Theodore Goodridge Roberts

“ Perhaps they would even make camp for a day or two now and again, to fish through the ice of some shrouded, nameless lake or take toll of fresh meat from some moose yard. He hoped to overtake them somewhere between Fort Smith and Big Horn, if he suffered no accident. So he travelled as hard and fast as he safely could without injury to himself and the dogs.
The sportsmen had progressed even more slowly than Croft had expected them to, and he came up with them about thirty miles south of Hollow Lake. They were in camp when he found them, though the sun was still well up above the west. ”

“ I don't know of any sort of doctor within three hundred miles of us."
"You'd better get into the open air," said the other. "No sense in taking risks even now."
Derrydimple was a strong man, and so made a swift recovery; but when he was at last permitted to leave his shelter, he showed a sadly pitted face to the sunshine. Croft built a new lean-to—the third of his construction since the half-breed's illness had forced him into camp—and set fire to number two. The two men sat side by side on a log, in the sting of the bitter smoke, and watched the shelter burn down to the snow. ”

“ That is the truth about John Radley."
"I believe you. I don't blame Radley. Let us forget it, Corporal, for Heaven's sake! Let us forget and forgive—forget Radley and forgive me. Will you shake hands?" ”

“ Corporal Croft bought food for himself and his dogs, and rested for five hours. Then he set out at a sharp pace on the long trail which led to the railway and civilisation by way of Hollow Lake, Fort Smith, and Big Horn. He believed that the sportsmen would take their own time for the journey, being masters of time and freshly provisioned. ”