LOVE OF LIFE
and other stories
by
JACK LONDON
author of “the call of the wild,” “people
of the abyss,” etc., etc.
New York
published for
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY
by the macmillan company
London: MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd.
1913
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1906,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1907. Reprinted December, 1907; December, 1911. October, 1913.
LOVE OF LIFE
“This out of all will remain—
They have lived and have tossed:
So much of the game will be gain,
Though the gold of the dice has been lost.”
They limped painfully down the bank, and once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks. They were tired and weak, and their faces had the drawn expression of patience which comes of hardship long endured. They were heavily burdened with blanket packs which were strapped to their shoulders. Head-straps, passing across the forehead, helped support these packs. Each man carried a rifle. They walked in a stooped posture, the shoulders well forward, the head still farther forward, the eyes bent upon the ground.