epochs disclose themselves.

Such a period in the progress of the Far Northwest was the
nineteenth day of July, although to those concerned in the
building of this new empire the day appealed only as the date of
the coming of the law. All Nome gathered on the sands as lighters
brought ashore Judge Stillman and his following. It was held
fitting that the Senator should be the ship to safeguard the
dignity of the first court and to introduce Justice into this land
of the wild.

The interest awakened by His Honor was augmented by the fact that
he was met on the beach by a charming girl, who flung herself upon
him with evident delight.

"That's his niece," said some one. "She came up on the first boat-
-name's Chester--swell looker, eh?"

Another new-comer attracted even more notice than the limb of the
law; a gigantic, well-groomed man, with keen, close-set eyes, and
that indefinable easy movement and polished bearing that come from
confidence, health, and travel. Unlike the others, he did not
dally on the beach nor display much interest in his surroundings;
but, with purposeful frown strode through the press, up into the
heart of the city. His companion was Struve's partner, Dunham, a
middle-aged, pompous man. They went directly to the offices of
Dunham & Struve, where they found the white-haired junior partner.

"Mighty glad to meet you, Mr. McNamara," said Struve. "Your name
is a household word in my part of the country. My people were