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The first of a new series of stories about the Competents in / Alaska. The season ended, they throw their last shovelfuls / of dirt and bid good-by to the homely cabin on the / mountainside. But their last days on the claim were not to / pass without adventure.
/ I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds / With coldness still returning; / Alas! The gratitude of men / Hath oftener left me mourning.