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I know him . And hold out for a stiff figure . Nothing less than ten dollars will satisfy me , and if you sell for anything less , Smoke , I 'll never forgive you . '' That noon , up in their cabin , Shorty placed on the table a pot of beans , a pot of coffee , a pan of sourdough biscuits , a tin of butter and a tin of condensed cream , a smoking platter of moose-meat and bacon , a plate of stewed dried peaches , and called : `` Grub 's ready . Take a slant at Sally first . '' Smoke put aside the harness on which he was sewing , opened the door , and saw Sally and Bright spiritedly driving away a bunch of foraging sled-dogs that belonged to the next cabin . Also he saw something else that made him close the door hurriedly and dash to the stove .