with mittened hand to the bucking gee-pole and held the sled in the trail. with the other mittened hand he rubbed his cheeks and nose. he rubbed his cheeks and nose every little while. in point of fact, he rarely ceased from rubbing them, and sometimes, as their numbness increased, he rubbed fiercely. his forehead was covered by the visor of his fur cap, the flaps of which went over his ears. the rest of his face was protected by a thick beard, golden-brown under its coating of frost.
behind him churned a heavily loaded yukon sled, and before him toiled a string of five dogs. the rope by which they dragged the sled rubbed against the side of messner's leg. when the dogs swung on a bend in the trail, he stepped over the rope. there were many bends, and he was compelled to step over it often. sometimes he tripped on the rope, or stumbled, and at all times he was awkward, betraying a weariness so great that the sled now and again ran upon his heels.
when he came to a straight piece of trail, where the sled could get along for a moment without guidance, he let go the gee-pole and batted his right hand sharply upon the hard wood. he found it difficult to keep up the circulation in that hand. but while he
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