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TH
ES
HO
RT
HA
PP
YL
IFE
OF
FRA
NC
ISM
MD
OM
BE
R
ITW
ibN
OW
lunc
htim
ean
dth
eyw
ere
all
sitti
ngun
der
the
doub
legr
een
flyof
the
dini
ngte
ntpr
eten
ding
that
noth
ing
had
happ
ened
.“W
illyo
uha
velim
eju
ice
orle
mon
squa
sh?”
Mac
ombe
ras
ked.
“I’ll
have
agi
mle
t.”R
ober
tWils
onto
ldhi
m.
“I’ll
have
agi
mle
ttoo
.Ine
edso
met
hing
,”M
acom
ber’
sw
ifesa
id.
“Isu
ppos
eit’
s the
thin
gto
do,”
Mac
umbe
ragr
eed.
“Tel
l him
tom
ake
thre
egi
mle
ts.”
The
mes
sbo
yha
dst
arte
dth
emal
read
y,lif
ting
the
bottl
esou
tof
the
canv
asco
olin
gba
gsth
atsw
eate
dw
etin
the
win
dth
atH
ewth
roug
hth
etre
esth
atsh
aded
the
tent
s.“W
hat h
adIo
ught
togi
veth
em?”
Mac
ombe
rask
ed.
“Aqu
idw
ould
bepl
enty
,”W
ilson
told
him
.“Y
oudu
&t
wan
tto
spoi
l the
m.”
“Will
the
head
man
dist
ribu
teit
?”“A
bsol
utel
y.”
Fran
cis
Mac
umbe
rhad
,hal
fan
hour
befo
re,b
een
carr
ied
tohi
sten
tfro
mth
eed
geof
the
cam
pin
triu
mph
onth
ear
ms
and
shou
lder
sof
the
cook
,the
pers
onal
boys
,the
skin
ner
and
the
porte
rs.T
hegu
n-be
arer
sha
dta
ken
nopa
rtin
the
dem
onst
ratio
n.W
hen
the
nativ
ebo
yspu
thi
mdo
wn
atth
edo
orof
his
tent
,he
had
shak
enal
lthe
irha
nds,
rece
ived
thei
rcon
grat
ula
tion
s,an
dthe
ngon
eint
othe
tent
ands
aton
theb
edun
tilh
isw
ifeca
me
in. S
hedi
dno
t spe
akto
him
whe
nsh
eca
me
inan
dhe
left
the
tent
aton
ceto
was
hhi
sfh
cean
dha
nds
inth
epo
rt-
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S]
1-I
EM
IS(;
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YT
nc5
hu
tfI.p
pL
it
Fra
ncis
.Iacc.m
bcr
able
was
hba
sin
outs
ide
and
goov
erto
the
dini
ngte
ntto
sit
ina
com
fort
able
canv
asch
air
inth
ebr
eeze
and
the
shad
e.“Y
ou’v
ego
tyo
urlio
n,”
Rob
ert
Wils
onsa
idto
him
,“a
nda
dam
ned
fine
one
too.
”M
rs.
Mac
ombe
rlo
oked
atW
ilson
quic
kly.
She
was
anex
trem
ely
hand
som
ean
dw
ell-
kept
wom
anof
the
beau
tyan
dso
cial
posi
tion
whi
chha
d,fiv
eye
ars
befo
re,
com
man
ded
five
thou
sand
dolla
rsas
the
pric
eof
endo
rsin
g,w
ithph
otog
raph
s,a
beau
typr
oduc
tw
hich
she
had
neve
rus
ed.
She
had
been
mar
ried
toFr
anci
sM
acom
ber
for
elev
enye
ars.
“He
isa
good
lion,
isn’
the
?”M
acom
ber
said
.H
isw
ife
look
edat
him
now
.Sh
elo
oked
atbo
thth
ese
men
asth
ough
she
had
neve
rse
enth
embe
fore
.O
ne,
Wils
on,
the
whi
tehu
nter
,sh
ekn
ewsh
eha
dne
ver
trul
yse
enbe
fore
.H
ew
asab
out
mid
dle
heig
htw
ithsa
ndy
hair
,a
stub
bym
usta
che,
ave
ryre
dfa
cean
dex
trem
ely
cold
blue
eyes
with
fain
tw
hite
wri
nkle
sat
the
corn
ers
that
groo
ved
mer
rily
whe
nhe
smile
d.H
esm
iled
athe
rno
wan
dsh
elo
oked
away
from
his
face
atth
ew
ayhi
ssh
ould
ers
slop
edin
the
loos
etu
nic
hew
ore
with
the
four
big
cart
ridg
eshe
ldin
loop
sw
here
the
left
brea
stpo
cket
shou
ldha
vebe
en,
athi
sbi
gbr
own
hand
s,hi
sol
dsl
acks
,hi
sve
rydi
rty
boot
san
dba
ckto
his
red
face
agai
n.Sh
eno
ticed
whe
reth
eba
ked
red
ofhi
sfa
cest
oppe
din
aw
hite
line
that
mar
ked
the
circ
lele
ftby
his
Ste
tso
nha
tth
athu
ngno
wfr
omon
eof
the
pegs
ofth
ete
ntpo
le.
“Wel
l,he
re’s
toth
elio
n,”
Rob
ert
Wils
onsa
id.
He
smile
dat
her
agai
nan
d,no
tsm
iling
,she
look
edcu
riou
sly
athe
rhu
sban
d.Fr
anci
sM
acom
ber
was
very
tall,
very
wel
lbu
iltif
you
did
not
min
dth
atle
ngth
ofbo
ne,
dark
,hi
sha
ircr
oppe
dlik
ean
oars
man
,ra
ther
thin
-lip
ped,
and
was
cons
ider
edha
ndso
me.
He
was
dres
sed
inth
esa
me
sort
ofsa
fari
clot
hes
that
Wils
onw
ore
exce
ptth
athi
sw
ere
new
,he
was
thir
ty-f
ive
year
sol
d,ke
pthi
mse
lfve
ryfit
,w
asgo
odat
cour
tga
mes
,ha
da
num
ber
ofbi
g-ga
me
fish
ing
reco
rds,
and
had
just
show
nhi
mse
lf,v
ery
publ
icly
,to
bea
cow
ard.
“Her
e’s
toth
elio
n,”
hesa
id.
“Ica
n’te
ver
than
kxo
uti
rw
hat
you
did.
”M
arga
ret,
his
wif
e,lo
oked
away
from
him
and
back
toW
ilso
n. “Let
’sno
tta
lkab
out
the
lion,
”sh
esa
id,
Wils
onlo
oked
oer
athe
rw
ithou
tsm
iling
and
now
she
smile
dat
him
.“I
t’sbe
ena
ver\
stra
nge
day.
