human
The Indian shook his head, but knowin' that I wanted to see an' count everybody in the district, he turned off the trail--he said it was a trail but I couldn't see it--an' led the way to the hut. I went in an' found a man lying on a couple of planks, just about dead. He was one of the survivors of the wrecked steamer _Filarleon_, and had frozen all the fingers of both hands. Two or three were turnin' gangrenous; an' one of these had got so bad that with his other crippled hand, he had sawed off the decomposin' member with his pocket-knife. One foot also was frozen an' had turned black, but that afterwards recovered.
gpt
What did you do for him?
human
Put him on the sled, of course, the Alaskan answered,
gpt
I wonder you stuck it out, said Hamilton.
human
But then, he added a moment later,
gpt
I can see how a fellow would hate to quit.
human
It was tough, reluctantly admitted the narrator,
gpt
I haven't the least idea,
human
And, Hamilton said, his eyes shining,
gpt
I'll bet you did!