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A Winter's Tale

A WINTER'S TALE by Ian Thomson

Winter arrived in the Montana highlands like a grizzly rampaging through a tent. Jack Walker had estimated another three weeks of panning for gold in the small, richly laden stream before he would be forced down, through the pass to the valley town but the winter of 1874 had other ideas. That first storm closed the pass and Jack knew he was isolated for the next two months. A check on his provisions showed a shortfall of two weeks that would be hard to overcome, as the local deer had already descended to the valley floor.

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