TO the north buck did not read the newspapers He did not know in that trouble was coming for every big dog in California, Men had found gold in the Yukon, and these men wanted big, strong dogs to work in the cold ind snow of the north Buck lived in Mr Miller's big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley. There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house, and a river nearby In a big place like this, of course, there were many dogs. There were house dogs and farm dogs, but they were not important.