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Show 150 to carry out our gold in a few weeks." "And we need to book massage on a riverboat Outside," Tip added. "Belinda says they are grand. Just think of it. Going up the Yukon on a riverboat-all the way to Lake Bennett. It was true that after breakup, Dawson City would be no longer completely isolated from civilization. A railroad had been built from Skagway over the White Pass to Lake Bennett. From Lake Bennett to St. Michael, Alaska, stern-wheeled riverboats would soon be plying the length of the Yukon waterway. "Remember Soapy Smith in Skagway?" Tip asked. "He's dead now. Shot by Frank Reid, a member of the Committee of 101-the vigilantes. Reid is dead, too. Shot in return by Soapy. Belinda says Skagway is as clean as a whistle now because all Soapy's con men left on the first boat Outside." I remembered Soapy Smith. And just in case any of his men had managed to sneak past the Mounties, I suggested we bury our gold before going to Dawson City. We cut a hole in the cabin floor and stashed in our bags of gold. Then we covered it with a robe and pulled the table over it. Just in case! As Caribou said, everyone went to Dawson City for the ice breakup. We rode the new stagecoach from Grand Forks, standing up on the back all the way. We stayed at Belinda Mulroney's new Fairview Hotel on Front |