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The man had brought his gun halfway to his shoulder before he realized. He lowered it and drew his hunting knife from its beaded sheath at his hip. Before him was meat and life. THE MAN HAD BROUGHT HIS GUN HALF WAY TO HIS SHOULDER BEFORE HE REALIZED HE LOWERED IT AND DREW HIS HUNTING KNIFE FROM ITS BEADED SHEATH AT HIS HIP BEFORE HIM WAS MEAT AND LIFE
 emptiness. The disappointment was as bitter as though he had really expected to find the cartridge. He plodded on for half an hour, when the hallucination arose again. Again he fought it, and still it persisted, till for very relief he opened his rifle to unconvince himself. At times his mind wandered farther afield, and he plodded on, a mere automaton, strange conceits and whimsicalities gnawing at his brain like worms. But these excursions out of the real were of brief duration, for ever the pangs of the hunger-bite called him back. He was jerked back abruptly once from such an excursion by a sight that caused him nearly to faint. He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling. Before him stood a horse. A horse! He could not believe his eyes. A thick mist was in them, intershot with sparkling points of light. He rubbed his eyes savagely to clear his vision, and beheld, not a horse, but a great brown bear. The animal was studying him with bellicose curiosity. AND WAS CONFRONTED WITH EMPTINESS THE DISAPPOINTMENT WAS AS BITTER AS THOUGH HE HAD REALLY EXPECTED TO FIND THE CARTRIDGE HE PLODDED ON FOR HALF AN HOUR WHEN THE HALLUCINATION AROSE AGAIN AGAIN HE FOUGHT IT AND STILL IT PERSISTED TILL FOR VERY RELIEF HE OPENED HIS RIFLE TO UNCONVINCE HIMSELF AT TIMES HIS MIND WANDERED FARTHER AFIELD AND HE PLODDED ON A MERE AUTOMATON STRANGE CONCEITS AND WHIMSICALITIES GNAWING AT HIS BRAIN LIKE WORMS BUT THESE EXCURSIONS OUT OF THE REEL WERE OF BRIEF DURATION FOR EVER THE PANGS OF THE HUNGER BITE CALLED HIM BACK HE WAS JERKED BACK ABRUPTLY ONCE FROM SUCH AN EXCURSION BY A SIGHT THAT CAUSED HIM NEARLY TO FAINT HE REELED AND SWAYED DODDERING LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN TO KEEP FROM FALLING BEFORE HIM STOOD A HORSE A HORSE HE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EYES A THICK MIST WAS IN THEM INNER SHOT WITH SPARKLING POINTS OF LIGHT HE RUBBED HIS EYES SAVAGELY TO CLEAR HIS VISION AND BEHELD NOT A HORSE BUT A GREAT BROWN BEAR THE ANIMAL WAS STUDYING HIM WITH A BELLICOSE CURIOSITY
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