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hihepitilessslowlyby-Ruth'sportion，thedespairingstoicismofherradMalemuteKidaddiohisfaze.
Infasufferedleastofall，forhespenthistimeieheGreatSmokyMountains，livihesesofhisostpatheticwasthemelodyofhislottenSouthernvernacular，asheravedofswimmingholesandtsandwatermelonraids.ItwasasGreektoRuth，buttheKiduoodaasonlyonefeelwhohasbeenshutoutforyearsfromallthatcivilizationmeans.
Mhtesstothestri，aeKidbechhiswhispers.
‘Yourememberwheheredoanana，fouryearsei?Ididn'tuchforherthen.Itwasmorelikesheretty，andtherewasasmaentaboutit，Ithink.ButI'veknoos;veetothinkaheapofher.She'sbeenagoodwifetome，alwaysatmyshoulderinthepindwherading，youknowthereisn'therequal.D'yerecollectthetimesheshottheMoosehornRapidstopullyouarock，thebulletswhippierlikehailstohetimeofthefamio?-wheheitthenews?’
Yes，she'sbeenagoodwifetome，better'nthatotherone.Didn'tknoos;dbeenthere?
&oldyou，eh?Well，ItrieditontheStates.That'sos;mhere.Beeher，too.Icameawaytogiveheracefotit.
‘Butthat'sgotnothingtodowithRuth.Ihadthoughtofgupandpullisideyear-herandI-butit'stoolate.Don'tseoherpeople，Kid.It'sbeastlyhardforawomantogobakofit!-nearlyfouryearsonourbadbeansandfloura，aogobacktoherfishandp;apos;snotgoodforhertohavetriedourways，toetoknoos;rebetter'nherpeople's，aheTakecareofher，Kidos;tyou-butno，youalwaysfoughtshyofthem-aoldmewhyyoucametothistry.Bekindtoher，aotheStatesassoonasyou.Butfixitsosheeback-liabletogethomesiow.’
‘Aer-it'sdrawnuscloser，Kid.Ioisaboy.Thinkofit!-fleshofmyflesh，Kid.Hemustn'tstopinthisdifit'sagirl，os;t.Sellmyfurs;they'llfetchatleastfivethousand，andI'vegotasmuchmorewiththepany.Aerestswithyours.Ithinkthatbenchclaimwillshowup.Seethathegetsagoodsg;andKid，aboveall，don'tlethimeback.Thistrywasemen.’
‘I'magoneman，Kid.Threeorfoursleepsatthebest.You'vegottogoon.Youmustgoo'smyos;smyboy-OGod!Ihopeit'saboy!You'tstaybyme-andIchargeyou，adyingman，topullon.’
&hreedays，'pleadedMalemuteKid.'Youmaygeforthebetter;somethingmayturnup.’
‘No.’
‘Justthreedays.’
‘Youmustpullon.’
‘T>
‘It'smywifeandmyboy，Kid.Youwouldnotaskit.’
‘Oneday.’
‘No，ne-’
‘Onlyoneday.Weshaveitthroughonthegrub，andImightknooose.’
‘Nht;onotaminutemore.And，Kid，don't-don'tleavemetofae.Justashot，onepuller.Youuhinkofit!Thinkofit!Fleshofmyflesh，andI'lloseehim!’
&hhere.Iwanttosaygood-byashemustthinkoftheboyandnotwaittillI'mdead.ShemightrefusetogowithyouifIdidn't.Goodby，oldman;good-by.’
‘Kid!Isay-a-sihepup，heslide.Ipafortyyshovelthere.’
‘And，Kid!'Hestoopedlowertocatchthelastfaintwords，thedyingman'ssurrenderofhispride.'I'msorry-for-youkno;apos;LeavingthegirlgsoftlyoverhermaeKidslippedintohisparkaandsuckedhisrifleunderhisarm，aawayi.HewasnotyroiernsorrowsoftheNorthland，butneverhadhefacedsostiffaproblemasthis.I，itlaiicalpropositionthreepossiblelivesasagainstoed.Forfiveyears，shouldertoshoulder，orails，inthedmines，fagdeathbyfieldandfloodaheykhebondsoftheirradeship.SoclosewasthetiethathehadoftenbeensciousofavaguejealousyofRuth，fromthefirsttimeshehadebetween.Andnowitmustbeseveredbyhiso>
Thoughheprayedforamoose，justonemoose，allgameseemedtohavedesertedtheland，andnightfallfouedmangintocamp，lighthaed.AnuproarfromthedogsandshrillRuthhastenedhi
Burstingintothecamp，hesawthegirliofthesnarlingpagaboutherwithanax.Thedogshadbrokentheiroheirmastersandwererushingthegrub.
&heissuewithhisriflereversed，andthehameofionlayedoutwithalltheruthlesssprimevale.Rifleaupanddown，hitormissedwithmonularity;lithebodiesflashed，withwildeyesanddrippingfangs;andmafoughtforsupremacytothebitterest.Theescrepttotheedgeht，ligtheirwounds，voigtheirmiserytothestars.
&ockofdriedsalmonhadbeendevoured，andperhapsfivepoundsofflourremaiidethemovertwohundredmilesofwilderhreturoherhusbaeKidcutupthewarmbodyofoheskullofwhichhadbeeheax.Everyportioaway，savethehideandoffal，whichwerecasttohisfellowsofthemomentbefore.
Mhtfreshtrouble.Theaurher.，whostillgtoherslehreadoflife，wasdowhelashfellamongthemuheyddertheblows，butrefusedtoscattertillthelastwretchedbithaddisappeared-bones，hide，hair，everything.
&eKidwentabouthiswork，listeningtoMason，whowasbaessee，deliveringtangleddisdwildexhortationstohisbrethrenofotherdays.
Takingadvantageofneighbpines，heidly，andRuthwatchedhimmakeacachesimilartothosesometimesusedbyhuopreservetheirmeatfromthewolverinesanddogs.
&heother，hebeopsoftiowardeachotheraheground，makiwiththongsofmoosehide.Thehedogsintosubmissionahemtotwoofthesleds，loadiheverythingbutthefurswhiason.Theseheedalyabouthim，fastehereothebentpines.Asirokeofhishuntingknifewouldreleasethemahebodyhighintheair.
Ruthhadreceivedherhusband'slastwishesaruggle.Pirl，shehadlearhelessonofobediencewell.Fromachild，shehadbowed，andseeothelordsof，anditdidhehingsforwomaheKidpermittedherrief，asshekissedherhusband-herownpeoplehadnosu-theheforemostsledaohersnowshoes.Blindly，iookthegeepoleand;apos;mushed'thedogsoutoheoMason，whohadfallenintoaa，andlongaftershewasoutofsightcrouchedbythefire，ing，prayingforhisradetodie.
ItisobealohpainfulthoughtsieSilehesilenerciful，shroudihprotedbreathingathousandihies;butthebrightWhiteSilence，ddersteelyskies，ispitiless.
Anhourpassed-twohours-butthemanwouldhighhitsrimabovethesouthernhestiotheheavens，thenquicklydrewitback.MalemuteKidrousedanddraggedhimselftohisp;apos;sside.HeeglahiTheWhiteSilereatfear.Thereort;MasonswungintohisaerialsepuldMalemuteKidlashedthedogsintoaashefledacrossthesnow.
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