"Until we saw your signal we were afraid that you might have frozen to death in the Norther, but it's a long lane that has no happy ending, and here we are, all three of us, alive, and as well as ever." "That's so," said the Panther, "but even when the storm was at its worst I didn't give up, Ned.

Somehow, when things are at the blackest I'm always hopin'.

I don't take any credit fur it.

I was just born with that kind of a streak in me." Ned regarded him with admiration.

The Ring Tailed Panther was certainly a gorgeous object.