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CHAPTER XVI THE CACHE
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The two prospectors1 forgot their weariness as they rushed to the dying fire. Carnally looked at the embers.
"Can't have been gone long," he declared.
"Shout, Jake!" cried Andrew. "I'm out of breath."
Carnally called, and Andrew's heart throbbed2 when a faint cry rose in answer. His anxiety had not been groundless: a lonely man runs many risks in the frozen North. Following the sound, they hastened up the ravine, and as they rounded a projecting boulder3, a red glow flashed out a little distance ahead, died down, and rose more clearly.
Graham met them as they entered the firelight.
"Had any trouble?" Andrew asked anxiously.
"No; and the foot's feeling better. The rest has done it good. I've been pretty comfortable since you left, though the wolves got so friendly last night that I thought I'd better shift my camp a bit to-night. I didn't allow you could get back before to-morrow, and I knew I'd hear you shout if you did. I left the other fire burning as a beacon5."
Andrew breathed deeply.
"It's a wonderful relief!" he said.
Carnally looked hard at Graham's face.
"Guess you didn't sleep well, but we'll get a good rest to-night, now there are three of us. A timber wolf[Pg 168] is a cussed mean brute6. Government ought to supply the bush settlers with free arsenic7."
There was a brief silence, while Graham waited, intent and eager, until Carnally broke into a soft laugh.
"We struck it, partner! Guess your
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prospectors
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n.勘探者,探矿者( prospector的名词复数 ) | |
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抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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beacon
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brute
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arsenic
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lode
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prospecting
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n.探矿 | |
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exhaustion
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催促(hustle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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poised
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confiding
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creek
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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plunging
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savagely
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morsels
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hog
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