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sensation lasted | can't say, but it
must have been very long time /
wouldn t voluntarily go through an
other hour of such unutterable and
helpless misery for anything you
could offer me- l tell you it has Civ
en- me my theory of what future
punishment may be like.
"As consciousness gradually re-
turned, the feeling of infinite weari-
ness became more and more unbear-
able. My arms We're still swinging
backward and forward like couple
of animated pump handles, and I
was quite unable either to stop them
or to move any other part of my
body. Try and imagine the sensa-
ton. 1t was simply awful.
when / did finally come to my
self SO far as to know what was 60
ing on, did it pretty thoroughly.
You know the theory that when q
man loses the use of his eyes his
senses of touch and hearing become
unusually acute? From my expert
enoe that day l can quite believe it.
l had lost all power of motion, and
my perceptive faculties became, to
compensate, most intentionally
keen. I felt as if could almost see
through my closed eyelids.
phil told me afterward that the
popularity of 'wourali' poisoning is
that if the dose is not very large,
only the nerves of motion are para
lyzed, while those of sensation be-
come abnormally sensitive. / knew
everything that was going on round
me, and l could hear every word
they said, but couldn't even wink
to let them know / was alive.
"They had stuck knife handle
between my teeth to keep my mouth
open, and the WEAKNESS in my arms
was caused by the fact that for near
ly day and night Phil and Will
son had been taking it in turn to
practice artificial respiration on me-
'Egerton, l heard Wilson say,
do you think it's any good going on
longer? He hasn't breathed now for
nearly "a hours. ! believe he s dead.
Well go on as long as we can
stand J said Phil, and blessed him
for it. If we can only keep the arti.
fetal respiration going till the poison
is eliminated, he will recover. For
Gods sake, keep it up as long as
you can, Wilson
eff you think there is the slight |
est chance of saving him, I'll go on.
But l don't think l can last out much
longer
" He's still warm, Wilson, and I
won't give up hope as long as that
is so.
THAT was "a nice, cheerful con-
to overhear, wasn't it?
Listeners never hear good of them
selves, it is said, but doubt whether
the most persistent eavesdropper
ever had the pleasure of hearing
man pronounce him dead without
being able to contradict the state
nent. If I hadn't begun to breathe
spontaneously pretty soon after
hat, l should never have had the
opportunity of contradicting it. Phil
md Wilson couldn't have gone on
much longer. How they kept it up
or the length of time they did /
ave never been able to understand.
The power of friendship is very
much moderated.
1T must have been about two
ours after Wilson had declared that
was dead that Phil saw my eyelids
egin to twitch.
AT last, Wilson, he cried. Go !,
nd get some water from the river. {
"They dashed the cold water over :
10, and it caused me to gasp slight {
?. 1t was enough. had begun to :
reathe again. They carried me to :
le boat, and as soon as they saw !,
no danger was over they, both of
lem, sat down on the bottom boards
nd fell fast asleep. In a very few
'inutes after them was asleep too
Nearly Is hours after that l =
oke, feeling rather weak and faint, :,
ut otherwise as right as a trivet. .,
he other two We're still asleep, and q
didn't wake them. -
THAT is the story, and I don't :
ink | was guilty of an exaggera-
On when / told you that for day
I'd a night ! had known what death p
AS. A man who remains for "a ii
'urs without once drawing breath al
ay fairly claim to be dead, l u,
ink. chambers Journal.