`` When you do get a conscientious Indian there 's no better guide in the world , but they are rare , '' I remarked with a far-away look . Kate laughed . `` Do n't rub it in , Phil . Come , help me to break camp . We 'll have to work harder and hustle for ourselves , that 's all . '' `` But is it safe to go on without a guide ? '' I inquired dubiously . I had n't felt very safe with Peter Crow , but I felt still more unsafe without him . `` Safe ! Of course , it 's safe -- perfectly safe . I know the trail , and we 'll just have to drive around the wet places . It would have been easier with Peter , and we 'd have had less work to do , but we 'll get along well enough without him . I do n't think I 'd have bothered with him at all , only I wanted to set Mother 's mind at rest . She 'll never know he is n't with us till the trip is over , so that is all right . We 're going to have a glorious day . But , oh , for our lost ham ! ` The Ham That Was Never Eaten . ' There 's a subject for a poem , Phil . You write one when we get back to civilization . Methinks I can sniff the savoury odour of that lost ham on all the prairie breezes . ''
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