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Show hnt tuy breath co1ne .-o hard I couldn't h ar nothing J .. e. f;lnn k along a not her pice further, then li ten d again ; a Hd ~ o on, and :o on ; if I ·ee a 'Lntnp, I to k it for a 1nan ; if I trod n1 a sLick and brok \ it, it 1nacl me £:lel like a per on had cttt one of 1ny br ath · in tw and I only goL half, and the ~hort 1Htlf, t 00. -.._r._ I f! (',\;{I \' ·' - - 1 Dl 'CO \'ElH~G 'l'UE CAi\'[p l"I IU~ . '\Yhen I goL to catnp I wnrn't feeling very bra.·h, thcr warn't 1nuch and in 1ny cr1w · but I . -~1 · · 't t · t (. ' · ,1y :, v n · <un no 11110 o be foolinob· around · Ro I .g.. ot a 11 1ny t raps I. nto 1ny canoe agnu. l t~o as to have them ouL of . · 1 t d I . Big 1 , an put out the in·c and scatt )reel Lh · a~h s around to lo k like an ol<l last y ar·~ carnp, and t 1H'll chnnb a tr ) . I reck n 1 'vas up in the tr c two hour:-~; hnL I <l i<ln't .-ee nothing, I ditln't hear notl ting I only lhou,r;/,{ I h 'arcl :ttHl eenas1nu·h a " n thonsatHl things. \\~ell, l coul<ln'L iclynp th r for v "l'; so at last l got d(nvn, but I k pt in tlt<' thick woodK and on th) look-out all the' ti tn e. All I coul<l g )t to cat was hrrri .· nrHl what wa. ]C'ft t>VtT front breakfa~t. By th' tirne it wn ·n ight I \Vas pretty hungry. So \rhrn it was goo(l antl <lark, 1 lid out front sl1orc before tnooJJris(' a1Hi. padclle<l O\ ' )r to th' Ill in js hn1k- aholll a qn:~rter of a nrile. l went ouL jn ih wood.' and ook<·<l a .'upper, an<l 1 hacl alH Jltt n1adc up n1y Jnin<l I ·would stny ther' nll night, wll n 1 }w;tr a pl1~1tl.·ety-plunh.:, ]Jlunh.·ety-plnuk, and ~my~ to 1nysdf, hor:--<•s corning ; an<l n xt 1 hear people's voices. I got C\ '(' rytll ing into thr cano a · quick a· I could,and th'n"'lrrnt cn'c'piiJg through the woods to ·r \rhat I could lind out. 1 l1adn't got far \rhrn 1 hear a 1nan :ny : '' 'r ' bet t r c~unp here, if we can lin< l a good p1nc<' ; t h ' hor. cs is about beat out. Let · .. look <u·outHl.'' I clidn't. wait, but shoved ont an<l pacldl e<l a"''lY <'a. y. f tieclnp in ihe old plae , and rcckon ('<ll would :lcep in the canol'. I <licln't ~1 ep 1nuch. I couldn't, sollH'h()\Y, for thinking. And ·very t in1e I waked up 1 thought :o1nebody hatl JllC' by the neck. So the .-] )(\p didn't do Jn (.~ no good. Bv-and-by I .'(1)':4 to 1ny.·elf, I can't live tlti · \vay ; I 'In agoing to lind oul w1w it i. that's here on the island with ll1C; I'll 11 n<l il onL or bust. W 11, I £~lt better, right off. ~o I took 1ny paddle and ."lid out front hor ~ j U.'t a :t ep or two, and th 'll let the canoe drop a long tlown nnlong. t the shadow.. The 1n on wa hining, and ontsi<l of th : ll aclow.· it nla<le it mo ·t as light as day. 1 pokctl along w<>Jl on to :.1n honr, everything still as rock.' a11d ·o tnHl a ·1<. ep. '\\r ·]I, hy this |