To Win or to Die; A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
To Win or to Die; A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
By George Manville Fenn
18 Nov, 2019
“It’s a lie! I don’t and I won’t believe it.”
The speaker half-whispered that, and then he shouted, “Do you hear?”
There was a pause, and then from the face of a huge white snow-cliff there came back the word “hear.”
“Wel
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“It’s a lie! I don’t and I won’t believe it.”
The speaker half-whispered that, and then he shouted, “Do you hear?”
There was a pause, and then from the face of a huge white snow-cliff there came back the word “hear.”
“Well done, echo!” cried the speaker.
“Echo,” came back.
“Thankye; that’s quite cheering; anything’s better than that horrible silence. What do they say? When a man gets in the habit of talking to himself it’s a sign that he is going mad? Once more, it’s a lie! A man would go mad in this awful solitude if he didn’t hear someone speaking. Snow, snow, snow, and rock and mountain; and ugh! how cold! Pull up, donkey! jackass! idiot! or you’ll freeze to death.” Less