[Rolf In The Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton]@TWC D-Link bookRolf In The Woods CHAPTER 45 10/15
Didn't have no luck m-m-m (yes, I'd like another sip; ye ain't got no whiskey no ?) m-m-m.
Nothing in any trap, and when I come to this un--oh-h--m-m; I seen--the bait was stole by birds, an' the pan--m-m-m; an' the pan, m-m-m--( yes, that's better)--an' the pan laid bare.
So I starts to cover it with--ce-ce-dar; the ony thing I c'd get--m-m-m-w---wuz leanin' over--to fix tother side--me foot slipped on--the--ice--ev'rything was icy--an'-- m-m-m-m--I lost--me balance--me knee the pan--O Lord--how I suffer!--m-m-m it grabbed me--knee an'-- h-h-hand--" His voice died to a whisper and ceased; he seemed sinking. Quonab got up to hold him.
Then, looking at Rolf, Indian shook his head as though to say all was over; the poor wretch had a woodman's constitution, and in spite of a mangled, dying body, he revived again. They gave him more hot tea, and again he began in a whisper: "I hed one arm free an'-- an'-- an'-- I might--a--got out--m-m--but I hed no wrench--I lost it some place--m-m-m-m. "Then--I yelled--I dun--no--maybe some un might hear--it kin-kin-kinder eased me--to yell m-m-m. "Say--make that yer dog keep--away--will yer I dunno--it seems like a week--must a fainted some M-m-m--I yelled--when I could." There was a long pause.
Rolf said, "Seems to me I heard you last night, when we were up there.
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