The Call of the Wild Page #3

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as being a very stupid reason.

We thought it an excellent one.

I still think its stupid.

Have some coffee. It might worm you up.

Well, tell me something.

Uh, didnt he have some object?

Wasnt there something he was after?

What I mean is, did he have a hunch,

or did somebody give him a tip?

Im very tired, Mr. Hoolihan

and I know you must be.

Me, tired? Heck no!

Well, I thought you might be,

asking such personal questions.

- Good night

- Good night

Boss, shes a woman in a million

- You think so?

- Yeah. She dont talk.

Can that be rain?

Hey, I gotta admit though

shes pretty as a picture.

You can have my share.

He'll come back again.

Well, lets turn in, huh?

Do you mind putting another log

On the fire, Mr. Thornton?

Fire! Wolf!

Whats the matter?

You woke up. Go on back to bed.

Them beans I et...

Thank you, Mr. Thornton.

Oh, thank you, Mr. Thornton.

Say, you know, theres two of them dogs

still missing, Buck and the gray boy.

Yeah.

Speaking of the devil!

Where you been?

Uh huh.

Hes been in a fight with the gray boy,

I bet you.

Yeah, that means were one dog short.

Im telling you, Buck is an outlaw

Ive known horses like that,

never could break them.

Well, what are we going to do

For our lead dog?

One Eye has got a lot of experience.

Move him to the lead.

Come on, Bobby, lets start walking.

Come on, Buck.

Buck, come on!

Come here!

Come here!

Whats the matter with you?

Success has gone to his noodle.

Maybe he wants to ride on the sled

Shut up, will you?

Buck, come here!

If you had any common sense,

Mr. Thornton,

youd realize what was wrong?

As the intellectual member of this party,

suppose you tell me.

Very well, I will.

Buck has whipped the lead dog

and he now naturally believes that

position belongs to him.

Thats the old law of accession.

The king is dead, long live the king.

That is if you know what

I am talking about.

Oh, I see youre afraid to

try my suggestion.

Put One Eye back in

his old place

Come on

Im crawling up my back, One Eye.

Come here.

All right. Come on, king, and get crowned.

Well, come on! The lead is yours!

Perhaps that great but frigid mind of yours

can figure out whats the matter now.

That club, stupid.

It takes some people an awful long time

to catch on, doesnt it, Buck?

He meant that as a caress, didnt he?

Yes, he did. I got to hand it to you

Hes never done that to anybody else but me.

It appears that you or I are

the only members of the Buck Fraternal...

Seems shed rather be an elk.

All right, get on with the dogs.

No, thank you.

I'll cross the way you men do.

Hold on! Hold on

Stick with it!

Hurry up! Hurry up! Dont forget the gun!

If we pack the stuff on the dogs and foot it,

we can make it to Dawson in three days.

- Oh, just a mad cooks tour, huh?

- Yeah

You better come closer to the fire,

We wont bite, you know.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Wait till I put on my pants.

All right, you win, Mr. Thornton,

it is stupid for a woman to come up here.

May I?

Yeah, sure.

They usually get along better

when they do as theyre told.

I wouldnt presume to teach you

feminine psychology,

- but I might add, very humbly of course...

- Yeah?

that if a woman is asked to do something,

Shes more apt to obey

Than when shes commanded.

Are my stockings dry, Mr. Hocilhan?

It'll take a minute,

I'll wring them out again and see.

Does that answer your question?

Look, shes laughing!

The ice has thawed. Spring has come!

Oh, springtime, you hear people scream

Youre the one whos

Breaking my heart, you pretty thing

A boo, a boo,

A boo

Springtime is here...

Say! Nice, modest little prices

They have here.

They practically give things away.

Say, boss, how much we got

this side of the grave?

Just about enough

for a room in a poorhouse.

This mansion over here'll do. Come on

- Come on, Buck.

- Come on, Buck.

Well, Mrs. Blake,

I guess its about time to say good-bye.

Theres an officer of the Mounted Police

down the street.

They'll get you back to the States.

Wed stake you ourselves,

Only, well, weve mislaid our funds.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, youve been very nice, Mr. Thornton.

I suppose I was a little difficult, but,

Well, losing someone youve grown

To love isnt...

Yes,

I know.

Im sorry I was so rough.

Well, Im sorry I was so unpleasant

Mmm. Im sorry that I cant think

of a thing to be sorry about.

I suppose youve got friends

and relatives back in the states.

No. My husbands all I had.

- Why do you ask?

- Because we got a proposition to make.

Yes?

We know what brought you up here.

Weve known All along.

I mean, old man Blakes claim!

But how? How could you possibly know?

Give me that map, Shorty.

Yeah.

Did you ever see this?

Or, uh, something like it?

Yes. Yes, Ive seen the original.

This wont do you any good.

It isnt correct.

I know it.

Thats why I was going to suggest that...

My husband had to borrow and beg

to make this trip.

He went through all sorts of

horrible difficulties and...

I know. Well, now hes gone.

Thats why I was going to suggest that.

And you were going to

take it away from him, steal it.

Oh, now, please be reasonable

Why dont you come in with me

and Shorty on this thing?

Where our map is incorrect,

give us the right route. We'll be partners.

And, well, while youre about it,

I suppose you may as well

Consider all angles.

We need your information about this.

We could probably find the mine ourselves

Without your help. It would take longer.

Of course, you dont know us very well

Except that were a little rough on women!

We might play you dirty.

We might take your information

and then tell you to,

well, go jump in the river.

We might do that.

On the other hand,

we might be on the up and up with you.

Let me see your map.

This river here,

It isnt a river, its a dry creek.

And that mountain peak, thats down here.

Criminy! Thats it!

Hi!

All the other mistakes are minor ones.

All right, Mr. Thornton,

now you can tell me...

How did you express it?

To go jump in the river?

Weve gotta do a lot of jumping ourselves

to get the 700 bucks for the outfit.

- Seven hundred dollars is hard to get.

- My, oh, my, oh, my.

But we'll get it, if we have to take a knife

stick somebody and take it away from 'em.

Yeah!

- Come on, Shorty. Mush!

- Come on. Lets go.

- All set.

Keep your fingers crossed till we get back.

Weve gotta make a touch,

Shorty.

Something that means more to me now

That just finding a mine.

Yeah, I been noticing that.

Youre the doctor.

You know whats good for ya.

The way I figures it,

hunting for golds a full-time job.

Anything that interferes with it,

Interferes with it.

I-What do you mean?

- You know what I mean.

Mind keeping that fat snoot of yours

out of my affairs?

All right, All right. No offense, boss.

No offense whatsoever.

Wheres Buck?

Hmm?

Come on!

My, oh, my, oh, my, oh, my!

Cant you see thats poisoned meat?

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