Hal, Charles, and Mercedes — The Tenderfeet

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack
The disastrous trio of greenhorn owners embodies civilized incompetence in the wild; their cruelty and ignorance nearly kill Buck and end with their own deaths through the ice.
Chapter 5

Their arrival with an absurdly overloaded sled. The ice breaks beneath them as Buck watches from safety with Thornton.

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