”sh
esa
id.
“Had
n’t
you
ough
tto
put
your
hat
onev
enun
der
the
canv
asat
noon
\ou
told
me
that
,yo
ukn
ow.”
“Mig
htpu
tit
on,”
said
Wils
on.
“You
know
you
have
ave
ryre
dfa
ce,
Mr.
Wils
on,”
she
told
him
and
smile
dag
ain.
“I)r
ink,
”sa
idW
ilson
.“I
don’
tth
ink
so,”
she
said
.“F
ranc
isdr
inks
agr
eat
deal
,bu
thi
sfa
ceis
neve
rre
d.”
“It’s
red
toda
y,M
acum
ber
trie
da
joke
.“N
o,”
said
Mar
gare
t.“I
t’sm
ine
that
’sre
dto
day.
But
Mr.
Wils
on’s
isal
way
sre
d.”
“Mus
tbe
raci
al,”
said
Wils
on.
“Isa
y,yo
uw
ould
n’t
like
todr
opnw
beau
tyas
ato
pic.
wou
ldyo
u?”
“I’v
eju
stst
arte
don
it.”
“Let
’sch
uck
it,”
said
Wils
on.
“Con
vers
atio
nis
goin
gto
beso
diff
icul
t.”M
arga
ret
said
.“D
on’t
hesi
ll), M
argo
t,”he
rhu
sban
dsa
id.
“No
diff
icul
ty,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“Got
ada
mn
fine
lion,
”M
argo
tlo
oked
atth
embo
than
dth
eybo
thsa
wth
atsh
ew
asgo
ing
tocr
y.W
ilson
had
seen
itco
min
gfo
ra
long
time
and
hedr
eade
dit
.M
acum
ber
was
past
drea
ding
it.
“Iw
ish
itha
dn’t
happ
ened
.O
h,I
wis
hit
hadn
’tha
ppen
ed,”
she
said
and
star
ted
for
her
tent
.Sh
em
ade
nono
ise
ofcr
ying
but
they
coul
dse
eth
athe
rsh
ould
ers
wer
esh
akin
gun
der
the
rose
-col
ored
,su
n-pr
ocfe
dsh
irt
she
wor
e,“W
omen
upse
t,”sa
idW
ilson
toth
eta
llm
an.
“Am
ount
sto
noth
ing.
Stra
inon
the
ner
esan
.1on
eth
ing’
nan
othe
r.”
ER
NE
ST
ElE
MI
N(;
\VÀ
YT
he
Sio
it
Hap
pL
ife
oF
rflL
Iso
mb
tr
“No,
”sa
idM
acom
ber.
“Isu
ppos
eth
atI
rate
that
for
the
rest
ofm
ylif
eno
w.”
“Non
sens
e.Le
t’sha
vea
spot
ofth
egi
ant
kille
r,”sa
idW
ilso
n.“F
orge
tth
ew
hole
thin
g.N
othi
ngto
itan
yway
.”“W
em
ight
try,”
said
Mac
embe
r.“I
won
’tfo
rget
wha
ty
ou
did
for
me
thou
gh.”
“Not
hing
,”sa
idW
ilson
.“A
llno
nsen
se.”
Soth
eysa
tth
ere
inth
esh
ade
whe
reth
eca
mp
was
pitc
hed
unde
rso
me
wid
e-to
pped
acac
iatr
ees
with
abo
ulde
r-st
rew
ncl
iffb
ehin
dth
em,a
nda
stre
tch
ofgr
ass
that
ran
toth
eba
nkof
abo
ulde
r-fi
lled
stre
amin
fron
tw
ithfo
rest
beyo
ndit
,an
ddr
ank
thei
rju
st-c
ool
lime
drin
ksan
dav
oide
don
ean
othe
r’s
eyes
whi
leth
ebo
ysse
tth
eta
ble
for
lunc
h.W
ilson
coul
dte
llth
atth
ebo
ysal
lkn
ewab
out
itno
wan
dw
hen
hesa
wM
ace
mbe
r’s
pers
onal
boy
look
ing
curi
ousl
yat
his
mas
ter
whi
lehe
was
putt
ing
dish
eson
the
tabl
ehe
snap
ped
athi
min
Swah
ili.
The
boy
turn
edaw
ayw
ithhi
sfa
cebl
ank.
“Wha
tw
ere
you
telli
nghi
m?”
Mac
embe
ras
ked.
“Not
hing
.T
old
him
tolo
okal
ive
orI’
dse
ehe
got
about
fif
teen
ofth
ebe
st.”
“Wha
t’s
that
?L
ashe
s?”
“It’s
quite
illeg
al,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“You
’re
supp
osed
tofi
ne
them
.”“D
oyo
ust
illha
veth
emw
hipp
ed?”
“Oh,
yes.
The
yco
uld
rais
ea
row
ifth
eych
ose
toco
mpl
ain.
But
they
don’
t.T
hey
pref
erit
toth
efin
es.”
“How
stra
nge!
”sa
idM
acom
ber.
“Not
stra
nge,
real
ly,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“Whi
chw
ould
you
rath
erdo
?T
ake
ago
odbi
rchi
ngor
lose
your
pay?
”T
hen
hefe
ltem
barr
asse
dat
aski
ngat
and
befo
reM
acem
ber
coul
dan
swer
hew
ent
on,
“We
all
take
abe
atin
gev
ery
day.
you
know
,one
way
oran
othe
r.”
Thi
sw
asno
bette
r.“G
ood
God
,”he
thou
ght.
“Iam
adip
lom
at,
aren
’tI?
“
“Yes
,we
take
abe
atin
g,”
said
Mac
umbe
r,st
illno
tlo
okin
gat
him
,“I
’maw
fully
sorr
yab
out
that
lion
busi
ness
.It
does
n’t
have
togo
any
furt
her,
does
it?
Im
ean
noon
ew
illhe
arab
out
it,
will
the?
”“Y
oum
ean
will
Ite
llit
atth
eM
atha
iga
Clu
b?”
Wils
onlo
oked
athi
mno
wco
ldly
.H
eha
dno
tex
pect
edth
is.
Sohe
sa
bloo
dyfo
ur—
lette
rm
anas
wel
las
abl
oody
cow
ard,
heth
ough
t.I
rath
erlik
edhi
mto
oun
tilto
day.
But
how
ison
eto
know
abou
tan
Am
eric
an?
“No,
”sa
idW
ilson
.“I
’ma
prof
essi
onal
hunt
er.
