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sight of this man walking in the river with the most precious box 

 of all on his head. Suddenly he fell into a deep hole, and man 

 and box went almost out of sight, while Stanley was in agony 

 at the fate which threatened the dispatches. Fortunately, he 



recovered himself and stood up, while Stanley shouted to him, 

 with a loaded revolver pointed at his head, "Look out! Drop 

 that box, and I'll shoot you I" All the men halted in their work 

 while they gazed at their comrade, who was thus imperiled by 

 bullet and flood. The man himself seemed to regard the pistol 



