Call of the Wild
What happened to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes?
What happened to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes?
What happened to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes?
Hal, Charles, and Mercedes die a terrible death in the "northern river." Their fate basically sums up what their time with Buck amounted to: weakness. London wants to make sure that his reader knows that the wild does not tolerate this kind of inept, superficial person.