ngly, iffness. alking. Joon ling t toucick of birctled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies, and erse advice. ainty t it  be followed.

    quot;told us up above t ttom  of trail and t t to do o lay over,quot; o tons o take no more cten ice. quot;told us  make e River, and ; t riump.

    quot;And told you true,quot; Joon ans;ttoms likely to drop out at any moment. Only fools, . I tell you straig risk my carcass on t ice for all t;

    quot;ts because youre not a fool, I suppose,quot; said ;All to Da; ;Get up t up t;

    ton  on   bet alter things.

    But team did not get up at t o tage . t, s merciless errands. Joon compressed  to crao . teek follo, yelping s. tempt managed to rise. Buck made no effort. ly o  ruggled. Several times ton started, as to speak, but cure came into inued, ely up and down.

    t time Buck self a sufficient reason to drive o a rage. omary club. Buck refused to move under tes, o get up, but, unlike t to get up. rong upon o t  departed from  of tten ice  under  all day, it seemed t er close at  ter rying to drive o stir. So greatly  t  mucinued to fall upon  do .  strangely numb. As t distance,  en. t sensations of pain left  anytly  of t it was no longer  seemed so far away.

    And t tering a cry t iculate and more like ton sprang upon truck by a falling tree. Mercedes screamed. Cfully,  did not get up because of iffness.

    Joon stood over Buck, struggling to control oo convulsed o speak.

    quot;If you strike t dog a