We
neve
rta
lkab
out
our
clie
nts.
You
can
bequ
iteea
syon
that
.It’
ssu
ppo
sed
tobe
bad
form
toas
kus
not
tota
lkth
ough
.”H
eha
dde
cide
dno
wth
atto
brea
kw
ould
bem
uch
easi
er.
He
wou
ldea
t,th
en,
byhi
mse
lfan
dco
uld
read
abo
okw
ithhi
sm
eals
.T
hey
wou
ldea
tby
them
selv
es.
He
wou
ldse
eth
emth
roug
hth
esa
fari
ona
very
form
alba
sis—
wha
tw
asit
the
Fren
chca
lled
it?
Dis
tingu
ishe
dco
nsid
erat
ion—
and
itw
ould
bea
dam
nsi
ght
easi
erth
anha
ving
togo
thro
ugh
this
emot
iona
ltr
ash.
He’
din
sult
him
and
mak
ea
good
clea
nbr
eak.
The
nhe
coul
dre
ada
book
with
his
mea
lsan
dhe
’dst
illbe
drin
king
thei
rw
hisk
y.T
hat
was
the
phra
sefo
rit
whe
na
safa
riw
ent
bad.
You
ran
into
anot
her
whi
tehu
nter
and
you
aske
d,“H
owis
eery
thin
ggo
ing?
”an
dhe
answ
ered
,“O
h,I’
mst
illdri
nk
ing
thei
rw
hisk
y,”
and
you
knew
ever
ythi
ngha
dgo
neto
pot.
“I’m
sorr
y,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
idan
dlo
oked
athi
mw
ithhi
sA
mer
ican
face
that
wou
ldst
ayad
oles
cent
until
itbe
cam
em
iddl
e-ag
ed,
and
Wils
onno
ted
his
crew
-cro
pped
hair
,fin
eey
eson
lyfa
intly
shif
ty,g
ood
nose
,thi
nlip
san
dha
ndso
me
jaw
. “i’
mso
rry
Idid
n’tr
ealiz
eth
at.T
here
are
lots
ofth
ings
Idon
’tkn
ow.”
Sow
hat
coul
dhe
do,
Wils
onth
ough
t.H
ew
asal
lre
ady
tobr
eak
itoff
quic
kly
and
neat
lyan
dhe
reth
ebe
ggar
was
apol
ogi
zing
afte
rhe
had
just
insu
lted
him
.H
em
ade
one
mor
eat
tem
pt.
“Don
’tw
orry
abou
tm
eta
lkin
g,”
hesa
id.
“Ih
ae
aliv
ing
tom
ake.
You
know
inA
fric
ano
wom
anev
erm
isse
she
rlio
nan
dno
whi
tem
anev
erbo
lts.”
“Ibo
lted
like
ara
bbit,
”M
acem
ber
said
.
8E
RN
ES
TH
EM
ING
WA
YT
he
Shoit
IIu
pp
Lif
toJ
Fri
ncH
Mato
rnh
t
Now
wha
tin
hell
wer
eyo
ugo
ing
todo
abou
ta
man
who
talk
edlik
eth
at,
Wils
onw
onde
red.
Wils
onlo
oked
atM
acom
ber
with
his
hat,
blue
,m
achi
ne-
gunn
er’s
eyes
and
the
othe
rsm
iled
back
athi
m.
He
had
apl
easa
ntsm
ileif
you
did
not
notic
eho
whi
sey
essh
owed
whe
nhe
was
hurt
.“M
aybe
Ica
nfi
xit
upon
buff
alo,
”he
said
.“‘
vVe’
reaf
ter
them
next
,are
n’t
we?
”“I
nth
em
orni
ngif
you
like,
”‘W
ilson
told
him
.Pe
rhap
she
had
been
wro
ng.
Thi
sw
asce
rtai
nly
the
way
tota
keit.
You
mos
tce
rtai
nly
coul
dno
tte
lla
dam
ned
thin
gab
out
anA
mer
ica
n.H
ew
asal
lfo
rM
acom
ber
agai
n.If
you
coul
dfo
rget
the
mor
ning
.B
ut, o
fcou
rse,
you
coul
dn’t
. The
mor
ning
had
been
abou
tas
bad
asth
eyco
me.
“Her
eco
mes
the
Mem
sahi
b,”
hesa
id,
She
was
wal
king
over
from
her
tent
look
ing
refr
eshe
dan
dch
eerf
ulan
dqu
itelo
vely
.Sh
eha
da
very
perf
ect
oval
face
,so
perf
ect
that
you
expe
cted
her
tobe
stup
id.
But
she
was
n’t
stup
id,
Wils
onth
ough
t,no
,no
tst
upid
.“H
owis
the
beau
tiful
red-
face
dM
r.W
ilson
?A
reyo
ufe
elin
gbe
tter,
Fran
cis,
my
pear
l?”
“Oh,
muc
h,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.“I
’ve
drop
ped
the
who
leth
ing,
”sh
esa
id,s
ittin
gdo
wn
atth
eta
ble.
“Wha
tim
port
ance
isth
ere
tow
heth
erFr
anci
sis
any
good
atki
lling
lions
?T
hat’
sno
thi
str
ade.
Tha
t’s
Mr.
Wils
on’s
trad
e.M
r.W
ilson
isre
ally
very
impr
essi
veki
lling
anyt
hing
.Y
oudo
kill
anyt
hing
,do
n’t
you?
”“O
h,an
ythi
ng,”
said
Wils
on.
“Sim
ply
anyt
hing
.”T
hey
are,
heth
ough
t,th
eha
rdes
tin
the
wor
ld;
the
hard
est,
the
crue
lest
,th
em
ost
pred
ator
yan
dth
em
ost
attr
activ
ean
dth
eir
men
have
soft
ened
orgo
neto
piec
esne
rvou
sly
asth
eyha
veha
rden
ed.
Or
isit
that
they
pick
men
they
can
hand
le?
The
yca
n’t
know
that
muc
hat
the
age
they
mar
ry,
heth
ough
t.H
ew
asgr
atef
ulth
athe
had
gone
thro
ugh
his
educ
atio
non
Am
eric
anw
omen
befo
reno
wbe
caus
eth
isw
asa
very
attr
activ
eon
e.“W
e’re
goin
gaf
ter
buff
inth
eni
orni
ng,”
heto
ldhe
r.
“I’m
com
ing,
she
said
.“N
o,yo
u’re
not.”
“Oh,
yes.
Iam
.N
layn
’tI,
Fran
cis?
”“W
hyno
rst
ayin
cam
p?”
