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Berna finds Larry as a stowaway
in her and her grandfather's cabin on the boat. |
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Locasto is at the gambling
table. He drops a chip and doesn't seem to notice. Larry picks
it up, places a bet, and wins. When Locasto takes the chips that
he won, Larry says, "You can't swipe what's mine."
When Locasto knocks him down, Larry looks up to see Berna watching
and he goes to fight Locasto. It's no contest, though. One punch
and Larry is back on the floor. |
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Larry pulls Berna from an
avalanche that killed several of the travelers including her
grandfather. |
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When they have to wade through
a creek, the "little pardner" can't bear the cold,
so the engineer carries him on his back. |
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Although Berna is exhausted and
Mrs. Bulkey believes they can't go up the Chilkoot Pass, Berna
is determined to press on for Larry's sake.
|
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The Bulkeys are running a restaurant,
and Berna is working for them while Larry is away mining. Locasto
tells the Bulkeys, "I'll stake you two for your passage
back." Mr. Bulkey says, "It's no use. Berna wouldn't
leave until Larry makes a gold strike." "Leave Berna
here," Locasto says. "I'll see that she doesn't starve." |
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"Please take me home, dear!
There's a boat leaving tonight. Please, before it's too late!" |
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The camera shows Berna from this
angle, wallowing in the luxury of the saloon girl's apartment
in a clean nightgown, warm and comfortable. As Berna raises her
arms to stretch in comfort, we see Locasto enter the room, and,
without showing her face, we see Berna's fear as her clasped
hands turn to fingers stretched in terror. |
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Larry finds Berna working
in the saloon, still not realizing she has been Locasto's "kept
woman" all the months he was away. When he tells her he
has found the richest strike in all of the Klondike, she responds,
"So you've found gold? There's not enough gold in the world
to make things right again!" - takes the bag of gold from
Larry's hands and begins to throw it all about the room as patrons
scramble on the floor for the nuggets. |
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Larry vows to fight to the finish
-- for one of them. |
