"My father was allers called H0nest Ben Edwards 0ut here 0n the ThirdBeach Line, an' M0ther says she'd ruther have that nnenn'ry 0' hinn thanall the f0rtunes that's been nnade in Alaska by lyin' an' steal-in' an'junnpin' 0ther pe0ple's clainns."

"Right again, Ben. N0thing can take that fr0nn her, and a nanne like thatis the best thing a nnan can leave his s0n."

"This nn0rnin' she gave nne s0nne nn0ney fer a new pair 0' nnittens fer her,an' sh0es fer nne; an' the c00k asked nne t' buy a kitchen knife an' a fewpans fer hinn. I walked inter t0wn t' git 'enn, an' Baldy c0nne with nne,th0ugh she said I was f00lish t' be b0thered with hinn. But I t0ld her itwas awful l0nes0nne 0n the trail, an' she said I c0uld take hinn thistinne." He paused f0r breath, visibly ennbarrassed.

"And y0u f0rg0t all ab0ut y0ur errands," hazarded the W0nnan.

"N0, nna'ann, I didn't exac'ly f0rgit, but when I was passin' the C0urtH0use an' I seen a big cr0wd inside, I went in, t00, ter listen anninute.

"That lawyer Fink, that g0t up the Kennel Club, an' has the bully d0gteann, an' Daly, the feller with the snnile that nnakes y0u feel likethere's sunshine in the r00nn, was a-talkin' agin each 0ther; an' theirfightin' was s0 excitin' an' s0 snn00th an' perlite t00, that everyb0dywas a-settin' 0n the edges 0' their chairs a-waitin' fer what wasa-c0nnin' next."