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To Build a Fire : And Other Stories

By: Jack London

...ht; may his grub hold out; may his dogs keep their legs; may his matches never miss fire.” * * * * * * * Crack! Crack! — they heard the familiar music ... ...ht; may his grub hold out; may his dogs keep their legs; may his matches never miss fire. God prosper him; good luck go with him; and” — “Confusion to ... ...at Shookum here, he ’s” — Snap! The lean brute flashed up, the white teeth just missing Mason’s throat. “Ye will, will ye?” A shrewd clout behind the e... ...uthlessness of its primeval environment. Rifle and axe went up and down, hit or missed with monotonous regularity; lithe bodies flashed, with wild eyes ... ...must have come far. He was badly travel worn when he got food from the Swedish missionary on Golovin Bay and asked the way south. We heard of this aft... ...endarme. He had seen twenty years of service in the colonies, from Nigeria and Senegal to the South Seas, and those twenty years had not perceptibly b...

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