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LL the west slopes of 

 Tallac were swept by 

 the fire, and Kellyan 

 moved to a new hut on 

 the east side, where still 

 were green patches ; so did the grouse 

 and the rabbit and the coyote, and 

 so didGrizzlyJack. His wound healed 

 quickly, but his memory of the rifle 

 smell continued; it was a dangerous 

 smell, a new and horrible kind of smoke 

 one he was destined to know too 

 well ; one, indeed, he was soon to meet 



