The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-08
PAGES 9 TO 10
LONDON.
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"Betcher life. an. Jan. If yeh don't give no more
trouble ven be almighty proud OF the job I'm
You hat great head Bill ind know somedinss or
two. Und you know two ind makes tree-aia't t7'
Bill nodded.
..Und when you hat two dings you har not tree
dings-aint it, Now you follow nit me close ind
show you. 1t takes tree dngs hang ding you
half TO hat der man Goott der Second
ding, hat TO hat der rope. Lawson der rope
Goot Und third ding. you hat someding to tie
der Sling your eyes over der landscape una
find der third ding to tie der rope 10? Eli? Vot YOU
say?"
Mechanically they swept the ice snow with tnssr
eyes. 1t homogeneous scene devoid OF contrasts
bold contours. dreary desolate and nonotonous
ice-packed the slow slope beach the back
ground Of lowlying hills, all thrown the end
less mantle OF snow No trees, no bluffs, cabins.
telegraph poles-nothin'' moaned Red Bill: "nothin'
respectable big enough to swing the toes
Of five-foot man clear o the ground. give il up
He looked yearnngy at that portion of JAMS anatomy
which joins the head and shoulders GIVE It up"
peated sadly to Lawson Throw the rope down Gawa
intended country for Twin purposes
that's cold, frozen fact"
Jan grinned triumphanty. Il tank 60 NIT der tent
"ostensiblee y'r correct Bill me son." spoke up
Lawson. but VT dummy, you lay that for
another cold frozen fact. Takes to learn
you landsmen things Ever hear Of pair of shears?
Then clap yr this
The sailor rapidly. Prom the pile Of dun
where they had pulled the boat the preceding
fan be unearthed pair Of long These he ashea
together nearly right angles close the of
the blades. the handles rested kicked holes
through the snow to the sand At that point OF in
tersection he attached guy ropes making the
OF fast to cake of beach ice The other he
passed to Red Bill Here son, lay holt o that
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And to MS horror Jan saw his ganows rise in
air. NO. no. he cried recOing putting up his
fists. 1T is not goot viii not hang, Come nod
dleheads, I VIII lick you al together, after der
VIII blay he'll! VIII do eferydings! IND VII
die before I hang
The sailor permitted the two other to elneh
with the They rolled and tossed about
furiously tearing up snow and tundra, their fierce
struggle writing a tragedy of passion tho
white sheet spread by nature And ever and anon a
hand or foot of emerged from the tangle, to be
grpped by Lawson and dashed fast with rope yarns
Paving. claWfng Disappearing. he was conquered and
bound inch by inch where the inexorable
lay ike pair of gigantic dtTiders on the snow
Red Bill adjusted the moose placing the hahsllaH
knot properly under left Mr. Taylor and Law
son onto the running ready at the word to
elevate gallows Bill fingered, contemplating his
work with artistic appreciation
Herr Gotti Wood look at itr
The horror in JAMS voice caused the rest to desist
The fallen tent uprsen in the gathering t|l-
light tapped ghOstiy about and utubated to-
ward drunkenly But the next instant John Cor
don found opening and eravled forth
What flaming -t' For the moment his voice
away his took in the tableau
Hold on I'm not deadH' he cried out coming up 10
the group with stormy countenance
ALLOW me- Mistah Gordon. to congratulate you upon
your escape. Taylor ventured "A close shave, suh
a powahful close shave
Congratulate hell. I might been dead and rot
and thanks you, .' And thereat John
vigorous flood of English
intensive denunciatve and composed solely o.
e2psgeSI ana 5 me-, he went on when he had
eased Himself sufficiently Even crease cattle
Yes suh many time down in Gods country
Just so. That's what happened to me Bglet Just
grazed the base of my skull at the top Of the neck
summed me- 9gI no n T q n 70 Ti Won 70 to
standsti or you're going apologize. The rest you
Il tank not shust tie me loose und you see re
piled Jan the qnrepentant the devn within him sur
Of der noddieheads after odder. altogether.
Copyright by Jack London.