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`` I would give a hundred dollars to be back at Timber Run . '' `` It 's your own fault you are here , '' retorted Sam . `` I might say the same of you , '' returned the former teacher sharply . By noon John Barrow calculated they had covered half the distance to Bear Pond . A sheltered nook was found between some rocks and trees , and here they set fire to a mass of brushwood , that they might get warm while they rested , and ate the last of the food on hand . There was no wind , and the sun , shining as brightly as ever , made the surface of the snow glitter like diamonds . `` I hope we find our stores at the cache undisturbed , '' said Dick , while resting .