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Anyhow he was ahead of me. He flung his rifle to his shoulder. 'You devil!' I heard his voice. 'I've got you at last! ANYHOW HE WAS AHEAD OF ME HE FLUNG HIS RIFLE TO HIS SHOULDER YOU DEVIL I HEARD HIS VOICE I'VE GOT YOU AT LAST
ed again. “It was rat and ferret in the human kingdom,” he went on, “but I wanted my rat to have a chance, I suppose. Anyhow, though I had a perfect shot in front of me at easy distance, I did not fire. Instead I got up, holding my cocked rifle ready, finger on trigger, and came out of my hiding place. I called to him. ‘Hazel, you beast! So there you are—at last!’ “He turned, but turned away from me, offering his horrid back. The direction of the voice he misjudged. He pointed down stream, and the Siwash turned to look. Neither of them had seen me yet. There was a big log-jam below them. The roar of the water in their ears concealed my footsteps. I was, perhaps, twenty paces from them when Hazel, with a jerk of his whole body, abruptly turned clean round and faced me. We stared into each other’s eyes. “The amazement on his face changed instantly to hatred and resolve. He acted with incredible rapidity. I think the unexpected suddenness of his turn made me lose a precious second or two. T WAS TO END HIS VILE EXISTENCE HE LAUGHED AGAIN IT WAS RAT AND FERRET IN THE HUMAN KINGDOM HE WENT ON BUT I WANTED MY RAT TO HAVE A CHANCE I SUPPOSE ANYHOW THOUGH I HAD A PERFECT SHOT IN FRONT OF ME AT EASY DISTANCE I DID NOT FIRE INSTEAD I GOT UP HOLDING MY COCKED RIFLE READY FINGER TRIGGER AND CAME OUT OF MY HIDING PLACE I CALLED TO HIM HAZEL YOU BEAST SO THERE YOU ARE AT LAST HE TURNED BUT TURNED AWAY FROM ME OFFERING HIS HORRID BACK THE DIRECTION OF THE VOICE HE MISJUDGED HE POINTED DOWN STREAM AND THE SIGH WASH TURNED TO LOOK NEITHER OF THEM HAD SEEN ME YET THERE WAS A BIG LOG JAMB BELOW THEM THE ROAR OF THE WATER IN THEIR EARS CONCEALED MY FOOTSTEPS I WAS PERHAPS TWENTY PACES FROM THEM WHEN HAZEL WITH A JERK OF HIS WHOLE BODY ABRUPTLY TURNED CLEAN ROUND AND FACED ME WE STARED INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES THE AMAZEMENT ON HIS FACE CHANGED INSTANTLY TO HATRED AND RESOLVE HE ACTED WITH INCREDIBLE RAPIDITY I THINK THE UNEXPECTED SUDDENNESS OF HIS TURN MADE ME LOSE A PRECIOUS SECOND OR TWO
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