According to Ng Loy
By Tuttle, W. C.
On the snowbound forks of Trinity Creek, three unlikely partners—an aging Chinese prospector, a stoic Swede, and a quick-tongued Irishman—find their fortunes bound together by a small carved ivory elephant said to bring luck and happiness to its owner. When Lars Anderson and Jimmy Mulcahy stumble half-frozen into Ng Loy's tiny cabin during a killing blizzard, the old miner takes them in, shares his claim, and offers them his most treasured talisman. But fortune is a fickle dealer, and when the charm later goes missing, suspicion poisons the bond between the three friends and threatens to undo what fate has so improbably built. W. C. Tuttle weaves superstition, hardship, and quiet wisdom into a meditation on luck, loyalty, and the cost of mistrust. First published in Adventure magazine in 1923, the story is a classic of the Northern frontier tradition.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1923