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sits, a. ymf aec,,ler, ila. wss the ~.
NV 'rrv fnlne wss In the nsftow raf'
NJ the lfsch NJ hotse sW s'umhlins
ato,ind among looae s,ope- and vent down
~ show you fho plscr ANN
"iin feil outward and ! wss rinned Nv
The lrs lua' on the edge ~ the path N was
ali tochs underneath and. N coutr", W.
| started tichins aud atiasIins, letslns
me ncutet Ia the edge every iifnc
~ vas only hla weight or my lee that
kept me from going over and 1w that
N he kept w like that ~ sbould both CO.
az did anne pre,,y hard thinking for b,'
then pulled o,,' nv revolver and sho' him
through the brain Then, ~ co''tse, he
lay still
Quits the heat thing you could have done
I should think. but what did you do after
that''
WELL ne said. 'to tall you the truth,
put In what Wa absolutely the wor.s hour
Of my life,
you know what these tracks are. Il may
he three or FOUR day. before any ono comes
along. and there Was with my leg jammed
under the horse and my shoulders just on
the edge OF the rockr. or course couldn't
do anything,
And then I began to see sPecks In the
sky You know what that means here9'
Yes said. remembering a vulture that
] had seen hop on to the breast Of q half
dead soldier. Yes, I know. And what
happened then7-
They came down and perched on the
stones and up on the rocks there. II was just
about here that II happened, and they looked
at me and the horse.
They saw that the horse was dead and
that l wasn't. That's the worst Of It, you
know. They wait about till you are 80 far
gone that you can't hit them back
And then they 90 for you, face frst OF
course-beginning with the eyes-and they
20 on till there isn't a rag Of hesh left on
your bones. Fat you to death by mouth
fuls-or beakfuls.
Every minute more Of them came down,
because l needn't tell you that when one Of
them starts all the others within miles fol-
low him, and 30 they came and settled
down till they made a sort Of half circle
round me and the poor gee-gee.
Il happened to have a lot Of cartridges
Ia my jacket pocket, and 40 tried TO get
my thoughts of what might happen by
loading up and potting at them when they
came too near, but of course I couldn't
keep that up forever, and II something
didn't happen before dark I knew there
wouldn't be much left OF me or the horse In
the morning.
For all the emotion he showed In telling
the story he might have been talking about
a game Of billiards. but there was a some
thing in his manner and cold hard note in
his voice which told me that this was real
tragedy. Englishmen, however, have a
constitutional objection to showing feeling,
and 80 I asked In tone Of quite ordinary
inquiry:
And what did happen?'
II think it was the revolver shots that did
it, he replied, -for while was potting at
the condors q lot of llamas came scurrying
along the path with a couple Of Indians
behind them. Then they turned and one
Of the beasts went over.
"The birds got up at ohoe and went for
1t. emptied my gun after them, and then
had to throw 1t on to the track before those
fellows would come near to mo.
They seemed to think I was mad. and
am not sure that l wasn't pretty near 1t,
Anyhow. they took of the bride, passed
the reins around my shoulders, and one of
them held on while the other two rolled
my poor old nag over
Then I suppose went Oh my head fora
bit. Yes, 1t was just about here, round
this shoulder. Not a nice sort Of place to
say 'good-by' in, is it, and no one to say
good-by to but dead horse and a lot Of
hungry vultures1"
Then put my hand down into ono Of my
holsters and pulled out big flask Of moro
respectable whisky than you would expect
to find down on the Perene and passed 1t to
my companion.
"Thanks,' he said, that's not bad
idea; but II ever l take too much Of this sort
Of stuff know l shall see those vultures."
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