Zeke Preston was in his late fifties, but like thousands of others had come to the Klondike to seek his fortune. He had filed a claim on Wolf Creek in a rather isolated section. It wasn't a rich claim, and Zeke had to work hard for the little gold he took out of it. Two other prospectors lived near him, and one day when he and Jack Wrath, his neighbor, were taking a shortcut to their cabins from the trail to Dawson, they learned about another...