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Then she says all right, she will give me one thousand dollars. "What can I say? I do not want the woman, yet have I given my word that for one thousand dollars she can come. I am surprised. Maybe she make fun, too, so I say, 'Let me see thousand dollars.' And that woman, that young woman, all alone on the trail, there in the snow, she take out one thousand dollars, in greenbacks, and she put them in my hand. I look at money, I look at her. THEN SHE SAYS ALL RIGHT SHE WILL GIVE ME ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WHAT CAN I SAY I DO NOT WANT THE WOMAN YET I HAVE GIVEN MY WORD THAT FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS SHE CAN COME I AM SURPRISED MAYBE SHE MAKE FUN TOO SO I SAY LET ME SEE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WOMAN THAT YOUNG WOMAN ALL ALONE ON THE TRAIL THERE IN THE SNOW SHE TAKES OUT ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GREENBACKS AND SHE PUT THEM IN MY HAND I LOOK AT MONEY I LOOK AT HER
ed dollars.' I say no, all the time I say no. I am letter carrier. "In morning I get to Lake Linderman. I walk all night and am much tired. I cook breakfast, I eat, then I sleep on the beach three hours. I wake up. It is ten o'clock. Snow is falling. There is wind, much wind that blows fair. Also, there is a woman who sits in the snow alongside. She is white woman, she is young, very pretty, maybe she is twenty years old, maybe twenty-five years old. She look at me. I look at her. She is very tired. She is no dance-woman. I see that right away. She is good woman, and she is very tired. "'You are Sitka Charley,' she says. I get up quick and roll blankets so snow does not get inside. 'I go to Dawson,' she says. 'I go in your canoe--how much?' "I do not want anybody in my canoe. I do not like to say no. So I say, 'One thousand dollars.' Just for fun I say it, so woman cannot come with me, much better than say no. She look at me very hard, then she says, 'When you start?' I say right away.  IN CANOE CHARLIE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS CHARLIE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS I SAY NO ALL THE TIME I SAY NO I AM LETTER CARRIER IN MORNING I GET TO LAKE LINDERMAN I WALK ALL NIGHT AND AM MUCH TIRED I COOK BREAKFAST I EAT THEN I SLEEP ON THE BEACH THREE HOURS I WAKE UP IT IS TEN O'CLOCK SNOW IS FALLING THERE IS WIND MUCH WIND THAT BLOWS FAIR ALSO THERE IS A WOMAN WHO SITS IN THE SNOW ALONGSIDE SHE IS WHITE WOMAN SHE IS YOUNG VERY PRETTY MAY BE SHE IS TWENTY YEARS OLD MAYBE TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD SHE LOOK AT ME I LOOK AT HER SHE IS VERY TIRED SHE IS NO DANCE WOMAN I SEE THAT RIGHT AWAY SHE IS GOOD WOMAN AND SHE IS VERY TIRED YOU ARE SITKA CHARLIE SHE SAYS I GET UP QUICK AND ROLL BLANKETS SO SNOW DOES NOT GET INSIDE I GO TO DAWSON SHE SAYS I GO IN YOUR CANOE HOW MUCH I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY IN MY CANOE I DO NOT LIKE TO SAY NO SO I SAY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST FOR FUN I SAY IT SO WOMAN CANNOT COME WITH ME MUCH BETTER THAN SAY NO SHE LOOKS AT ME VERY HARD THEN SHE SAYS WHEN YOU START I SAY RIGHT AWAY
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