The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-09
thick with undergrowth, when sound

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startled him.
"Well, well," he said to himself, stop
ping, "the birds and beasts of this coun-
try make strange noises, no doubt; but
if that wasn't human, Pm Dutchman"
adding at the top of his voice, "Hi!
Who are your What are your
There was no response. He turned
away into a gully checked with ferns
and underground reaching to his arm
pits, and had not proceeded far when
the human groan was repeated, on the
slope to his right. It was so near that
Julian could fix upon big gum-tree as
probably safe steering-point. And
there the search ended. The gum was
one of those deceptive trees, which are
solid to the eye, but hollow to the touch,
for on the farther side there was cavity
in which four men could find shelter.
One had found shelter there, and he was
the author of the groans which in the
out-of-the- solitude had startled the
traveler--a poor old man, who in his
prime must have been model of athlet-
ic vigor, and who even now, though his
beard was grizzled and snake-like, and
his hair white, and his face scanned across
and athwart with crooked wrinkles, was
not the description of enemy one would
care to meet in single combat
"You seem i'll, MASTER" said Julian,
kneeling toward where the groaner lay
in the hollow tree, into which he had
fallen HELPLESS heap.
The old fellow turned up his eyes i'm
ploringly, and groaned again.
"Here. take pull at this" Julian
said, pouring what little grog remained
in his flask into his cup. awe haven't
much left, but this is a clear case OF
medical comforts Come, cheer up"
The stimulant revived the old man.
He Strengthened himself out, rose to g
sitting posture, took another dose ofthe
restorative, sighed YEARLY, motioned tc
Julian to lend him hand, and by thai
assistance stood upright, and stepped out
into the open air.
"That has pulled you together" said
Julian cheesingly.
Saved me-saved me for the present
mate" answered the other.
By degrees he progressed from prostra
ton to liveliness, finally throwing out hi
right arm and STRENGTHENING back hi
broad shoulders, as if anxious to discove
whether the leading parts of the machin
cry were still intact. But to Julian's re
quest to see him on his way he returned
a surly negative. He curtly explained
that he had tainted, and fercely wsrne'
Julian to "clear out" t..r
"Look you, old man." said Julian
"you want doctoring; You want to pat
ronize our little medicine chest, I'll 6
to camp, and be back again in twinkle
if you'll promise not to move till | com
back" =.
The old man seemed to jump at thi
, proposal.
"rhank'ee," he said; fright. Anothe
nip, captain, before you CO."
"Certainly," answered Julian. GAS
said Just now, there isn't much left, bu
I'll leave the flask with YOU"
The recipient seated himself in til
hollow tree, and Julian hurried off t
, camp, toward which Nelson was alf
approaching. Soon he was in posse
sion of the main features of Julian's ma
. rative.
"What is the man liker asked he.
"What is he like" repeated Julia
' "He is veritable man of the woods
shaggy, bull-necked, burly, rough. Bl
| let me whisper-hs is the ghost OF tt
!. haunted cave"
"Bosh! you are joking"
"Never a joke about it. The face
o nv wild man Of the woods is the face
! saw in the pale blue light Of the ca
. ern." gg n' .7'asaa 4.ea
: ibid you tell him so?'
! 'T did not. I asked him, as If car
t lessly, if there were any caves her
n abouts, and he growled such ferociol
lsHow should known that I said 1
moreW a. ra.4} ID -..1t s..s- Il
q "Turned rusty, did hep
q "Rusty and Jagged as old hoop iro
He seemed to1erable grateful for h
brandy; yet he is savage, every inch
q him. But come along"
1co, II ~, OuAAohS bup Wh1o Shf
see, suspect, ] might put in my e.
+ and feel none the worse for the transs
h ton" .
d "Then you don't believe meF ask
Julian, angrily. .g.-7 .e -44f
a eyes; believe you are in for anoth
n hallucination." -5 ~ -
+ Julian had now the double duty
i. perform Of doctoring the wild man a
: shaming his comrade, and he did be
d by anticipation, SO confident was ]
= The friends in due time arrived at
e. tree, and Nelson roared again at julia
4 look of bland amaze. The old man h
" vanished.
/ '1 swear he was here" protested J
d lian, pointing to the ground upon viii
d the flask lay. ~ ~
Julian, you must be looked afte
!. the other said. II can forgive you pitt
IN ing a yarn about an old man in a tr
st H but when you think to convince me tn
" he left q flask and half glass of grog
n hind him, I've done with you. You
e. e: very young to go daft. Julian, but tina
=, the time Of day, depend upon it."
= 1t was useless for Julian to prote
w After oil, Nelson might be right;
q was going off his head. Ponderi