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It was blind, unconscious. It squirmed along the ground like some monstrous worm. Most of its efforts were ineffectual, but it was persistent, and it writhed and twisted and went ahead perhaps a score of feet an hour. IT WAS BLIND UNCONSCIOUS IT SQUIRMED ALONG THE GROUND LIKE SOME MONSTROUS WORM MOST OF ITS EFFORTS WERE INEFFECTUAL BUT IT WAS PERSISTENT AND IT WRITHED AND TWISTED AND WENT AHEAD PERHAPS A SCORE OF FEET AN HOUR
jaw. Slowly, while the wolf struggled feebly and the hand clutched feebly, the other hand crept across to a grip. Five minutes later the whole weight of the man's body was on top of the wolf. The hands had not sufficient strength to choke the wolf, but the face of the man was pressed close to the throat of the wolf and the mouth of the man was full of hair. At the end of half an hour the man was aware of a warm trickle in his throat. It was not pleasant. It was like molten lead being forced into his stomach, and it was forced by his will alone. Later the man rolled over on his back and slept. * * * * * There were some members of a scientific expedition on the whale-ship _Bedford_. From the deck they remarked a strange object on the shore. It was moving down the beach toward the water. They were unable to classify it, and, being scientific men, they climbed into the whale-boat alongside and went ashore to see. And they saw something that was alive but which could hardly be called a man. ND THE LACERATED HAND CLOSED ON THE JAW SLOWLY WHILE THE WOLF STRUGGLED FEEBLY AND THE HAND CLUTCHED FEEBLY THE OTHER HAND CREPT ACROSS TO A GRIP FIVE MINUTES LATER THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE MAN'S BODY WAS ON TOP OF THE WOLF THE HANDS HAD NOT SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO CHOKE THE WOLF BUT THE FACE OF THE MAN WAS PRESSED CLOSE TO THE THROAT OF THE WOLF AND THE MOUTH OF THE MAN WAS FULL OF HAIR AT THE END OF HALF AN HOUR THE MAN WAS AWARE OF A WARM TRICKLE IN HIS THROAT IT WAS NOT PLEASANT IT WAS LIKE MOLTEN LEAD BEING FORCED INTO HIS STOMACH AND IT WAS FORCED BY WILL ALONE LATER THE MAN ROLLED OVER ON HIS BACK AND SLEPT THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS OF A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION ON THE WHALE SHIP BEDFORD FROM THE DECK THEY REMARKED A STRANGE OBJECT ON THE SHORE IT WAS MOVING DOWN THE BEACH TOWARD THE WATER THEY WERE UNABLE TO CLASSIFY IT AND BEING SCIENTIFIC MEN THEY CLIMBED INTO THE WHALE BOAT ALONGSIDE AND WENT ASHORE TO SEE AND THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS ALIVE BUT WHICH COULD HARDLY BE CALLED A MAN
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