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"Only I sleep like the dead," he added, straightening up again, "and so heard nothing, I suppose." ONLY I SLEEP LIKE THE DEAD HE ADDED STRAIGHTENING UP AGAIN AND SO I HEARD NOTHING I SUPPOSE
arm where before had been peace. The terror had stretched out, so to speak, a first tentative feeler toward us and had touched the hearts of each with a horrid directness. And from this moment the Camp changed. Sangree in particular was visibly upset. He could not bear to see the girl distressed, and to hear her actually cry was almost more than he could stand. The feeling that he had no right to protect her hurt him keenly, and I could see that he was itching to do something to help, and liked him for it. His expression said plainly that he would tear in a thousand pieces anything that dared to injure a hair of her head. We lit our pipes and strolled over in silence to the men's quarters, and it was his odd Canadian expression "Gee whiz!" that drew my attention to a further discovery. "The brute's been scratching round my tent too," he cried, as he pointed to similar marks by the door and I stooped down to examine them. We both stared in amazement for several minutes without speaking. SUDDEN UGLY SIGNATURE OF ALARM WHERE ONCE HAD BEEN PEACE THE TERROR HAD STRETCHED OUT SO TO SPEAK A FIRST TENTATIVE FEELER TOWARDS US IT HAD TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF EACH WITH A HORRID DIRECTNESS AND FROM THIS MOMENT THE CAMP CHANGED SANGREE IN PARTICULAR WAS VISIBLY UPSET HE COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE THE GIRL DISTRESSED AND TO HEAR HER ACTUALLY CRY WAS ALMOST MORE THAN HE COULD STAND THE FEELING THAT HE HAD NO RIGHT TO PROTECT HER HURT HIM KEENLY AND I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS ITCHING TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP AND LIKED HIM FOR IT HIS EXPRESSION SAID PLAINLY THAT HE WOULD TEAR IN A THOUSAND PIECES ANYTHING THAT DARED TO INJURE A HAIR OVER HEAD WE LIT OUR PIPES AND STROLLED OVER IN SILENCE TO THE MEN'S QUARTERS AND IT WAS HIS ODD CANADIAN EXPRESSION GEE WHIZ THAT DREW MY ATTENTION TO A FURTHER DISCOVERY THE BRUTE'S BEEN SCRATCHING ROUND MY TENT TOO HE CRIED AS HE POINTED TO SIMILAR MARKS BY THE DOOR AND I STOOPED DOWN TO EXAMINE THEM WE BOTH STARED IN AMAZEMENT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITHOUT SPEAKING
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