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Then he proceeded, slowly and carefully, wincing with pain, to the bank. He did not stop. THEN HE PROCEEDED SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY WINCING WITH PAIN TO THE BANK HE DID NOT STOP
n turn flowed north and emptied into Coronation Gulf and the Arctic Ocean. He had never been there, but he had seen it, once, on a Hudson Bay Company chart. Again his gaze completed the circle of the world about him. It was not a heartening spectacle. Everywhere was soft sky-line. The hills were all low-lying. There were no trees, no shrubs, no grasses--naught but a tremendous and terrible desolation that sent fear swiftly dawning into his eyes. "Bill!" he whispered, once and twice; "Bill!" He cowered in the midst of the milky water, as though the vastness were pressing in upon him with overwhelming force, brutally crushing him with its complacent awfulness. He began to shake as with an ague-fit, till the gun fell from his hand with a splash. This served to rouse him. He fought with his fear and pulled himself together, groping in the water and recovering the weapon. He hitched his pack farther over on his left shoulder, so as to take a portion of its weight from off the injured ankle. ATER TO THE COPPER MINE RIVER WHICH IN TURN FLOWED NORTH AND EMPTIED INTO CORONATION GULF AND THE ARCTIC OCEAN HE HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BUT HE HAD SEEN IT ONCE ON A HUDSON BAY COMPANY CHART AGAIN HIS GAZE COMPLETED THE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD ABOUT HIM IT WAS NOT A HEARTENING SPECTACLE EVERYWHERE WAS SOFT SKYLINE THE HILLS WERE ALL LOW LYING THERE WERE NO TREES NO SHRUBS NO GRASSES NOUGHT BUT A TREMENDOUS AND TERRIBLE DESOLATION THAT SENT FEAR SWIFTLY DAWNING INTO HIS EYES BILL HE WHISPERED ONCE AND TWICE BILL HE COWERED IN THE MIDST OF THE MILKY WATER AS THOUGH THE VASTNESS WERE PRESSING IN UPON HIM WITH OVERWHELMING FORCE BRUTALLY CRUSHING HIM WITH ITS COMPLACENT AWFULNESS HE BEGAN TO SHAKE AS WITH A NEGRO FIT TILL THE GUN FELL FROM HIS HAND WITH A SPLASH THIS SERVED TO ROUSE HIM HE FOUGHT WITH HIS FEAR AND PULLED HIMSELF TOGETHER GROPING IN THE WATER AND RECOVERING THE WEAPON HE HITCHED HIS PACK FARTHER OVER ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER SO AS TO TAKE A PORTION OF ITS WEIGHT OFF THE INJURED ANKLE
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