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His desperate courage was evicted by a great surge of fear. In his weakness, what if the animal attacked him? He drew himself up to his most imposing stature, gripping the knife and staring hard at the bear. HIS DESPERATE COURAGE WAS EVICTED BY A GREAT SURGE OF FEAR IN HIS WEAKNESS WHAT IF THE ANIMAL ATTACKED HIM HE DREW HIMSELF UP TO HIS MOST IMPOSING STATURE GRIPPING THE KNIFE AND STARING HARD AT THE BEAR
-bite called him back. He was jerked back abruptly once from such an excursion by a sight that caused him nearly to faint. He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling. Before him stood a horse. A horse! He could not believe his eyes. A thick mist was in them, intershot with sparkling points of light. He rubbed his eyes savagely to clear his vision, and beheld, not a horse, but a great brown bear. The animal was studying him with bellicose curiosity. The man had brought his gun halfway to his shoulder before he realized. He lowered it and drew his hunting-knife from its beaded sheath at his hip. Before him was meat and life. He ran his thumb along the edge of his knife. It was sharp. The point was sharp. He would fling himself upon the bear and kill it. But his heart began its warning thump, thump, thump. Then followed the wild upward leap and tattoo of flutters, the pressing as of an iron band about his forehead, the creeping of the dizziness into his brain. THE PANGS OF THE HUNGER BITE CALLED HIM BACK HE WAS JERKED BACK ABRUPTLY ONCE FROM SUCH AN EXCURSION BY A SIGHT THAT CAUSED HIM NEARLY TO FAINT HE REELED AND SWAYED DODDERING LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN TO KEEP FROM FALLING BEFORE HIM STOOD A HORSE A HORSE HE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EYES A THICK MIST WAS IN THEM INNER SHOT WITH SPARKLING POINTS OF LIGHT HE RUBBED HIS EYES SAVAGELY TO CLEAR HIS VISION AND BEHELD NOT A HORSE BUT A GREAT BROWN BEAR THE ANIMAL WAS STUDYING HIM WITH A BELLICOSE CURIOSITY THE MAN HAD BROUGHT HIS GUN HALF WAY TO HIS SHOULDER BEFORE HE REALIZED HE LOWERED IT AND DREW HIS HUNTING KNIFE FROM ITS BEADED SHEATH AT HIS HIP BEFORE HIM WAS MEAT AND LIFE HE RAN HIS THUMB ALONG THE EDGE OF HIS KNIFE IT WAS SHARP THE POINT WAS SHARP HE WOULD FLING HIMSELF UPON THE BEAR AND KILL IT BUT HIS HEART BEGAN ITS WARNING THUMP THUMP THUMP THEN FOLLOWED THE WILD UPWARD LEAP AND TATTOO OF FLUTTERS THE PRESSING AS OF AN IRON BAND ABOUT HIS FOREHEAD THE CREEPING OF THE DIZZINESS INTO HIS BRAIN
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