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''Why not cut it?' Nancy asked, relieved that Tom had not made a scene. A hunter came in to Desolation witha gruesome report: 'The old man got hold of some bad rotgut, got blind drunk, tried orsflew over, the Alcan looked like an endless succession of inchworms, each movingout in studied leaps to meet its neighbor. As the long months passed,with endless work and little promise of gold at the bottom of the deep min

command, he was again reprimanded for 'unofficerlikeand indecent lan-447guage in the presence of his officers and crew. One of the white carpenters, who had come to depend on Bigearsfor much of the important woodwork, said: 'You can't never rely on them Tlingits. ' But as he started to walk toward the waiting boatman he felt dissatisfiedwith the way this visit had gon The Venns now faced a dilemma: a good bed and a hot meal versus the protection oftheir cache, and Buck made the decision: 'S