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Mechanically he reached for the empty gun, drew a bead, and pulled the trigger. The bull snorted and leaped away, his hoofs rattling and clattering as he fled across the ledges. MECHANICALLY HE REACHED FOR THE EMPTY GUN DREW A BEAD AND PULLED THE TRIGGER THE BULL SNORTED AND LEAPED AWAY HIS HOOFS RATTLING AND CLATTERING AS HE FLED ACROSS THE LEDGES
places, and his feet were raw and bleeding. His ankle was throbbing, and he gave it an examination. It had swollen to the size of his knee. He tore a long strip from one of his two blankets and bound the ankle tightly. He tore other strips and bound them about his feet to serve for both moccasins and socks. Then he drank the pot of water, steaming hot, wound his watch, and crawled between his blankets. He slept like a dead man. The brief darkness around midnight came and went. The sun arose in the northeast--at least the day dawned in that quarter, for the sun was hidden by gray clouds. At six o'clock he awoke, quietly lying on his back. He gazed straight up into the gray sky and knew that he was hungry. As he rolled over on his elbow he was startled by a loud snort, and saw a bull caribou regarding him with alert curiosity. The animal was not mere than fifty feet away, and instantly into the man's mind leaped the vision and the savor of a caribou steak sizzling and frying over a fire. RE WORN THROUGH IN PLACES AND HIS FEET WERE RAW AND BLEEDING HIS ANKLE WAS THROBBING AND HE GAVE IT AN EXAMINATION IT HAD SWOLLEN TO THE SIZE OF HIS KNEE HE TORE A LONG STRIP FROM ONE OF HIS TWO BLANKETS AND BOUND THE ANKLE TIGHTLY HE TORE OTHER STRIPS AND BOUND THEM ABOUT HIS FEET TO SERVE FOR BOTH MOCCASINS AND SOCKS THEN HE DRANK THE POT OF WATER STEAMING HOT WOUND HIS WATCH AND CRAWLED BETWEEN HIS BLANKETS HE SLEPT LIKE A DEAD MAN THE BRIEF DARKNESS AROUND MIDNIGHT CAME AND WENT THE SUN AROSE IN THE NORTHEAST AT LEAST THE DAY DAWNED IN THAT QUARTER FOR THE SUN WAS HIDDEN BY GRAY CLOUDS AT SIX O'CLOCK HE AWOKE QUIETLY LYING ON HIS BACK HE GAZED STRAIGHT UP INTO THE GRAY SKY AND KNEW THAT HE WAS HUNGRY AS HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS ELBOW HE WAS STARTLED BY A LOUD SNORT AND SAW A BULL CARIBOO REGARDING HIM WITH AN ALERT CURIOSITY THE ANIMAL WAS NOT MORE THAN FIFTY FEET AWAY AND INSTANTLY INTO THE MAN'S MIND LEAPED THE VISION AND THE SAVOUR OF A CARIBOO STAKE SIZZLING AND FRYING OVER A FIRE
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