The Call of the Wild Page #6

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we are certain to find it out

sooner or later.

and if such is the case,

there is nothing left for us to do

but mourn for you.

I swear Im doing the best I can.

I followed the compass

directions exactly.

The burnt tree!

- The cabin! Thats it!

- My dear Mr. Blake,

how can you ever forgive me

for doubting your integrity

Youve placed me

in a most embarrassing position.

I scarcely know what to say.

One for the master.

And one for the dame.

And one for the little boy

whos filing the claim.

Why, Jack, I never suspected.

The world doesnt understand me.

At heart Im an artist

Oh, I want to write poetry.

I want to compose.

I want to sing, paint.

Barns?

- Yes, yes. Those too.

I want to starve in a garret.

Wear me hair long.

Get egg on a flowing tie.

In other words, be a genius. Ah... But no.

No, the world sneers at me talent,

and instead it gives me gold.

Oh, my

poor boy.

You seem to have all the comforts

of home, Mr. Thornton...

A comfortable cabin, golden evidence

of more comforts to come,

and a beautiful lady.

You will oblige me greatly

if you will assist

in making this incident

as painless as possible.

Come on, get it over with.

What are you going to do?

Do?

My dear man, nothing at all.

The Important thing is...

Were going back by water, Kalie,

using Mr. Thorntons canoe.

You may destroy our burros

As I was saying, the Important thing

is to prevent you people

from filing claim on this charming site

before we do.

And how do you expect to do that?

Oh, very easily,

By leaving you here and destroying

All means of transportation.

If you cant get back to Dawson

to file, why, then

You cant get back to Dawson

to file, now can you?

So we'll file instead

If you want to work the mine

while were gone,

youre very welcome to do so, of course

We'll be glad to recompense you

for your trouble when we get back

Meanwhile we'll take with us your gun

and ammunition, axes, et cetera.

It would be a grave error to leave behind

the Implements for building another canoe,

wouldnt it?

Kalie!

Francois! Kalie!

Come here!

Look here, Smith.

Why cant we do business?

Im always open to an honest proposition,

Mr. Thornton.

We'll give you the claim, all of it.

You can have what gold weve got.

But leave us some way of

getting out of here.

The winter snows are coming on

My dear man, you call that a

business proposition?

We already have the mine,

and the gold is ours by right of...

How shall I put it?

By right of conquest.

Do you mind if we dont argue

the point anymore?

Lets help ourselves.

Mr. Thornton would only squander the gold.

I must com mend your sense of humor,

Mr. Thornton.

Very few people would be able to

smile on an occasion like this.

- Thank you.

- Not at All

I remember watching a magician once.

From an apparently empty hat

he shortly produced a rabbit.

He smiled very much as

youre smiling now

Because, I imagine,

he knew All the while

that he had that rabbit up his sleeve!

Youve something up your sleeve, perhaps.

Perhaps

Roll up your sleeve, Mr. Thornton.

Theres no rabbit there.

Come, come.

Dont, lets strain our friendship.

Madam.

Careful, you idiot.

You might have split the bottom.

We'll be back, my friends.

For the time being,

good-bye

and good-bye.

Look out!

Well, they wanted gold. Now they got it.

Hey, Claire, get the medicine kit

and some hot water.

Is he badly hurt?

Yeah.

Hes got a nasty crack on the skull!

Some prospector, I guess.

Go away, Buck.

Get out of the way

John! John!

Oh, John.

John, darling!

Claire, dearest,

Id like to talk to Mr. Thornton

All right, dear.

I thought Id

lost you.

Try to rest, please.

Hes feeling much better this morning

He remembers everything, thank heaven.

It wasnt as serious as we thought!

He wants to see you, Jack.

What are you going to say to him?

I wanted you

and I took you with us.

Well, Im keeping you.

Jack.

You know I love you, dont you?

You couldnt doubt that, could you?

Well, he needs me.

You have your law and

I have mine.

Best thing you can do, Blake,

is to get out of here as quick as you can.

You need medical attention. Take the canoe.

Its easy going now, but it wont be

when the heavy snows come on.

Will you come with us?

No, I'll stay here and work the mine.

When you come back in the spring,

we'll divide what Ive found.

I came to say good-bye to Buck

He never would have forgiven me

if Id forgotten that.

Would you,

Buck?

You could have skipped that.

Youre only making it tougher on everybody

Oh, Jack, put your arms around me.

Well, I'll be seeing you.

Yes.

You'll be seeing me.

I'll be seeing you too.

Every day and every night and every minute.

This isnt the end.

It cant be.

Careful of that first stretch of rapids.

After that its clear sailing.

Good-bye, Thornton.

And God bless you.

Good-bye,

Blake.

Good-bye, Jack.

Good-bye, Claire.

Its hard to say no to that

call, isnt it, Buck?

Its All right, boy. Go ahead

Shorty?

- Yeah

- Shorty

- Hello, boss!

- Why, you old son of a gun.

You came just in time. You saved my life

Well, look at you. Youre all dressed up.

Yeah. Were in the money. I filed the claim.

Were rich. Richer than Astors pup!

No trouble at all.

I went right in and signed the names.

- Oh, and the claim was...

- Shorty.

Whats that?

Thats our new cook.

- Whered you get it?

- I won it in a crap game.

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