Excerpt: ...the way you do, you'll be able to take a buffalo by the horns and wring its neck." Albert grinned pleasantly at his brother. "You don't have to beg me to stay," he said. "I like this valley. It has given me life and what is to be our fortune, our furs. Why not do all we can while we can? I'm in favor of the extra year, Dick." "Then no more need be said about it. The Cliff House isn't half full of furs yet, but in another year we can fill it." The great cold began to break up, the ice on the lake grew thinner and ...
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Excerpt: ...the way you do, you'll be able to take a buffalo by the horns and wring its neck." Albert grinned pleasantly at his brother. "You don't have to beg me to stay," he said. "I like this valley. It has given me life and what is to be our fortune, our furs. Why not do all we can while we can? I'm in favor of the extra year, Dick." "Then no more need be said about it. The Cliff House isn't half full of furs yet, but in another year we can fill it." The great cold began to break up, the ice on the lake grew thinner and thinner and then disappeared, much of the big game left the valley, the winds from the north ceased to blow, and in their stead came breezes from the south, tipped with warmth. Dick knew that spring was near. It was no guess, he could feel it in every bone of him, and he rejoiced. He had had enough of winter, and it gave him the keenest pleasure when he saw tiny blades of new grass peeping up in sheltered places here and there. Dick, although he was not conscious of it, had changed almost as much as Albert in the last eight or nine months. He had had no weak chest and throat to cure, but his vigorous young frame had responded nobly to the stimulus of self-reliant life. The physical experience, as well as the mental, of those eight or nine months, had been equal to five times their number spent under ordinary conditions, and he had grown greatly in every respect. Few men were as strong, as agile, and as alert as he. He and Albert, throughout that long winter, had been sufficient unto each other. They had a great sense of ownership, the valley and all its manifold treasurers belonged to them-a feeling that was true, as no one else came to claim it-and they believed that in their furs they were acquiring and ample provision for a start in life. When the first tender shades of green began to appear in the valley and on the slopes, Dick decided upon a journey. "Do you know, Al, how long we have been in this valley?" he asked. "Eight or ten...
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