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All hope and trust that they will see their condition before the nation comes to a death struggle, but they have passed the meridian and entered the dangerous part of the day and if the leader does not soon come who can stop their onward sweep, they will be in the last great struggle and the death rattle will be heard. ALL HOPE AND TRUST THAT THEY WILL SEE THEIR CONDITION BEFORE THE NATION COMES TO A DEATH STRUGGLE BUT THEY HAVE PASSED THE MERIDIAN AND ARE ENTERED THE DANGEROUS PART OF THE DAY AND IF THE LEADER DOES NOT SOON COME WHO CAN STOP THEIR ONWARD SWEEP THEY WILL BE IN THE LAST GREAT STRUGGLE AND THE DEATH RATTLE WILL BE HEARD
 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. 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_. "I promised him," said the stranger, "all the ground he could cover. Strictly speaking, it is about two feet wide and six feet long. And I drew the line here at his father's grave because I thought he would rather have the land he could cover close to his father than to have it anywhere else." "Then the stranger--_death_--slipped away," says Dr. Hillis, who tells the story, saying: "I always keep my pledge." So they buried the man with the land-hunger. The Russian people have just gotten a taste of liberty and are as crazy as was the man with the land-hunger. TTLE 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 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 I PROMISED HIM SAID THE STRANGER ALL THE GROUND HE COULD COVER STRICTLY SPEAKING IT IS ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE AND SIX FEET LONG AND I DREW A LINE HERE AT HIS FATHER'S GRAVE BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WOULD RATHER HAVE THE LAND HE COULD COVER CLOSE TO HIS FATHER THAN TO HAVE IT ANYWHERE ELSE THEN THE STRANGER DEATH SLIPPED AWAY SAYS DOCTOR HILLIS WHO TELLS THE STORY SAYING I ALWAYS KEEP MY PLEDGE SO THEY BURIED THE MAN WITH THE LAND HUNGER THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE HAVE JUST GOTTEN A TASTE OF LIBERTY AND ARE AS CRAZY AS WAS THE MAN WITH THE LAND HUNGER
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