“Not
for
anyt
hing
.”sh
esa
id.
“Iw
ould
n’t
mis
sso
nKth
ing
like
toda
yfo
ran
ythi
ng.”
\Vhe
nsh
ele
ft,
‘Wils
onw
asth
inki
ng,
whe
nsh
ew
ent
oft
tocr
y,sh
ese
emed
ahe
llof
afi
new
oman
.Sh
ese
emed
tou
nd
erst
and,
tore
aliz
e,to
behu
rtfo
rhi
man
dfo
rhe
rsel
fand
toho
wth
ings
real
lyst
ood.
She
isaw
ayfo
rtw
enty
min
utes
and
now
she
isba
ck,
sim
ply
enam
elle
din
that
Am
eric
anfe
mal
ecr
uelty
.The
yar
eth
eda
mne
dest
wom
en.
Rea
llyth
eda
mne
dest
.“W
e’ll
put
onan
othe
rsh
owft
iryo
uto
mor
row
,”Fr
anci
sM
acom
ber
said
.“Y
ou’r
eno
rco
min
g,”
‘Wils
onsa
id.
“You
’re
very
mis
take
n,”
she
told
him
.“A
ndI
wan
tw
tose
eyo
uperf
orm
agai
n.Y
ouw
ere
love
lyth
ism
orni
ng.
Tha
tis
ifbl
owin
gth
ings
’he
ads
offi
slo
vely
.”“H
ere’
sth
elu
nch,
”sa
idW
ilso
n.“Y
ou’r
eve
rym
erry
,ar
cn’t
you?
”“W
hyno
t?Id
idn’
tco
me
out
here
tobe
dull
.”“W
ell,
itha
sn’t
been
dull
,”W
ilso
nsa
id.
He
coul
dse
eth
ebo
ulde
rsin
the
rive
ran
dth
ehi
ghba
nkbe
yond
with
the
tree
san
dhe
rem
embe
red
the
mor
ning
.“O
h,no
,”sh
esa
id.
“It’s
been
char
min
g.A
ndto
mo
rro
w.
‘1in
don’
tkn
owho
wI
look
forw
ard
toto
mo
rro
w.”
“Tha
t’s
elan
dhe
’sof
feri
ngyo
u,”
‘Wils
onsa
id.
“The
y’re
the
big
cow
yth
ings
that
jum
pli
keha
res.
nrun
tth
ey?”
“Isu
ppos
eth
atde
scri
bes
them
,”‘W
ilson
said
.“I
t’sve
rygo
odm
eat,”
Mac
umbe
rsa
id.
“Did
you
shoo
tit,
Fra
ncis
?”sh
eas
ked.
“Yes
.”“T
hey’
reno
tdan
gero
us,
are
they
?”“O
nly
ifth
eyfa
llon
you,
”W
ilson
told
her.
“I’m
sogl
ad.”
ER
N1S
TII
EN
II\G
\VA
YT
tth
.ir
Hat’
pL
ilt
“1
Fi.
i’i
Iacu”H
r
Why
not
let
upon
the
bitc
hery
just
alit
tle,
Mar
got,”
Ma
anbe
rsa
id, c
utti
ngth
eel
and
stea
kan
dpu
ttin
gso
me
mas
hed
pota
to.
grav
yan
dca
rrot
onth
edo
wn-
turn
edfo
rkth
attin
edth
roug
hth
epi
ece
ofm
eat.
“1su
ppos
eIc
ould
,sh
esa
id,
Sin
ce
you
put
itS
opr
ettil
y.”
“Ton
ight
we’
llha
vech
ampa
gne
for
the
lion,
”‘W
ilson
said
.“i
t’sa
bit
too
hot
atno
on.”
“Oh,
the
lion,
”M
argo
tsa
id.
“I’d
forg
otte
nth
elio
n!”
So,
Rob
ert
Wils
onth
ough
tto
him
self
,sh
eis
givi
nghi
ma
ride
,is
n’t
she?
Or
doyo
usu
ppos
eth
at’s
her
idea
ofpu
ttin
gup
ago
odsh
ow?
How
shou
lda
wom
anac
tw
hen
she
disc
over
she
rhu
sban
dis
abl
oody
cow
ard?
She’
sda
mn
crue
lbu
tth
ey’r
eal
lcr
uel.
The
ygo
vern
,of
cour
se,
and
togo
vern
one
has
tobe
crue
lso
met
imes
. Stil
l,I’
vese
enen
ough
ofth
eir
dam
nte
rror
ism
.“H
ave
som
em
ore
elan
d,”
hesa
idto
her
polit
ely.
Tha
taf
tern
oon,
late
,W
ilson
and
Mac
ombe
rw
ent
out
inth
em
otor
car
with
the
nativ
edr
iver
and
the
two
gun-
bear
ers.
Mrs
.M
acom
ber
stay
edin
the
cam
p.It
was
too
hot
togo
out.
she
said
,an
dsh
ew
asgo
ing
with
them
inth
eea
rly
mor
ning
.A
sth
eydr
ove
offW
ilson
saw
her
stan
ding
unde
rth
ebi
gtr
ee,
look
ing
pret
tyra
ther
than
beau
tiful
inhe
rfa
intly
rosy
khak
i,he
rda
rkha
irdr
awn
back
off
her
fore
head
and
gath
ered
ina
knot
low
onhe
rne
ck,
her
face
asfr
esh,
heth
ough
t,as
thou
ghsh
ew
ere
inE
ngla
nd.
She
wav
edto
them
asth
eca
rw
ent
off
thro
ugh
the
swal
eof
high
gras
san
dcu
rved
arou
ndth
roug
hth
etr
ees
into
the
smal
lhi
llsof
orch
ard
bush
.In
the
orch
ard
bush
they
foun
da
herd
ofim
pala
,an
dle
avin
gth
eca
rth
eyst
alke
don
eol
dra
mw
ithlo
ng,
wid
e-sp
read
horn
san
dM
acom
ber
kille
dit
with
ave
rycr
edita
ble
shot
that
knoc
ked
the
buck
dow
nat
ago
odtw
ohu
ndre
dya
rds
and
sent
the
herd
off
boun
ding
wild
lyan
dle
apin
gov
eron
ean
othe
r’s
hack
sin
long
,le
g-dr
awn-
uple
aps
asun
belie
vabl
ean
das
toat
ing
asth
ose
one
mak
esso
met
imes
indr
eam
s.“T
hat
was
ago
odsh
ot,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“The
y’re
asm
all
tar
get.”
“Its
exce
llent
,”W
ilson
told
hon.
