Frank L Packard

The Sin That Was His Frank L Packard

He was not exactly elegant in his apparel, for the conditions of an out-post mining campdid not lend themselves to elegance; but he was immeasurably the best dressed and mostscrupulously groomed man that side of Dawson. His hands, for instance, were very soft andwhite; but then, he did no work-that is, of a nature to impair their nicety. His name was somewhat confusing. It might be either French or English, according to thetwist that was given to its pronunciation-and Three-Ace Artie could give it either twistwith equal facility. He confessed to being a Canadian-which was the only confession ofany nature whatsoever that Three-Ace Artie had ever been known to make. He spokeEnglish in a manner that left no doubt in the world but that it was his native language-except in the mind of Canuck John, the only French Canadian in the camp, who was equallypositive that in the person of Three-Ace Artie he had unquestionably found a compatriotborn to the French tongue.