When they reached their claims Alice looked across the valley, noting the great stretches of poplar and birch, golden-yellow in their autumn tints, and smiled at the beauty of it—till out of the chilled atmosphere somewhere came the whisper, "Make haste and provide."
"I should like to live here always," whispered Alice to John, while Bruce went to talk with the men working on the claim alongside.
"Always is a long time, and every day will not be as beautiful as this; but for a year or two——"
"Yes, for a year or two."
And so it was decided.
They were married in the little church by the side of the slough in Dawson.
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Transcriber's Note
Punctuation errors have been corrected.