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With all the strength of both body and soul he lunged forward and just as the sun went out of sight he staggered across the line and fell into the arms of the stranger who was there to meet him, but when he fell he was _dead_. WITH ALL THE STRENGTH OF BOTH BODY AND SOUL HE LUNGED FORWARD AND JUST AS THE SUN WENT OUT OF SIGHT HE STAGGERED ACROSS THE LINE AND FELL INTO THE ARMS OF THE STRANGER WHO WAS THERE TO MEET HIM BUT WHEN HE FELL HE WAS DEAD
 their little child good-bye, the young man started. At first thought he decided to cover a tract six miles square which would mean a walk of twenty-four miles, but he had only gotten well started when the plan was enlarged to a square of nine miles. The morning was so cool and fine and he felt so strong that he increased it to twelve miles and still later he made it a square of fifteen miles, which would mean a walk of sixty miles before sundown. By noon he had made the thirty miles but so great was his fear of failure he decided not to stop for lunch. An hour later he saw an old man at a wayside spring, but felt that he must not stop even for a drink of water and rushed on his way. By the middle of the afternoon he had discarded his coat and a little later threw away his shirt. An hour before sunset it was a race for life. His heart had almost stopped beating and his eyes began to bulge from their sockets. As the sun touched the horizon he was still many rods from the starting point. NEWS OR BID HER AND THEIR LITTLE CHILD GOOD BYE THE YOUNG MAN STARTED AT FIRST THOUGHT HE DECIDED TO COVER A TRACT SIX MILES SQUARE WHICH WOULD MEAN A WALK OF TWENTY FOUR MILES BUT HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN WELL STARTED WHEN THE PLAN WAS ENLARGED TO A SQUARE OF NINE MILES THE MORNING WAS COOL AND FINE AND HE FELT SO STRONG THAT HE INCREASED IT TO TWELVE MILES AND STILL LATER HE MADE IT A SQUARE OF FIFTEEN MILES WHICH WOULD MEAN A WALK OF SIXTY MILES BEFORE SUNDOWN BY NOON HE HAD MADE THE THIRTY MILES BUT SO GREAT WAS HIS FEAR OF FAILURE HE DECIDED NOT TO STOP FOR LUNCH AN HOUR LATER HE SAW AN OLD MAN AT A WAYSIDE SPRING BUT FELT THAT HE MUST NOT STOP EVEN FOR A DRINK OF WATER AND RUSHED ON HIS WAY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON HE HAD DISCARDED HIS COAT AND A LITTLE LATER THREW AWAY HIS SHIRT AN HOUR BEFORE SUNSET IT WAS A RACE FOR LIFE HIS HEART HAD ALMOST STOPPED BEATING AND HIS EYES BEGAN TO BULGE FROM THEIR SOCKETS AS THEN TOUCHED THE HORIZON HE WAS STILL MANY RODS FROM THE STARTING POINT
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