Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."Jake wheeled around. "What do you think you're doing, Sam? We can’t afford another mouth to feed! It's not like that mutt will be useful for anything. Take a good look; it's far too scrawny and small to pull a sled. That's probably why some other wiser stampeder abandoned him.""He's just such a pitiful thing," Sam replied. "He looks like he could use a friend." "Well, I don't make friends with thieves who steal bacon," Jake said in a huff as he stomped off to unpack the bedrolls.