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`` One of 'em is going to fall in love , sure , and it wo n't be reciprocated none . It would serve him right to get it hard , but if _ she 's _ hit -- it 'll be too dam ' pitiful . You an ' I will have to combine forces and beat him up , I reckon . '' The days were growing long and warm , the hills were coming bare on the heights , while the snow packed wet at midday when we went into town to sled out grub for the clean-up . We found everybody else there for the same purpose , so the sap began to run through the camp . We were loading at the trading-post the next day when I heard the name of Ollie Marceau . It was a big-limbed fellow from Alder Creek talking , and , as he showed no liquor in his face , what he said sounded all the worse .