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a moment of happy inspiration�察�the one to an axe´head and the other to a 

handle�察�as they lay Nature´welded� �

     ;This�察�I say�察�is the firstthe first� ─�screamed the old fellow as though I 

were     contradicting     him�察   �thumping      the  ground     with   his   weapon�察    �and 

working himself up to a fury as its black magic entered his being。                     ;This 

is the first�此�with this I slew Hetter and Gur�察�and those who plundered my 

hiding´   places   in   the   woods�察  �with   this   I   have   killed   a   score   of   others�察�

bursting their heads�察�and cracking their bones like dry sticks。 With this 

with   this;   but   here   his   rage   rendered   him  in´   articulate�察  �he   stammered 

and stuttered for a minute�察�and then as the killing fury settled on him his 

yellow   teeth   shut   with   a   sudden     snap�察  �while   through     them   his   breath 

rattled like wind through dead pine branches in December�察�the sinews sat 

up on his hands as his fingers tightened upon the axe´heft like the roots of 

the same pines from the ground when winter rain has washed the soil from 



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beneath them�察�his small eyes gleamed like baleful planets�察�every hair upon 

his   shaggy  back   grew  stiff   and   erectanother   minute   and   my  span   were 

ended。 

     With a leap from where I sat I flew at that hairy beast�察�and sinking my 

fists deep in his throttle�察�shook him till his eyes blazed with delirious fires。 

We waltzed across the short green´ sward�察�and in and about the tree´trunks�察�

shaking�察�pulling�察�and hitting as we went�察�till at last I felt the man's vigour 

dy´ ing within him�察�a little more shaking�察�a sudden twist�察�and he was lying 

on the ground before me�察 �senseless and civil� �That is the worst of   some 

orators�察   �I  thought    to  myself�察   �as  I  gloomily     gathered    up   the   scattered 

fragments of my lunch�察�they never know when they have said enough�察�and 

are too apt to be carried away by their own arguments。 

     That   inhospitable   village   was   left   behind   in   full   belief   the   mountain 

looming in the south could be reached before nightfall�察�while the road to 

its   left   would   serve   as   a   sure  guide   to   food   and   shelter   for   the   evening。 

But�察�as it turned out�察�the morning's haze developed a strong mist ere the 

afternoon was half gone�察�through which it was impossible to see more than 

twenty   yards。      My     hill  loomed     gigantic   for  a  time    with   a  tantalising 

appearance   of   being   only   a   mile   or   two   ahead�察  �then   wavered�察  �became 

visionary�察�and finally disap´ peared as completely as though the forest mist 

had drunk it up bodily。 

     There was still the road to guide me�察�a fairly well´ beaten track twining 

through the glades�察�but even the best of highways are difficult in fog�察�and 

this   one   was    compli´    cated   by   various    side   paths�察  �made    probably     by 

hunters     or  bark´cutters�察    �and   without    compass      or  guide    marks    it  was 

necessary to advance with extreme caution�察�or get helplessly mazed。 

     An   hour's   steady   tramping   brought   me   nowhere   in   particu´   lar�察  �and 

stopping for a minute to consider�察�I picked a few wild fruit�察�such as my 

wood´cutter friend had eaten�察�from an overhanging bush�察�and in so doing 

slipped�察�the soil having now become damp�察�and in falling broke a branch 

off。    The     incident    was   only    important     from    what   follows。     Picking 

myself   up�察 �perhaps   a   little   shaken by  the   jolt�察 �I   set   off   again upon   what 

seemed       the   plain   road�察  �and    being    by   this   time    displeased     by   my 

surroundings�察  �determined   to   make   a   push         for   ;civilization;   before   the 



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rapidly gathering darkness set´ tled down。 

     Hands   in   pockets   and   collar   up�察  �I   marched   forward   at   a  good   round 

pace for an hour�察�constantly straining eyes for a sight of the hill and ears 

for some indications of living beings in the deathly hush of the shrouded 

woods�察�and at the end of that time�察�feeling sure habitations must now be 

near�察�arrived at what looked like a little open space�察�some´ how seeming 

rather familiar in its vague outlines。 

     Where had I seen such a place before�拭�Sauntering round the margin�察�a 

bush   with   a   broken   branch   sud´   denly   attracted   my   attentiona   broken 

bush with a long slide in the mud below it�察�and the stamp of Navy boots in 

the    soft  turf�    �I   glared    at  those   signs    for   a  moment�察     �then   with    an 

exclamation   of   chagrin   recognised   them   only   too   wellit   was   the   bush 

whence I had picked the fruit�察�and the mark of my fall。                     An hour's hard 

walking   round   some   accursed   woodland   track   had   brought   me   exactly 

back to the point I had started fromI was lost� �

     It   really   seemed      to  get   twenty     per   cent   darker    as   I  made     that 

abominable   discovery�察  �and   the   position   dawned   in   all   its   uncomfortable 

intensity。     There was nothing for it but to start off again�察�this time judging 

my direction only by a light breath of air drifting the mist tangles before it�察�

and   therein   I   made   a   great   mistake�察  �for   the   breeze   had   shifted   several 

points from the quarter whence it blew in the morning。 

     Knowing         nothing      of    this�察  �I    went     forward      with     as    much 

lightheartedness   as   could   be   managed�察  �humming   a   song   to   myself�察  �and 

carefully   putting   aside   thoughts   of   warmth   and   supper�察  �while   the   dusk 

increased and the great forest vegetation seemed to grow ranker and closer 

at every step 

     Another      disconcerting      thing   was    that  the   ground     sloped    gradually 

downwards�察�not upwards as it should have done�察�till it seemed the path lay 

across   the   flats   of   a   forest´covered   plain�察  �which   did   not   conform   to   my 

wish   of   striking   a   road   on   the   foot´hills   of   the   mountain。   However�察  �I 

plodded   on�察 �drawing   some   small   comfort   from   the   fact   that   as   darkness 

came   the   mist   rose   from   the   ground   and   appeared   to   con´   dense   in   a 

ghostly   curtain   twenty   feet   overhead�察  �where   it   hung   between   me   and   a 

clear night sky�察�presently illum´ ined by starlight with the strangest effect。 



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     Tired�察�footsore�察�and dejected�察�I struggled on a little further。
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