“‘i
oU
shoo
tlik
eth
atan
Iyo
ull
have
notr
oubl
e.“I
)oyo
uth
ink
we’
llfi
ndbu
tlal
oto
mor
row
“The
re’s
ago
odch
ance
ofit
.T
hey
feed
out.
etr1
inm
orni
ngam
lw
ithlu
ckw
em
ayca
tch
them
inth
uop
en.
“I’d
like
tocl
ear
away
that
lion
busi
ness
,M
acom
ber
dki.
“It’s
not
‘.ery
plea
sant
toha
veyo
urife
see
you
doso
met
hing
like
that
.”I
shou
ldth
ink
itw
ould
beus
enm
ore
unpl
easa
ntto
doit
,
\Vils
onth
ough
t,w
ife
orno
wif
e,or
tota
lkab
out
itha
sin
clon
eit,
But
hesi
d,
“Iw
ould
n’t
thin
kab
out
that
an\
mor
e.A
nyon
eco
uld
beup
set
byhi
sfir
stlio
n.T
hat’
sau
osCr
.”B
utth
atni
ght
afte
rdi
nner
and
aw
hisk
yan
dso
daby
thfi
rebe
fore
goin
gto
bed,
asFr
anci
sM
acom
ber
lay
onhi
sc
t
with
the
mos
quito
bar
oser
him
and
liste
ned
toth
eni
ght
nois
esit
was
not
all
over
.it
was
neith
eral
lov
erno
rw
asit
begi
nnin
g.It
was
ther
eex
actly
asit
happ
ened
with
som
epa
rts
ofit
inde
libly
emph
asiz
edan
dhe
was
mis
erab
lyas
ham
edat
it.
But
mor
eth
ansh
ame
hefe
ltco
ld,
hollo
wfe
arin
him
.T
hefe
arw
asst
illth
ere
like
aco
ldsl
imy
hollo
win
all
the
empt
ines
sw
here
once
his
conf
iden
ceha
dbe
enan
dit
mad
ehi
nife
elsi
ckIt
was
still
ther
ew
ithhi
mno
w.
Itha
dst
arte
dth
eni
ght
befo
rew
hen
heha
dw
aken
ed,t
nihe
ard
the
lion
roar
ing
som
ewhe
reup
alon
gth
eris
er.
Itw
as
a
deep
soun
dan
dat
the
end
ther
ew
ere
sort
ofco
ughi
nggr
unts
that
mad
ehi
mse
emju
stou
tsid
eth
ete
nt,
and
whe
nFr
anci
sM
acom
ber
wok
ein
the
nigh
tto
hear
ithe
was
afra
id,
He
coul
dhe
arhi
sw
ife
brea
thin
gqu
ietly
,as
leep
.T
here
asno
one
tote
llhe
was
afra
id,
nor
tobe
afra
idw
ithhi
m,
and.
lvin
alon
e,he
did
not
know
the
Som
ali
prov
erb
that
jy
sa
bras
em
anis
alw
ays
frig
hten
edth
ree
times
bya
lion
whe
nhe
firs
t
sees
his
trac
k,w
hen
hefi
rst
bear
shi
mro
aran
dw
hen
hefi
rst
conf
ront
shi
m.
The
nw
hile
they
wer
eea
ting
brea
kfas
tby
lant
ern
light
out
inth
edi
ning
tent
,be
fore
the
sun
was
up,
the
lion
roar
edag
ain
and
Fra
ncis
thou
ght
hew
as
just
at
the
edg
of
cam
p.
“is
ita
wor
th—
whi
lehe
ad?”
Mac
ombe
ras
ked.
12
FR
NE
S’l
HE
MIN
G\V
AY
Th
cS
ho
tH
ap
jiL
JuJF
ianis
i1fa
or1
2ht
“Sou
nds
like
anol
d—tim
er,
Rob
ert
Wil
son
said
,lo
okin
gup
trom
his
kipp
ers
and
coff
ee.
“Lis
ten
tohi
mco
ugh.
“Is
heve
rycl
ose?
“Am
ileor
soup
the
stre
am.”
“\V
illw
ese
ehi
m?”
“We’
llha
vea
look
.”“D
oes
his
roar
ing
carr
yth
atfa
r?It
soun
dsas
thou
ghhe
crc
righ
tin
cam
p.”
“Car
ries
ahe
llof
alo
ngw
ay,”
said
Rob
ert
Wils
on.
“It’s
stra
nge
the
way
itca
rrie
s.H
ope
he’s
ash
oota
ble
cat.
The
boys
said
ther
ew
asa
very
big
one
abou
the
re.”
“If
Ige
ta
shot
,w
here
shou
ldI
hit
him
,”M
acom
ber
aske
d,to
stop
him
?”“I
nth
esh
ould
ers,
”W
ilson
said
.“I
nth
ene
ckif
you
can
mak
eit
.Sh
oot
for
bone
.B
reak
him
dow
n.”
“Iho
peIc
anpl
ace
itpr
oper
ly,”
Mac
embe
rsa
id.
“You
shoo
tve
ryw
ell,”
Wils
onto
ldhi
m.
“Tak
eyo
urtim
e.M
ake
sure
ofhi
m.
The
firs
tone
inis
the
one
that
coun
ts.”
“Wha
tra
nge
will
itbe
?”“C
ant
tell.
Lio
nha
sso
met
hing
tosa
yab
out
that
.W
on’t
shoo
tun
less
it’s
clos
een
ough
soyo
uca
nm
ake
sure
.”“A
tun
der
ahu
ndre
dya
rds?
”M
acom
ber
aske
d.W
ilson
look
edat
him
quic
kly.
“Hun
dred
’sab
out
righ
t.M
ight
have
tota
kehi
ma
bit
un
der.
Shou
ldn’
tch
ance
ash
otat
muc
hov
erth
at.
Ahu
ndre
d’s
ade
cent
rang
e.Y
ouca
nhi
thi
mw
here
ver
you
wan
tat
that
.H
ere
com
esth
eM
emsa
hib.
”“G
ood
mor
ning
,”sh
esa
id.
“Are
we
goin
gaf
ter
that
lion?
”“A
sso
onas
you
deal
with
your
brea
kfas
t,”‘W
ilson
said
.“H
owar
eyo
ufe
elin
g?”
“Mar
vello
us,”
she
said
.“i
’mve
ryex
cite
d.”
“I’ll
iust
goan
dse
eth
atev
eryt
hing
isre
ady,
”W
ilson
wen
tof
f.A
she
left
the
lion
roar
edag
ain.
