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were very close together; but so far 

 there had been no serious damage 

 to the outfit. 



At last it was growing dark. I 

 had settled down to a certain grim 

 endurance, and had treated my 

 nerves to a favourite tonic of which I 

 have made mention before, that 

 "cowards die many times before 

 their death; the valiant never taste 

 of death but once," when I heard 

 a shout ahead which I knew must 

 mean "Lost Horse Creek and our 

 camping ground. " 



Instantly my thoughts sped to 

 that magnificent place of comfort 

 camp where hunger and thirst 

 and weariness would vanish. The 

 picture was so pleasant that I 

 quite forgot the very material part 

 of me which just at that moment 

 was in danger. But Katy, fortun- 

 ately, was not imaginative, and saw 

 that a six-inch tree was falling 

 directly upon us. She quivered from 

 head to foot and waited a second 

 for the word of command that did 

 not come, then she gave a great 

 bound and stopped so short that I 

 nearly went on without her. Then 



