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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 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
d. In the afternoon he threw the rest of it away, there remaining to him only the half-blanket, the tin bucket, and the rifle. An hallucination began to trouble him. He felt confident that one cartridge remained to him. It was in the chamber of the rifle and he had overlooked it. On the other hand, he knew all the time that the chamber was empty. But the hallucination persisted. He fought it off for hours, then threw his rifle open and was confronted with emptiness. The disappointment was as bitter as though he had really expected to find the cartridge. He plodded on for half an hour, when the hallucination arose again. Again he fought it, and still it persisted, till for very relief he opened his rifle to unconvince himself. At times his mind wandered farther afield, and he plodded on, a mere automaton, strange conceits and whimsicalities gnawing at his brain like worms. But these excursions out of the real were of brief duration, for ever the pangs of the hunger-bite called him back. G HALF OF IT ON THE GROUND IN THE AFTERNOON HE THREW THE REST OF IT AWAY THERE REMAINING TO HIM ONLY THE HALF BLANKET THE TIN BUCKET AND THE RIFLE AN HALLUCINATION BEGAN TO TROUBLE HIM HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT ONE CARTRIDGE REMAINED TO HIM IT WAS IN THE CHAMBER OF THE RIFLE AND HE HAD OVERLOOKED IT ON THE OTHER HAND HE KNEW ALL THE TIME THAT THE CHAMBER WAS EMPTY BUT THE HALLUCINATION PERSISTED HE FOUGHT IT OFF FOR HOURS THEN THREW HIS RIFLE OPEN AND WAS CONFRONTED WITH EMPTINESS THE DISAPPOINTMENT WAS AS BITTER AS THOUGH HE HAD REALLY EXPECTED TO FIND THE CARTRIDGE HE PLODDED ON FOR HALF AN HOUR WHEN THE HALLUCINATION AROSE AGAIN AGAIN HE FOUGHT IT AND STILL IT PERSISTED TILL FOR VERY RELIEF HE OPENED HIS RIFLE TO UNCONVINCE HIMSELF AT TIMES HIS MIND WANDERED FARTHER AFIELD AND HE PLODDED ON A MERE AUTOMATON STRANGE CONCEITS AND WHIMSICALITIES GNAWING AT HIS BRAIN LIKE WORMS BUT THESE EXCURSIONS OUT OF THE REEL WERE OF BRIEF DURATION FOR EVER THE PANGS OF THE HUNGER BITE CALLED HIM BACK
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