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This deep instinctive feeling of danger, of fear, of anything you like to call it, was simply overwhelming. THIS DEEP INSTINCTIVE FEELING OF DANGER OF FEAR OF ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO CALL IT WAS SIMPLY OVERWHELMING
d the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. It was so unlikely that anyone was near me in that God-forsaken bit of wilderness, that I simply couldn’t believe it at first. But the feeling persisted. I felt absolutely positive somebody was not far away among the red maples, behind a boulder, across the little stream, perhaps, somewhere, at any rate, so near that I was plainly visible to him. It was not an animal. It was human. Also, it was hostile. “I was in danger. “You may laugh, both of you, but I assure you the feeling was so positive that I crouched down instinctively to hide myself behind a rock. My first thought, that the guide had followed me for some reason or other, I at once discarded. It was not the guide. It was an enemy. “No, no, I thought of no one in particular. No name, no face occurred to me. Merely that an enemy was on my trail, that he saw me, and I did not see him, and that he was near enough to me to—well, to take instant action. CONTINUED THE OTHER WITH CONVICTION I HAD THE SENSATION OF BEING SEEN BY SOME ONE AS IF SOMEONE I MEAN WAS WATCHING ME IT WAS SO UNLIKELY THAT ANYONE WAS NEAR ME IN THAT GOD FORSAKEN BIT OF WILDERNESS THAT I SIMPLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST BUT THE FEELING PERSISTED I FELT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE SOMEONE WAS NOT FAR AWAY AMONG THE RED MAPLES BEHIND A BOULDER ACROSS A LITTLE STREAM PERHAPS SOMEWHERE AT ANY RATE SO NEAR THAT I WAS PLAINLY VISIBLE TO HIM IT WAS NOT AN ANIMAL IT WAS HUMAN ALSO IT WAS HOSTILE I WAS IN DANGER YOU MAY LAUGH BOTH OF YOU BUT I ASSURE YOU THE FEELING WAS SO POSITIVE THAT I CROUCHED DOWN INSTINCTIVELY TO HIDE MYSELF BEHIND A ROCK MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT THE GUIDE HAD FOLLOWED ME FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER I AT ONCE DISCARDED IT WAS NOT THE GUIDE IT WAS AN ENEMY NO NO I THOUGHT OF NO ONE IN PARTICULAR NO NAME NO FACE OCCURRED TO ME MERELY THAT AN ENEMY WAS ON MY TRAIL THAT HE SAW ME AND I DID NOT SEE HIM AND THAT HE WAS NEAR ENOUGH TO BE TOO WELL TO TAKE INSTANT ACTION
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