The Heart of Canyon Pass

This novel tells the story of two irrepressible pocket-hunters, Steve Siebert and Andy McCann who don't get along. Excerpt: «What's the matter with the two old sourdoughs? All the time they were buying that stuff they never spoke a word to each other, and if one of 'em caught a look from t'other he snarled like a wild tagger! They'd have shown their teeth—both of 'em—if they'd had any left but stubs.» «Ain't spoken, to my knowledge,» said the storekeeper, «Steve and Andy ain't, in all of these twenty years. 'Fore that they were as thick as hasty puddin' an' threw in together ev'ry spring—even-steven—when they went prospecting; comin' back yere to Canyon Pass in the fall as happy as a bride and groom return from the honeymoon.» «What happened? What made 'em so sore on each other?» asked Smithy. «Don't know. Never did know. Never could find out. 'Twas right after the big slide. You've heard tell of that, even if you ain't been here six months?»