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If the man ran, he would run after him; but the man did not run. He was animated now with the courage of fear. He, too, growled, savagely, terribly, voicing the fear that is to life germane and that lies twisted about life's deepest roots. IF THE MAN RAN HE WOULD RUN AFTER HIM BUT THE MAN DID NOT RUN HE WAS ANIMATED NOW WITH THE COURAGE OF FEAR HE TOO GROWLED SAVAGELY TERRIBLY VOICING THE FEAR THAT IS TO LIFE GERMAIN AND THAT LIES TWISTED ABOUT LIFE'S DEEPEST ROOTS
h 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. 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. He ran his thumb along the edge of his knife. It was sharp. The point was sharp. He would fling himself upon the bear and kill it. But his heart began its warning thump, thump, thump. Then followed the wild upward leap and tattoo of flutters, the pressing as of an iron band about his forehead, the creeping of the dizziness into his brain. His desperate courage was evicted by a great surge of fear. In his weakness, what if the animal attacked him? He drew himself up to his most imposing stature, gripping the knife and staring hard at the bear. The bear advanced clumsily a couple of steps, reared up, and gave vent to a tentative growl. S 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 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 HE RAN HIS THUMB ALONG THE EDGE OF HIS KNIFE IT WAS SHARP THE POINT WAS SHARP HE WOULD FLING HIMSELF UPON THE BEAR AND KILL IT BUT HIS HEART BEGAN ITS WARNING THUMP THUMP THUMP THEN FOLLOWED THE WILD UPWARD LEAP AND TATTOO OF FLUTTERS THE PRESSING AS OF AN IRON BAND ABOUT HIS FOREHEAD THE CREEPING OF THE DIZZINESS INTO HIS BRAIN HIS DESPERATE COURAGE WAS EVICTED BY A GREAT SURGE OF FEAR IN HIS WEAKNESS WHAT IF THE ANIMAL ATTACKED HIM HE DREW HIMSELF UP TO HIS MOST IMPOSING STATURE GRIPPING THE KNIFE AND STARING HARD AT THE BEAR THE BEAR ADVANCED CLUMSILY A COUPLE OF STEPS REARED UP AND GAVE VENT TO A TENTATIVE GROWL
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