“Noi
sybe
ggar
,”W
ilson
said
.“W
e’ll
put
ast
opto
that
.”“W
hat’
sth
em
atte
r,Fr
anci
s?”
his
wif
eas
ked
him
.“N
othi
ng,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
id.
“Yes
, the
reis,
”sh
esa
id.
“\V
hat
are
ou
upse
tab
out?
”‘N
othi
ng,”
hesa
id.
“Tel
lm
e,”
she
look
edat
him
,“D
on’t
you
feel
wel
l?”
“It’s
that
dam
ned
roar
ing,
”he
said
.“I
t’sbe
engo
ing
onal
lni
ght,
you
know
.”“W
hydi
dn’t
you
wak
em
c,”
she
said
.“I
’dlo
veto
hc
hear
dit
.”“I
’ve
got
toki
llth
eda
mne
dth
ing,
”M
acem
ber
said
,m
iser
ably
.“W
ell,
that
’sw
hat
ou’r
eou
the
refi>
r,is
n’t
it?”
“Yes
.B
utI’
mne
rvou
s.H
eari
ngth
eth
ing
roar
gets
onm
yne
res.
”“W
ell
then
,as
Wils
onsa
id,
kill
him
and
stop
his
roar
ing.
” “Yes
,da
rlin
g,”
said
Fran
cis
Mac
embe
r.“I
tso
unds
easy
,do
esn’
tit
?”“‘
lour
eno
taf
raid
.ar
eV
on?”
“Of
cour
seno
t.B
utI’
mne
rvou
sfr
omhe
arin
ghi
mro
aral
lni
ght.”
“You
’llki
llhi
mm
ar’s
ello
usly
,”sh
esa
id.
“Ikn
owyo
uw
ill.
I’m
awfu
llyan
xiou
sto
see
it.”
“Fin
ish
your
brea
kfas
tan
dw
e’ll
best
artin
g.”
“It’s
not
light
yet,”
she
said
.“T
his
isa
ridi
culo
usho
ur.”
Just
then
the
lion
roar
edin
ade
ep-c
hest
edm
oani
ng,
sud
denl
ygu
ttur
al,
asce
ndin
gvi
brat
ion
that
seem
edto
shak
eth
eai
ran
den
ded
ina
sigh
and
ahe
avy.
deep
-che
sted
grun
t.“H
eso
unds
alm
ost
here
.”M
acem
bers
wif
esa
id.
“Mv
God
,”sa
idM
acom
ber.
“Iha
teth
atda
mne
dno
isu.
”“I
t’sve
ryim
pres
sive
.”“I
mpr
essi
ve.
It’s
frig
htfu
l.”R
ober
tW
ilson
cam
eup
then
carr
ying
his
shor
t,ug
ly.s
hock
ingl
y’bi
g-bo
red
.505
Gib
bsan
dgr
inni
ng.
“Com
eon
,”he
said
.“Y
our
gun-
bear
erha
syo
urSp
ring
fiel
dan
dth
ebi
ggu
n.E
very
thin
g’s
inth
eca
r.H
ave
you
solid
s?’
“Yes
.”“I
’mre
ady,
”M
rs.
Mac
ombe
rsa
id,
ER
NE
ST
HE
MIN
GW
AY
The
huit
fIapp
3I/c
Cffrtn
f6fli
“Mus
tm
ake
him
stop
that
rack
et,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“You
get
infr
ont.
The
Mem
sahi
bca
nsi
t bac
khe
rew
ithm
e.”
The
ycl
imbe
din
toth
em
otor
car
and,
inth
egr
ayfi
rst
day
light
,m
oved
off
upth
eri
ver
thro
ugh
the
tree
s.M
acom
ber
open
edth
ebr
eech
ofhi
srif
lean
dsa
whe
had
met
al-c
ased
bu
lle
ts,
shut
the
bolt
and
put
the
rifle
on
safe
ty.
He
saw
his
hand
was
trem
blin
g.H
efe
ltin
his
pock
etfo
rm
ore
cart
ridg
esan
dm
oved
his
fing
ers
over
the
cart
ridg
esin
the
loop
sof
his
tuni
cfr
ont.
He
turn
edba
ckto
whe
re\V
ilson
sat
inth
ere
arse
atof
the
door
less
,bo
x-bo
died
mot
orca
rbe
side
his
wif
e,th
embo
thgr
inni
ngw
ithex
cite
men
t,an
dW
ilson
lean
edfo
rwar
dan
dw
hisp
ered
,“S
eeth
ebi
rds
drop
ping
.M
eans
the
old
boy
has
left
his
kill.
”O
nth
efa
rba
nkof
the
stre
amM
acom
ber
coul
dse
e,ab
ove
the
tree
s,vu
lture
sci
rclin
gan
dpl
umm
etin
gdo
wn.
“Cha
nces
are
he’ll
com
eto
drin
kal
ong
here
,”W
ilson
whis
pere
d.“B
efor
ehe
goes
tola
yup
.K
eep
aney
eou
t.”T
hey
wer
edr
ivin
gsl
owly
alon
gth
ehi
ghba
nkof
the
stre
amw
hich
here
cut
deep
lyto
itsbo
ulde
r-fi
lled
bed,
and
they
wou
ndin
and
out
thro
ugh
big
tree
sas
they
drov
e.M
acom
ber
was
wat
chin
gth
eop
posi
teba
nkw
hen
hefe
ltW
ilson
take
hold
ofhi
sar
m.
The
car
stop
ped.
“The
rehe
is,”
hehe
ard
the
whi
sper
.“A
head
and
toth
eri
ght.
Get
out
and
take
him
.H
e’s
am
arve
llous
lion.
”M
acom
ber
saw
the
lion
now
.H
ew
asst
andi
ngal
mos
t bro
adsi
de,
his
grea
the
adup
and
turn
edto
war
dth
em.
The
earl
ym
orni
ngbr
eeze
that
blew
tow
ard
them
was
just
stir
ring
his
dark
man
e,an
dth
elio
nlo
oked
huge
, silh
ouet
ted
onth
eris
eof
bank
inth
egr
aym
orni
nglig
ht,
his
shou
lder
she
avy,
his
barr
elof
abo
dybu
lkin
gsm
ooth
ly.
“How
far
ishe
?”as
ked
Mac
ombe
r,ra
isin
ghi
srif
le.
“Abo
utse
vent
y-fi
ve.
Get
out
and
take
him
.”“W
hyno
tsh
oot
from
whe
reI
am?”
“You
don’
tsh
oot
them
from
cars
,”he
hear
dW
ilson
sayi
ngin
his
ear.
“Get
out.
