Note 2 — Chapter III · ON THE EDGE OF THINGS
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“Yes, pards,” he went on, his sharp, deep-set eyes brightening which showed that however it was he had failed to keep the elusive metal he had found, his long quest left no cause for regret; “yes pards, the gold belt runs from the Gulf of Alaska to the Arctic Ocean, and the further north you go the more gold you’ll find and—the harder it will be to get it down under.2 I’m goin’ to the Porcupine River district as soon as I can get some one to grub-stake me⸺”