All Heroes But One 



not make another move; I thought my lungs would 

 burst, but I kept on. When at last I surmounted the 

 rim, I saw Jones, and flopped down beside him, and 

 lay panting, dripping, boiling, with scorched feet, 

 aching limbs and numb chest. 



&quot; I ve been here two hours,&quot; he said, &quot; and I 

 knew things were happening below; but to climb up 

 that slide would kill me. I am not young any more, 

 and a steep climb like this takes a young heart. As 

 it was I had enough work. Look! &quot; He called my 

 attention to his trousers. They had been cut to 

 shreds, and the right trouser leg was missing from 

 the knee down. His shin was bloody. &quot; Moze took 

 a lion along the rim, and I went after him with all 

 my horse could do. I yelled for the boys, but they 

 didn t come. Right here it is easy to go down, but 

 below, where Moze started this lion, it was impossi 

 ble to get over the rim. The lion lit straight out 

 of the pifions. I lost ground because of the thick 

 brush and numerous trees. Then Moze doesn t 

 bark often enough. He treed the lion twice. I could 

 tell by the way he opened up and bayed. The rascal 

 coon-dog climbed the trees and chased the lion out. 

 That s what Moze did ! I got to an open space and 

 saw him, and was coming up fine when he went down 

 over a hollow which ran into the canon. My horse 

 tripped and fell, turning clear over with me before 



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