Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 15, 2025
The doctor nodded. Messner's gray eyes were mildly curious as he went on: "That was to be expected two sides to the shield. Living in Berkeley I only got the one side. She was a great deal in San Francisco, it seems." "Some coffee, please," Haythorne said. The woman refilled his mug, at the same time breaking into light laughter. "You're gossiping like a pair of beldames," she chided them.
Behind him churned a heavily loaded Yukon sled, and before him toiled a string of five dogs. The rope by which they dragged the sled rubbed against the side of Messner's leg. When the dogs swung on a bend in the trail, he stepped over the rope. There were many bends, and he was compelled to step over it often.
They served their meal on their grub-box, sitting on Messner's grub-box and facing him. He had stretched out on his bunk to rest, lying on his side, his head on his arm. In the close quarters it was as though the three were together at table. "What part of the States do you come from?" Messner asked. "San Francisco," answered the doctor. "I've been in here two years, though."
Messner's pot was boiling. He threw in the coffee, settled it with half a cup of cold water, and took the pot from the stove. He thawed some sour-dough biscuits in the oven, at the same time heating a pot of beans he had boiled the night before and that had ridden frozen on the sled all morning.
They're a simple folk, these miners, and all I'll have to do will be to show them the marks of the beating, tell them the truth about you, and present my claim for my wife." The woman attempted to speak, but Womble turned upon her fiercely. "You keep out of this," he cried. In marked contrast was Messner's "Please don't intrude, Theresa."
"I hail from California myself," was Messner's announcement. The woman looked at him appealingly, but he smiled and went on: "Berkeley, you know." The other man was becoming interested. "U. C.?" he asked. "Yes, Class of '86." "I meant faculty," the doctor explained. "You remind me of the type." "Sorry to hear you say so," Messner smiled back.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking