wife-by-the-month

Updated: May 27, 2025

And Blake added, "We've sold every fur and every pound of bone and oil, and we've forty Upisk wives to our credit at fifty dollars apiece." Uppy's grin became larger, and his throat was filled with an exultant rattle. In the matter of the Upisk wives he knew that he stood ace-high. "Never," said Blake, "has our wife-by-the-month business been so good.

James Oliver Curwood - Back to God's Country and Other Stories