BEFORE A MAN KNEW IT—

HIS BLANKET.AND PERHAPS HIS CLOTHES WERE
AFIRE" ANO THE ■'BUSH" WAS BLAZING! HE WAS
LUCKY IF HE ESCAPED WITH BAD BURNS

A PLEDGE

TO PARENTS

The Ih-ll Trademark is, and ahaays
litis been, « positive guarantee that
the comic magazine bearing it eon-
tains only clean and whole to me
entertainment. The Dell code elimi-
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nlien your child buys a Dell Comic
you can be tare it contains only good
fun. "KM.I. COMICS ARK OOOD COMICS'"
ijc out only credo nnd constant goal.

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THE RED TERROR OF THE FOREST FIRE, ALONG
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