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Still the Indian Summer held on, and he continued to crawl and faint, turn and turn about; and ever the sick wolf coughed and wheezed at his heels. STILL THE INDIAN SUMMER HELD ON AND HE CONTINUED TO CRAWL AND FAINT TURN AND TURN ABOUT AND EVER THE SICK WOLF COUGHED AND WHEEZED AT HIS HEELS
erted him; but he would not take the gold, nor would he suck Bill's bones. Bill would have, though, had it been the other way around, he mused as he staggered on. He came to a pool of water. Stooping over in quest of minnows, he jerked his head back as though he had been stung. He had caught sight of his reflected face. So horrible was it that sensibility awoke long enough to be shocked. There were three minnows in the pool, which was too large to drain; and after several ineffectual attempts to catch them in the tin bucket he forbore. He was afraid, because of his great weakness, that he might fall in and drown. It was for this reason that he did not trust himself to the river astride one of the many drift-logs which lined its sand-spits. That day he decreased the distance between him and the ship by three miles; the next day by two--for he was crawling now as Bill had crawled; and the end of the fifth day found the ship still seven miles away and him unable to make even a mile a day. RNED AWAY WELL BILL HAD DESERTED HIM BUT HE WOULD NOT TAKE THE GOLD NOR WOULD HE SUCK BILL'S BONES BILL WOULD HAVE THOUGH HAD IT BEEN THE OTHER AROUND HE MUSED AS HE STAGGERED ON HE CAME TO A POOL OF WATER STOOPING OVER IN QUEST OF MINNOWS HE JERKED HIS HEAD BACK AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN STUNG HE HAD CAUGHT SIGHT OF HIS REFLECTED FACE SO HORRIBLE WAS IT THAT SENSIBILITY AWOKE LONG ENOUGH TO BE SHOCKED THERE WERE THREE MINNOWS IN THE POOL WHICH WAS TOO LARGE TO DRAIN AND AFTER SEVERAL INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPTS TO CATCH THEM IN THE TIN BUCKET HE FORBORE HE WAS AFRAID BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT WEAKNESS THAT HE MIGHT FALL IN AND DROWN IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT HE DID NOT TRUST HIMSELF TO THE RIVER ASTRIDE ONE OF THE MANY DRIFT LOGS WHICH LINED ITS SAND SPITS THAT DAY HE DECREASED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIM AND THE SHIP BY THREE MILES THE NEXT DAY BY TWO FOR HE WAS CRAWLING NOW AS BILL HAD CRAWLED AND THE END OF THE FIFTH DAY FOUND THE SHIP STILL SEVEN MILES AWAY AND HIM UNABLE TO MAKE EVEN A MILE A DAY
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