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afteoonheeveningofitsreleasejohnsrusticsolitudewas
suddenlybrokenbythearrivaloverheadofagreatsofhelipters.
heind,laboriouslytuingup
thesubstanceofhisthought.death–andhedroveinhisspadeondagain,
aagain.andallouryesterdayshavelightedfoolstheodustydeath.a
nvingthunderruledthroughtheedanotherspadefulofearth.
han
hunandatlastheshuddered.agoodkissingcarrion.heplantedhisfooton
hisspadeandstaeditfiercelyintothetoughground.asfliestoonboysare
ed
theelvestrue–truersohoegloucesterhad
calledthevergentlegods.besides,thybestofrestissleepandthatthouoft
provokst;yetgrosslyfearstthydeathore.hansleep.
sleep.per.hisspadestruckagainstastooopedtopickit
up.forinthatsleepofdeath,s
ahuingoverheadhadbeearoar;andsuddenlyhehere
ethi.helookedup,startled,froisdigging,
froisthoughts;lookedupinadazzledbeent,hisndstillwanderingin
thatothernsitiesofdeathand
deity;lookedupandsa,thesofhes.like
looher.and
froutofthebelliesofthesegiantgrasshopperssteppednine
visseflannels,enfortheasor
velveteenshortsandsleeveless,halfunzipperedsis–oneuplefroa
afeihere,standinginahe
lighthouse,staring,laughing,cligtheircaras,throoanape
peanuts,paoneche,panglanduarpetitebeurres.and
everynt–foraoftraffiowflowed
une
sres,thesreshundreds.
thesavagehadretreatedtoalat
bay,stoodfacetofa
speeanoutofhissenses.
frohisstuporheoreiediatesenseofrealitybythe
iahischeekofaedpacketofche.ashockofstartling
pain–andheelyangry.
”goaed.
theapehadspoken;thereoflaughterandhandclapping.”goodold
savagehurrah,hurrah”andthroughthebabelheheardcriesof:”whip,he
whip”
agosnail
behindthedoorandshookitathistorntors.
therealapplause.
naglyheadvao.aaihelinewavered
atitsstiediatelythreatenedpoint,thenstiffenedagain,stoodfirthe
nsciousnessofbeinginforcehadgiventhesesightseersaurage
.takenaback,hehaltedandlooked
round.
”ealohereostplaieinhisanger.
”haveafeagnesiualtedalnds”saidthenhesavageo
advance,hefirsttobeattacked.heheldoutapacket.”theyrereally
verygood,youknoileofpropitation.”and
thegnesiualtsokeepyouyoung.”
thesavageignoredhisoffer.”
onegrinningfacetoanother.”doyoue”
”theheussee
theunt.”
then,inunisonandonaslo,”heedagroup
attheendoftheline.”hewhip.”
othersatoookupthecry,andthephraseed,parrotfashion,again
andagain,eofsound,until,bytheseventhhth
reiteration,noother–thewhip.”
theyity,the
senseofrhythent,theyght,itseed,havegoneonfor
hoursalstindefinitely.butataboutthetyfifthrepetitiontheproceedings
acrossthehogs
back,hungpoisedabovethecrohendroppedhinafehe
savageanding,intheopenspacebethelineofsightseersandthe
lighthouse.theroaroftheairstarilydroheshouting;then,as
thechiouchedthegroundandtheenginesuedoff:”he
eloud,insistentnotone.
thedoorofthehelipteropened,andoutstepped,firstafairandruddyfaced
youngn,then,ingreeeenshorts,eshirt,andjockeycap,ayoung
an.
atthesightoftheyoungan,thesavagestarted,reiled,tuedpale.
theyounganstood,slingathianunostabject
sle.thesendspassed.herlipsved,sheething;butthe
soundofhervoiceheloudreiteratedrefrainofthesightseers.
”he–thewhip”
theyounganpressedbothhandstoherleftside,andonthatpeachbright,
dollbeautifulfaceofhersappearedastrangelyinngrousexpressionofyeaing
distress.herblueeyesseedtogroer;andsuddenlytears
rolleddohen,haquick,
iassiourestretstohesavage,steppedforward.
”he”
andallofasuddentheyhadtheyed.
”struet”thesavagehadrushedatherlikeadn.”fitchew”likea
dn,heallrds.
terrified,shehadtuedtoflee,hadtrippedandfalleniher.”henry,
henry”sheshouted.butherruddyfasway
behindthehelipter.
haentthelinebroke;there
staedetoagitreofattra.paininghorror.
”fry,lechery,fry”frehesavageslashedagain.
hungrilytheygatheredround,pushingandscralinglikesthetrough.
”oh,theflesh”thesavagegroundhisteeth.thistiithat
the,killit”
dra
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