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A Skull And A Flirtation.
It was late afternoon when they came into Lac Bain, and as soon as Philip had turned over the colonel and his wife to Breed, he hurried to his own cabin.

At the door he encountered Buck Nome.

The two men had not met since a month before at Nelson House, and "there was but little cordiality in Steele to say howdy to 'em," explained Nome, pausing for a moment.

"Deuce of a good joke on you, Steele! How do you like the job of bringing in an old colonel's frozen wife, or a frozen colonel's old wife, eh ?" Every fiber in Steele's body grew tense at the banter in the other's voice.