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Hisrightarm，leg，andbackwerebroken;hislimbswereparalyzedfromthehips;andthelikelihoodofinternalinjurieswaslarge.Anooanwashisonlysignoflife.
hihepitilessslowlyby—Ruth'sportion，thedespairingstoicismofherradMalemuteKidaddiohisfaze.
Infasufferedleastofall，forhespenthistimeieheGreatSmokyMountains，livihesesofhisostpatheticwasthemelodyofhislottenSouthernvernacular，asheravedofswimmingholesandtsandwatermelonraids.ItwasasGreektoRuth，buttheKiduoodaasonlyonefeelwhohasbeenshutoutforyearsfromallthatcivilizationmeans.
Mhtesstothestri，aeKidbechhiswhispers.
"Yourememberwheheredoanana，fouryearsei?Ididn'tuchforherthen.Itwasmorelikesheretty，andtherewasasmaentaboutit，Ithink.ButI'veknow，I'veetothinkaheapofher.She'sbeenagoodwifetome，alwaysatmyshoulderinthepindwherading，youknowthereisn'therequal.D'yerecollectthetimesheshottheMoosehornRapidstopullyouarock，thebulletswhippierlikehailstohetimeofthefamio?—wheheitthenews?Yes，she'sbeenagoodwifetome，better'nthatotherone.Didn'tknowI'dbee;
"oldyou，eh?Well，Itrieditonies.That'swhyI'mhere.Beeher，too.Icameawaytogiveheracefotit.
"Butthat'sgotnothingtodowithRuth.Ihadthoughtofgupandpullisideyear—herandI—butit'stoolate.Don'tseoherpeople，Kid.It'sbeastlyhardforawomantogobakofit!—nearlyfouryearsonourbadbeansandfloura，aogobacktoherfishandcaribou.It'snotgoodforhertohavetriedourways，toetoknowthey'rebetter'nherpeople's，aheTakecareofher，Kid，—whydon'tyou—butno，youalwaysfoughtshyofthem—aoldmewhyyoucametothistry.Bekindtoher，aotheStatesassoonasyou.Butfixitsosheeback-liabletogethomesiow.
"Aer—it'sdrawnuscloser，Kid.Ioisaboy.Thinkofit!—fleshofmyflesh，Kid.Hemustn'tstopinthistry.Andifit'sagirl，why，she't.Sellmyfurs;they'llfetchatleastfivethousand，andI'vegotasmuchmorewiththepany.Aerestswithyours.Ithinkthatbenchclaimwillshowup.Seethathegetsagoodsg;andKid，aboveall，don'tlethimeback.Thistrywasemen.
"I'magoneman，Kid.Threeorfoursleepsatthebest.You'vegottogoon.Youmustgoo'smywife，it'smyboy—OGod!Ihopeit'saboy!You'tstaybyme—andIchargeyou，adyingman，topullon."
"Givemethreedays，"pleadedMalemuteKid."Youmaygeforthebetter;somethingmayturnup."
"No."
"Justthreedays."
"Youmustpullon."
"Twodays."
"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!
"SendRuthhere.Iwanttosaygood-byashemustthinkoftheboyandnotwaittillI'mdead.ShemightrefusetogowithyouifIdidn't.Goodby，oldman;good-by.
"Kid!Isay-a-sihepup，heslide.Ipafortyyshovelthere.
"And，Kid!"Hestoopedlowertocatchthelastfaintwords，thedyingman'ssurrenderofhispride."I'msorry-for-youk;LeavingthegirlgsoftlyoverhermaeKidslippedintohisparkaandsuckedhisrifleunderhisarm，aawayi.HewasnotyroiernsorrowsoftheNorthland，butneverhadhefacedsostiffaproblemasthis.I，itlaiicalpropositionthreepossiblelivesasagainstonedoomedoed.Forfiveyears，shouldertoshoulder，orails，inthedmines，fagdeathbyfieldandfloodaheykhebondsoftheirradeship.SoclosewasthetiethathehadoftenbeensciousofavaguejealousyofRuth，fromthefirsttimeshehadebetween.Andnowitmustbeseveredbyhiso>
Thoughheprayedforamoose，justonemoose，allgameseemedtohavedesertedtheland，andnightfallfouedmangintocamp，light-haed.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.Oher，hebeopsoftiowardeachotheraheground，makiwiththongsofmoosehide.Thehedogsintosubmissionahemtotwoofthesleds，loadiheverythingbutthefurswhiason.Theseheedalyabouthim，fastehereothebentpines.Asirokeofhishuntingknifewouldreleasethemahebodyhighintheair.
Ruthhadreceivedherhusband'slastwishesaruggle.Pirl，shehadlearhelessonofobediencewell.Fromachild，shehadbowed，andseeothelordsof，anditdidhehingsforwomaheKidpermittedherrief，asshekissedherhusbandherownpeoplehadnosu—theheforemostsledaohersnowshoes.Blindly，iookthegeepoleandwhip，and'mushed'thedogsoutoheoMason，whohadfallenintoaa，andlongaftershewasoutofsightcrouchedbythefire，waiting，hforhisradetodie.
ItisobealohpainfulthoughtsieSilehesilenerciful，shroudihprotedbreathingathousandihies;butthebrightWhiteSilence，ddersteelyskies，ispitiless.
Anhourpassed—twohours—butthemanwouldhighhitsrimabovethesouthernhorizestiotheheavens，thenquicklydrewitback.MalemuteKidrousedanddraggedhimselftohisrade'sside.HeeglahiTheWhiteSilereatfear.Thereort;MasonswungintohisaerialsepuldMalemuteKidlashedthedogsintoaashefledacrossthesnow.
“卡门撑不了几天啦！”
梅森吐出一块冰，悲伤地打量着这只可怜的狗，紧接着把它的脚放到自己的嘴里，继续咬它脚趾间冻得死死的冰。
“我从来没有见过一只狗起了这么一个傲慢的名字，居然还能成为功臣。”
他处理完卡门的脚之后便把它推到一边说：“它们就是这样背负着责任逐渐地死去。
那些有着聪明名字的狗，比如卡西亚、西瓦什或是哈斯基，你见过它们出问题吗？没有吧！
看看咱们的舒库姆，它是……”
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