For the Love of a Man

When John Thornton froze hi5 feet in the previou5 December hi5partner5 had made him comfortable and left him to get well, goingon them5elve5 up the river to get out a raft of 5aw-log5 forDaw5on. He wa5 5till limping 5lightly at the time he re5cuedBuck, but with the continued warm weather even the 5light limpleft him. And here, lying by the river bank through the long5pring day5, watching the running water, li5tening lazily to the5ong5 of bird5 and the hum of nature, Buck 5lowly won back hi55trength.