He’
sno
tgo
ing
tost
ayth
ere
all
day.
”M
acom
ber
step
ped
out
ofth
ecu
rved
open
ing
atth
esi
deof
the
fron
tse
at,
onto
the
step
and
dow
non
toth
egro
om
1.I
Inlio
nst
illst
ood
look
ing
maj
estic
ally
and
ool
ivto
ard
diis
ject
that
his
eyes
only
show
edin
silh
ouet
te,
hulk
ing
like
sm
u
supe
r-rh
ino.
The
rew
asno
man
smel
lca
rrie
dto
war
dhi
mam
ihe
wat
ched
the
obje
ct,
mov
ing
his
grea
the
ada
litt
lefr
omsi
de
tosi
de.
The
nw
atch
ing
theo
b1ect,
not
afra
id.
but
hesi
tatin
gbe
fore
goin
gdo
wn
the
bank
todr
ink
with
such
ath
ing
ppsi
tehi
m,
hesa
wa
man
figu
rede
tach
itsel
ffr
omit
and
htu
rned
his
hea
vhe
adan
dsw
ung
away
toar
dth
co\ e
ro
t
the
tree
sas
hehe
ard
acr
acki
ngcr
ash
and
felt
the
shun
aa
.3o—
o()
22
0—
gra
inso
lidbu
llet
that
bit
his
flan
kan
dri
pped
insu
dden
hot
scal
ding
naus
eath
roug
hhi
sst
omac
h.H
etr
otte
d.he
avy,
big—
foot
ed, s
win
ging
wou
nded
full—
belli
ed, t
hrou
ghth
etr
ees
tow
ard
the
tall
gras
san
dco
ver,
and
the
cras
hca
ine
agai
nto
gop
ast
him
ripp
ing
the
air
apar
t.T
hen
itcr
ashe
dag
ain
and
hefe
ltth
ebl
owas
ithi
thi
slo
wer
ribs
and
ripp
edon
thro
ugh.
bloo
dsu
dden
hot
and
frot
hyin
his
mou
th,a
ndhe
gallo
ped
tow
ard
the
high
gras
sw
here
heco
uld
crou
chan
dno
the
seen
and
mak
eth
embr
ing
the
cras
hing
thin
gcl
ose
enou
ghso
heco
uld
mak
ea
rush
and
get
the
man
that
held
it.M
acom
ber
had
not
thou
ght
how
the
lion
felt
ash
got
out
the
car.
He
only
knew
his
hand
sw
ere
shak
ing
and
ashe
wal
ked
away
from
the
car
itw
asal
mos
tim
poss
ible
for
hint
mak
ehi
sle
gsm
ove.
The
yw
ere
sti
ffin
the
thig
hs,
but
hec.
u1J
feel
the
mus
cles
flut
teri
ng.
He
rais
edth
erif
le,
sigh
ted
onth
eju
nctio
nof
the
lion’
she
adan
dsh
ould
ers
and
pulle
dth
etr
igge
r.N
oth
ing
happ
ened
thou
ghhe
pull
edun
til
heth
uugh
thi
5fi
nger
wou
ldbr
eak.
The
nhe
knew
heha
dth
esa
fet
onan
das
helo
wer
edth
erif
leto
mm
eth
esa
fet\
o\er
hm
mcd
anot
hcr
froz
enpa
cefo
rwar
d,
and
the
lion
seei
nghi
ssi
lhou
ette
now
clea
rof
the
silh
ouet
teof
the
car,
turn
edan
dst
arte
dof
fat
atr
ot,
and,
as
Mac
ombe
rfi
red,
hehe
ard
aw
hunk
that
mea
ntth
atth
ebu
llet
was
hom
e;bu
tth
elio
nke
pton
goin
g.M
a-co
mbe
rsh
otag
ain
and
ever
yon
esa
wth
ebu
llet
thro
wa
spou
tof
dirt
beyo
ndth
etr
otti
nglio
n.H
esh
otag
ain,
rcm
nem
berm
nto
low
erhi
sai
m, a
ndth
eyal
lhe
ard
the
bulle
thi
t,an
dth
eIi
m
i6E
RN
ES
TH
EM
ING
WA
YT
hhufr
rfIe
pp)
Lij
eo
fF
ais
Marn
bc
*
wen
tin
toa
gallo
pan
dw
asin
the
tall
gras
sbe
fore
heha
dth
ebo
ltpu
shed
forw
ard.
Mac
ombe
rst
ood
ther
efe
elin
gsi
ckat
his
stom
ach,
his
hand
sth
athe
ldth
eSp
ring
fiel
dst
illco
cked
,sh
akin
g,an
dhi
sw
ife
and
Rob
ert
Wils
onw
ere
stan
ding
byhi
m.
Bes
ide
him
too
wer
eth
etw
ogu
n-be
arer
sch
atte
ring
inW
akam
ba.
“Ihi
thi
m,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
id.
“Ihi
thi
mtw
ice.
”“Y
ougu
t-sh
othi
man
dyo
uhi
thi
mso
mew
here
forw
ard,
”W
ilson
said
wit
hout
enth
usia
sm.
The
gun-
bear
ers
look
edve
rygr
ave.
The
yw
ere
sile
ntno
w.
“You
may
have
kille
dhi
m,”
Wils
onw
ent
on,
“We’
llha
veto
wai
ta
whi
lebe
fore
we
goin
tofi
ndou
t.”“W
hat
doyo
um
ean?
”“L
ethi
mge
tsi
ckbe
fore
we
follo
whi
mup
.”“O
h,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.“H
e’s
ahe
llof
afi
nelio
n,”
Wils
onsa
idch
eerf
ully
“He’
sg
ot
ten
into
aba
dpl
ace
thou
gh.”
“Why
isit
bad?
”“C
an’t
see
him
until
you’
reon
him
.”“O
h,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.“C
ome
on,”
said
Wils
on.
“The
Mem
sahi
bca
nst
ayhe
rein
the
car.
We’
llgo
toha
vea
look
atth
ebl
ood
spoo
r.”“S
tay
here
,M
argo
t,”M
acom
ber
said
tohi
sw
ife.
His
mou
thw
asve
rydr
yan
dit
was
hard
for
him
tota
lk.
“Why
?”sh
eas
ked.
“Wils
onsa
ysto
.”“W
e’re
goin
gto
have
alo
ok,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“You
stay
here
.Y
ouca
nse
eev
enbe
tter
from
here
.”“A
llri
ght.”
Wils
onsp
oke
inSw
ahili
toth
edr
iver
.H
eno
dded
and
said
,“Y
es,
Bw
ana.
