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He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake; also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens. HE LOOKED TO THE SOUTH AND KNEW THAT SOMEWHERE BEYOND THOSE BLEAK HILLS LAY THE GREAT BEAR LAKE ALSO HE KNEW THAT IN THAT DIRECTION THE ARCTIC CIRCLE CUT ITS FORBIDDING WAY ACROSS THE CANADIAN BARRENS
ittle, so that the rough thatch of brown hair which covered them was visibly agitated. His tongue even strayed out to moisten them. "Bill!" he cried out. It was the pleading cry of a strong man in distress, but Bill's head did not turn. The man watched him go, limping grotesquely and lurching forward with stammering gait up the slow slope toward the soft sky-line of the low-lying hill. He watched him go till he passed over the crest and disappeared. Then he turned his gaze and slowly took in the circle of the world that remained to him now that Bill was gone. Near the horizon the sun was smouldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline or tangibility. The man pulled out his watch, the while resting his weight on one leg. It was four o'clock, and as the season was near the last of July or first of August,--he did not know the precise date within a week or two,--he knew that the sun roughly marked the northwest. IM HIS LIPS TREMBLED A LITTLE SO THAT THE ROUGH THATCH OF BROWN HAIR WHICH COVERED THEM WAS VISIBLY AGITATED HIS TONGUE EVEN STRAYED OUT TO MOISTEN THEM BILL HE CRIED OUT IT WAS THE PLEADING CRY OF A STRONG MAN IN DISTRESS BUT BILL'S HEAD DID NOT TURN THE MAN WATCHED HIM GO LIMPING GROTESQUELY AND LURCHING FORWARD WITH STAMMERING GAIT UP THE SLOW SLOPE TOWARD THE SOFT SKYLINE OF THE LOW LYING HILL HE WATCHED HIM GO TILL HE PASSED OVER THE CREST AND DISAPPEARED THEN HE TURNED HIS GAZE AND SLOWLY TOOK IN THE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD THAT REMAINED TO HIM NOW THAT BILL WAS GONE NEAR THE HORIZON THE SUN WAS SMOULDERING DIMLY ALMOST OBSCURED BY FORMLESS MISTS AND VAPORS WHICH GAVE AN IMPRESSION OF MASS AND DENSITY WITHOUT OUTLINE OR TANGIBILITY THE MAN PULLED OUT HIS WATCH THE WHILE RESTING HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG IT WAS FOUR O'CLOCK AND AS THE SEASON WAS NEAR THE LAST OF JULY OR FIRST OF AUGUST HE DID NOT KNOW THE PRECISE DATE WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO HE KNEW THAT THE SUN ROUGHLY MARKED THE NORTH WEST
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