Then 1 would even smile at Nimrod 
who kept keen watch on me, or wave 
my hand at the Host, who was in front. 
This appearance of unconcern helped 
me for a few seconds, and then I would 
begin the weary round: “Oh, my foot, 
my back, my head; I cannot endure it 
another moment; I can’t, I can’t.” Yet 
all the while knowing that I could and 
would. Thus I fought through the 
afternoon, and at last became just a 
numb thing on the horse with but one 
thought, “I can and will do it.” So at 
last when the order came to camp in 
four feet of snow ten thousand feet 
above the sea, with the wind and snow 
blowing a high gale, I just drew rein 
and sat there on my tired beast. 
We disturbed a band of mountain 
sheep that got over the deep snow with 
incredible swiftness. It was my first 
view of these animals, but it aroused no 
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