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"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. 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
d I did not see him, and that he was near enough to me to—well, to take instant action. This deep instinctive feeling of danger, of fear, of anything you like to call it, was simply overwhelming. “Another curious detail I must also mention. About half an hour before, having given up all hope of seeing wapiti, I had decided to kill a blacktail deer for meat. A good shot offered itself, not thirty yards away. I aimed. But just as I was going to pull the trigger a queer emotion touched me, and I lowered the rifle. It was exactly as though a voice said, ‘Don’t!’ I heard no voice, mind you; it was an emotion only, a feeling, a sudden inexplicable[83] change of mind—a warning, if you like. I didn’t fire, anyhow. “But now, as I crouched behind that rock, I remembered this curious little incident, and was glad I had not used up my last two cartridges. More than that I cannot tell you. Things of that kind are new to me. They’re difficult enough to tell, let alone to explain. But they were real.  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 THIS DEEP INSTINCTIVE FEELING OF DANGER OF FEAR OF ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO CALL IT WAS SIMPLY OVERWHELMING ANOTHER CURIOUS DETAIL I MUST ALSO MENTION ABOUT HALF AN HOUR BEFORE HAVING GIVEN UP ALL HOPE OF SEEING WAPPITY I DECIDED TO KILL A BLACK TAIL DEER FOR ME A GOOD SHOT OFFERED ITSELF NOT THIRTY YARDS AWAY I AIMED BUT JUST AS I WAS GOING TO PULL A TRIGGER A QUEER EMOTION TOUCHED ME AND I LOWERED THE RIFLE IT WAS EXACTLY AS THOUGH A VOICE SAID DON'T I HEARD NO VOICE MIND YOU IT WAS AN EMOTION ONLY A FEELING A SUDDEN INEXPLICABLE CHANGE OF MIND A WARNING IF YOU LIKE I DIDN'T FIRE ANYHOW BUT NOW AS I CROUCHED BEHIND THAT ROCK I REMEMBERED THIS CURIOUS LITTLE INCIDENT AND WAS GLAD I HAD NOT USED UP MY LAST TWO CARTRIDGES MORE THAN THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU THINGS OF THAT KIND ARE NEW TO ME THEY'RE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO TELL LET ALONE TO EXPLAIN BUT THEY WERE REAL
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