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"It's share and share with a guilt yoked pair", he hissed in a pregnant tone; And so they snarled like malamutes over a mildewed bone. IT'S SHARE AND SHARE WITH GILT YOKED PEAR HE HISSED IN A PREGNANT TONE AND SO THEY SNARLED LIKE MALAMUTES O'ER A MILDEWED BONE
 would rob your clothes ere yet the dawn comes in; And a prize likewise in a woman's eyes is a peerless black fox skin. Put your faith in the mountain cat if you lie within his lair; Trust the fangs of the mother-wolf, and the claws of the lead-ripped bear; But oh, of the wiles and the gold-tooth smiles of a dance-hall wench beware! Wherefore it was beyond all laws that lusts of man restrain, A man drank deep and sank to sleep never to wake again; And the Yukon swallowed through a hole the cold corpse of the slain. III. The black fox skin a shadow cast from the roof nigh to the floor; And sleek it seemed and soft it gleamed, and the woman stroked it o'er; And the man stood by with a brooding eye, and gnashed his teeth and swore. When thieves and thugs fall out and fight there's fell arrears to pay; And soon or late sin meets its fate, and so it fell one day That Claw-fingered Kitty and Windy Ike fanged up like dogs at bay. "The skin is mine, all mine," she cried; "I did the deed alone.  OF SIN FOR THERE BE THOSE WHO WOULD ROB YOUR CLOTHES ERE YET THE DAWN COMES IN AND A PRIZE LIKEWISE IN A WOMAN'S EYES IS A PEERLESS BLACK FOX SKIN PUT YOUR FAITH IN THE MOUNTAIN CAT IF YOU LIE WITHIN HIS LAIR TRUST THE FANGS OF THE MOTHER WOLF AND THE CLAWS OF THE LEAD RIPPED BEAR BUT OH OF THE WILES AND THE GOLD TOOTH SMILES OF A DANCE HALL WENCH BEWARE WHEREFORE IT WAS BEYOND ALL LAWS THAT LUSTS OF MAN RESTRAIN A MAN DRANK DEEP AND SANK TO SLEEP NEVER TO WAKE AGAIN AND THE YUKON SWALLOWED THROUGH A HOLE THE COLD CORPSE OF THE SLAIN THE BLACK FOX SKIN A SHADOW CAST FROM THE ROOF NIGH TO THE FLOOR AND SLEEK IT SEEMED AND SOFT IT GLEAMED AND THE WOMAN STROKED IT O'ER AND THE MAN STOOD BY WITH A BROODING EYE AND GNASHED HIS TEETH AND SWORE WHEN THIEVES AND THUGS FALL OUT AND FIGHT THERE'S FELL ARREARS TO PAY AND SOON OR LATE SIN MEETS ITS FATE AND SO IT FELL ONE DAY THAT CLAW FINGERED KITTY AND WINDY IKE FANGED UP LIKE DOGS AT BAY THE SKIN IS MINE ALL MINE SHE CRIED I DID THE DEED ALONE
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