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God’s Country--And the Woman

CHAPTER TWO
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So I stared--stared--and stood there like a fool." Relief shot into her eyes at his words.
"Two years?
What do you mean ?" "I've been up along the rim of h--I mean the Arctic, on a government wild-goose chase," he explained.

"And I'm just coming down." "You're from the North ?" There was an eager emphasis in her question.
"Yes.

Straight from Coronation Gulf.

I ran ashore to cook a mess of prunes.

While the water was boiling I came down here after a bear, and found YOU! My name is Philip Weyman; I haven't even an Indian with me, and there are three things in the world I'd trade that name for just now: One is pie, another is doughnuts, and the third--" She brushed back her hair, and the fear went from her eyes as she looked at him.
"And the third ?" she asked.
"Is the answer to a question," he finished.


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