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Ericssen stopped a minute then. It was not to light his pipe or sip his whisky. Nor was it because the remainder of his story failed in the recollection of any vivid detail. He paused a moment to think. ERISON STOPPED A MINUTE THEN IT WAS NOT TO LIGHT HIS PIPE OR SIP HIS WHISKY NOR WAS IT BECAUSE THE REMAINDER OF HIS STORY FAILED IN THE RECOLLECTION OF ANY VIVID DETAIL HE PAUSED A MOMENT TO THINK
 to take us out all right. Still, it was an infernal nuisance. We camped at once to dry out our soaked things in front of a big fire, and while this laundry work was going on, the guide suggested my filling in the time by taking a look at the next little valley, which ran parallel to ours. He had seen some good heads over there a few weeks ago. Possibly I might come upon the herd. I started at once, taking my two cartridges with me. “It was the devil of a job getting over the divide, for it was a badly bushed-up place, and where there were no bushes there were boulders and fallen trees, and the going was slow and tiring. But I got across at last and came out upon another stream at the bottom of the new valley. Signs of wapiti were plentiful, though I never came up with a single beast all the afternoon. Blacktail deer were everywhere, but the wapiti remained invisible. Providence, or whatever you like to call that which there is no escaping in our lives, made me save my two cartridges.” ST ENOUGH WE CONSIDERED TO TAKE US OUT ALL RIGHT STILL IT WAS AN INFERNAL NUISANCE WE CAMPED AT ONCE TO DRY OUT OUR SOAKED THINGS IN FRONT OF A BIG FIRE AND WHILE THIS LAUNDRY WORK WAS GOING ON THE GUIDE SUGGESTED MY FEELING IN THE TIME BY TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEXT LITTLE VALLEY WHICH RAN PARALLEL TO OURS HE HAD SEEN SOME GOOD HEADS OVER THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO POSSIBLY I MIGHT COME UPON THE HERD I STARTED AT ONCE TAKING MY TWO CARTRIDGES WITH ME IT WAS THE DEVIL OF A JOB GETTING OVER THE DIVIDE FOR IT WAS A BADLY BUSHED UP PLACE AND WHERE THERE WERE NO BUSHES THERE WERE BOULDERS AND FALLEN TREES AND THE GOING WAS SLOW AND TIRING BUT I GOT ACROSS AT LAST AND CAME OUT UPON ANOTHER STREAM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NEW VALLEY SIGNS OF WAPPITY WERE PLENTIFUL THOUGH I NEVER CAME UP WITH A SINGLE BEAST ALL THE AFTERNOON BLACKTAIL DEER WERE EVERYWHERE BUT THE WAPPITY REMAINED INVISIBLE PROVIDENCE OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO CALL THAT WHICH THERE IS NO ESCAPING IN OUR LIVES MADE ME SAVE MY TWO CARTRIDGES
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