The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-13
CHAPTER xxI.-(continued.

P0oCSu away uo"AA
after . few seconds, and his thoughts
began to take q more practical turn.
le seemed clear to him that If he lay
where he waste say nothing of the
wound he had received-he would
soon die of hunger and cold and ex-
posure.
He made a mental picture of the
spot on the moor where he lay. He
knew the downs we'll. He had crossed
and recrossed them a dozen times
during the years he had lived at st.
Chloe. He was out OF the track Of
everybody save people who might be
searching for stray cattle, and they
would only cross in the daylight, and
might no come within half a mile Of
where he. lay. He was half buried in
y bank Of heather, and all around him
the gorse grew to = height of a cou
pie of feet. He might lie there and
rot before any trace of him was dis.
covered. He could hear the wind
,swishing in the tops Of the gorse
bushes, and yet SO sheltered was he
that It scarcely famed his face.
On the whole he thought It was not
m unpleasant place to die in. The
heather was soft beneath his head,
the dreamy swish Of the wind was as
eoothing a. . lullaby, and in his nos
Artls was . pungent odor of wild
thyme and ling.
He wondered how long he would re-
tain consciousness II he lay there
quite still and made no attempt to
move. Then he began to wonder how
long he had been unconscious, and
what hour OF the night or morning 1t
was. 1t he watched he would see the
day break sooner or later-that is,
supposing he remained alive; and II
the sun got out it would warm him,
and that would be a comfort. for he
felt terribly cold. The fact that New
lns had escaped he did not allow to
trouble him very much. He had inter-
ested himself more for Esther Nav
Gan's sake than for Marion Vests.
Miss West he hardly knew, but for
Esther he would dare almost any
thing.
He discovered after a while that he
could move his legs and left arm with
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der. Perhaps II hi could keep his
right arm and shoulder quite still he
might in time get on to his feet and
walk.
He got 1t his pocket handkerchief
after awhile and. folding 1t as well as
no Was able, laid 1t over the wound.
He Wa anxious not to lose any more
Nleodrif he could help 1t. He had lost
kar too much already. On the top of
the handkerchief he laid a pair Of
Worsted gloves which he found in his
overcoat pocket, then buttoned his
vest and coat tightly over the pad.
The effort warmed him Z little, and
also diverted his thoughts. After a
while no managed to sit up, keeping
his right arm perfectly rigid all the
1ime. He felt terribly weak and faint.
and the earth swan and the stars
played hide-and-sceek for several sec.
onds: but he bravely held his ground,
and fought the threatened faintness
with I'll the strength Of win that he
posseaDed.
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