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His rifle, I saw, was cocked and ready; he kept looking behind him, over his shoulder, peering this way and that, and sometimes addressing a remark to the Siwash at his side. I caught the laughter of the latter. The Siwash evidently did not think there was danger anywhere. HIS RIFLE I SAW WAS COCKED AND READY HE KEPT LOOKING BEHIND HIM OVER HIS SHOULDER PEERING THIS WAY AND THAT AND SOMETIMES ADDRESSING A REMARK TO THE SIDEWASH AT HIS SIDE I CAUGHT THE LAUGHTER OF THE LATTER THE SIGWASH EVIDENTLY DID NOT THINK THERE WAS DANGER ANYWHERE
 what on earth was happening to me, and, feeling a bit of a fool, if you want to know, when suddenly, over the top of the boulder, I saw something moving. It was a man’s hat. I peered cautiously. Some sixty yards away the bushes parted, and two men came out on to the river’s bank, and I knew them both. One was the Siwash I had seen at the store. The other was Hazel. Before I had time to think I cocked my rifle.” “Hazel. Good Lord!” exclaimed the listeners. “For a moment I was too surprised to do anything but cock that rifle. I waited, for what puzzled me was that, after all, Hazel had not seen me. It was only the feeling of his beastly proximity that had made me feel I was seen and watched by him. There was something else, too, that made me pause before—er—doing anything. Two other things, in fact. One was that I was so intensely interested in watching the fellow’s actions. Obviously he had the same uneasy sensation that I had. He shared with me the nasty feeling that danger was about. Y WERE REAL I CROUCHED THERE WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH WAS HAPPENING TO ME AND FEELING A BIT OF A FOOL IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN SUDDENLY OVER THE TOP OF THE BOULDER I SAW SOMETHING MOVING IT WAS A MAN'S HAT I PEERED CAUTIOUSLY SOME SIXTY YARDS AWAY THE BUSHES PARTED AND TWO MEN CAME OUT ON TO THE RIVER'S BANK AND I KNEW THEM BOTH ONE WAS A SIGH WASH I HAD SEEN AT THE STORE THE OTHER WAS HAZEL BEFORE I HAD TIME TO THINK I COCKED MY RIFLE HAZEL GOOD LORD EXCLAIMED THE LISTENERS FOR A MOMENT I WAS TOO SURPRISED TO DO ANYTHING BUT COCK THAT RIFLE I WAITED FOR WHAT PUZZLED ME WAS THAT AFTER ALL HAZEL HAD NOT SEEN ME IT WAS ONLY THE FEELING OF HIS BEASTLY PROXIMITY THAT HAD MADE ME FEEL I WAS SEEN AND WATCHED BY HIM THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE TOO THAT MADE ME PAUSE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TWO OTHER THINGS IN FACT ONE WAS THAT I WAS SO INTENSELY INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE FELLOW'S ACTIONS OBVIOUSLY HE HAD THE SAME UNEASY SENSATION THAT I HAD HE SHARED WITH ME THE NASTY FEELING THAT DANGER WAS ABOUT
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