Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-20

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he's dun 5, sal Gran ham. Hut h.
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had apoea On and and an Re went nm
til he at len,rt i came jto : standstilI at,
tie loot 81 q Hill. where: I little .treap m
came spla.hino down5sirl 4 miniature
cascade from the rocks above, Then
Grantham realized the mea ninu Of the
little mans action. 4. Stretched out be-
side rock was the tall figure Of man.
Like his companion. he presented q
miserable appearance. His clothes, if
clothes they could be called, we're in
rags. his hair was was long and snowy;
white, matching his beard, which de-
seended to- within few inches Of his
waist. HIS eyes were closed, and for .
moment Grantham thought he was
dead. This was not the case however,
for upon his companion approaching
him he held outshis hand and inquired
whe ther he had discovered the man
who had fred the shot? II: r. Y. < =.:e
To Grantham's surprise the other:
made no reply in words, but, taking
his friends hand he made some mys-
ferrous movements upon it with I. his
fingers, Whereupon the latter raised
himself to sitting. position. =,
MY friend tells me that you are
an EEnglishman," he said, IN 9 voice
that shook with emotion. I'm glad
we have found you, I heard your
rifleshot and hailed you. We sareain
sore distress, and have been through
sch adventures and such misery as
no man would believe. ! have poi
soned my foot, and am: unable to
walk any further: AS you can see
for yourself I am blind, while my
companion is dumb" s:.. II. .s ( z. +.
r This statement accounted for the
smaller mans curious behavior and
the Others closed eyes ~-.....,tS
You: have suffered indeed, said
Grantham, pityingly. But how did
it all come about?'' 49,, a.. a.. ..-. =. :,
We were traders, and we fell into
the hands of the Chinese" the taller
man answered. with their. usual
anna bility they set to work to tor
ture US. Ny companions tongue they
cut out at the roots. while, as have
said, they deprived me of my sight.
After that they turned US loose to,
60 where we would. we have wan.
dered here, there and everywhere
living on what we could pick UP. and
dying 9 thousand deaths every day.
It would have been better if we had
died so,.tsight-but somehow we've
come through. Can you take! us to
a place where we can procure food
We've been living on Jungle fruit for
an eternity. Ny foot want looking
to pretty badly. too" ~. 4
i s.'"1Well do an we can for YOU said
,Gfanthan. That's if We can get you
down to the ford. which is about five
miles away -. {:.;,s "a
you'll have to carry me, then
for I'm. too far gone to walk y !: =. =
II think it: can be managed" said
Grentham. "At any Fate We'll try"
.,,<.'Tl1u Turning TO- the little Shan he dis.
patched him with a message to
sandman: and when the other had
disappeared, knelt down beside the
tau man and set to work to examine
MS injured foot o There could be no ?.
doubt that r was IN a. very serious
condition. 1ramPing through the
Jungle he had ~. managed. 70 poison i,
ana hada%been& unable to apply the
necessary remedies: Obtaining some
water from the stream Grantham
bathed it tenderly, and then bound it