But that, while bad enough, is certainly not the worst!" He stopped to get his breath and then resumed: "You won't find the lode, and you'll come back feeling sick and sore.

If they keep you on at the school, you won't want to teach; you'll think of nothing but saving all you can and pulling out again.

You're like father, and when he took the lone trail the blamed foolishness got such a grip of him that he never broke loose.

Well, you'll lose your job and the next you get; in fact, you'll come to hate any work that keeps you from the North.

But a girl can't let herself down until she turns into a hobo.