”T
hen
they
wen
tdo
wn
the
stee
pba
nkan
dac
ross
the
stre
am,
clim
bing
over
and
arou
ndth
ebo
ulde
rsan
dup
the
othe
rba
nk,
pulli
ngup
byso
me
proj
ectin
gro
ots,
and
alon
git
until
they
foun
dw
here
the
lion
had
been
trot
ting
whe
nM
acoi
nber
firs
tsh
ot.
The
rew
asda
rkbl
ood
onth
esh
ort
gras
sth
atth
egu
n-
bear
ers
poin
ted
out
with
gras
sst
ems,
and
that
ran
awa
-
hind
the
rive
rba
nktr
ees.
“Wha
tdo
we
do?”
aske
dM
acom
ber.
“Not
muc
hch
oice
,”sa
idW
ilson
,“W
ecan’t
brin
gth
ear
oer
.B
ank’
sto
ost
eep.
\Ve’
Ille
thi
mst
iffe
nup
abi
tan
dth
eno
uan
dI’l
lgo
inan
dha
vea
look
for
him
.”“C
an’t
we
set
the
gras
son
fire
?”M
acum
ber
aske
d.“T
oogr
een.
”“C
an’t
we
send
beat
ers?
”W
ilson
look
edat
him
appr
aisi
ngl)
.“O
fco
urse
we
can,
”he
said
,“B
utit’
sju
sta
touc
hm
urde
rous
,Y
ouse
ew
ekn
obs
the
lion’
sw
ound
ed.
You
can
driv
ean
unw
ound
edlio
n—he
’ll
mov
eon
ahea
dof
ano
ise—
but
aw
ound
edlio
n’s
goin
gto
char
ge.
You
can’
tse
ehi
mun
tilyo
u’re
righ
ton
him
.H
e’ll
mak
ehi
mse
lfpe
rfec
tlyfl
atin
cove
ryo
uw
ould
n’t
thin
kso
ukl
hide
aha
re,
You
can’
tve
ryw
ell
send
boys
inth
ere
toth
atso
rtof
ash
ow.
Som
ebod
ybo
und
toge
tm
aule
d.”
“Wha
tab
out
the
gun-
bear
ers?
”“O
h,th
ey’ll
gow
ithus
.It’
sth
eir
shaw
i.Y
ouse
e,th
eysi
gned
onfo
rit
,T
hey
don’
tlo
okto
oha
ppy
thou
gh, d
oth
ey?”
“Ido
n’t
wan
tto
goin
ther
e,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.It
was
out
be
fhre
hekn
ewhe
’dsa
idit
.
“Nei
ther
doI,”
said
Wils
onve
rych
eeri
ly.
“Rea
llyno
choi
ceth
ough
.”T
hen,
asan
afte
rtho
ught
,he
glan
ced
atM
acom
ber
and
saw
sudd
enly
how
hew
astr
embl
ing
and
the
pitif
ullo
okon
his
face
.“Y
oudo
n’t
have
togo
in,
ofco
urse
,”he
said
.“T
hat’
sw
hat
I’m
hire
dfo
r,yo
ukn
ow.
Tha
t’s
why
I’m
soex
pens
ive.
”“Y
ou
mea
nyo
u’d
goin
byyo
urse
lf?
Why
not
leas
ehi
mth
ere?
”R
ober
t\V
ilson
,w
hose
entir
eoc
cupa
tion
had
been
with
the
lion
and
the
prob
lem
hepr
esen
ted,
and
who
had
not
been
thin
king
abou
tM
acum
ber
exce
ptto
note
that
heas
rath
erw
indy
,su
dden
lyfe
ltas
thou
ghhe
had
open
edth
ew
rong
door
ina
hote
lan
dse
enso
met
hing
sham
eful
.“W
hat
doyo
um
ean?
”
I1<
F.S
TII
I-.NI
I\
(\V
.\Y
Th
c.h
uri
II.p
pL
cf
Fi,
F2
iS.‘
lJV
7,E
2c
“V
jinot
}U
stle
ae
him
?”Y
ouni
can
pret
end
toou
rsel
ves
heha
sn’t
been
hit?
”N
o.J1.
1Stdr
opit.
”“I
tis
n’t
done
,”“W
hyn
nt
“For
on
eth
ing,
hes
cert
amto
besu
ffer
ing.
For
anot
her,
so
me
on
eel
sem
ight
run
Onto
him
.”“1
see.
“But
you
dont
have
toha
ean
ythi
ngto
dow
ithit
.”
“I’d
like
to,’
Mac
umbe
rsa
id.
“I’m
just
scar
ed,y
oukno
.“
“I’ll
goah
ead
whe
nw
ego
in,”
Wils
onsa
id,
“with
Kon
goni
trac
king
.Y
ouke
epbe
hind
me
and
alit
tleto
one
side
.Cha
nces
are
we’
llhe
arhi
mgr
owl.
Ifw
ese
ehi
mw
e’ll
both
shoo
t.I)
on’t
wor
ryab
out
anyt
hing
.I’l
lke
epyo
uba
cked
up.
As
am
atte
rof
tact
,yo
ukn
ow,
perh
aps
you’
dbe
tter
not
go.
Itm
ight
bem
uch
bette
r.W
hydo
n’t
you
goov
eran
djo
inth
eM
emsa
hib
whi
leI
just
get
itov
erw
ith?”
“No,
Iw
ant
togo
.”“A
llri
ght,”
said
Wils
on.
“But
dont
goin
ifyo
udo
n’t
wan
tto
,T
his
ism
ysh
auri
now
,yo
ukn
ow.”
“Iw
ant
togo
,”sa
idM
acom
ber.
The
ysa
tun
der
atr
eean
dsm
oked
.“W
ant
togo
back
and
spea
kto
the
Nie
msa
hib
whi
lew
e’re
wai
ting?
”W
ilson
aske
d.“N
o.”
“I’ll
just
step
back
and
tell
her
tobe
patie
nt.”
“Goo
d,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.H
esa
tth
ere,
swea
ting
unde
rhi
sar
ms,
his
mou
thdr
y,hi
sst
omac
hho
llow
feel
ing,
wan
ting
tofi
ndco
urag
eto
tell
Wils
onto
goon
and
fini
shof
fth
elio
nw
itho
uthi
m.
He
coul
dno
tkn
owth
atW
ilson
was
furi
ous
be
caus
ehe
had
not
notic
edth
est
ate
hew
asin
earl
ier
and
sent
him
back
tohi
sw
ife.
Whi
lehe
sat
ther
eW
ilson
cam
eup
.“1
hake
your
big
gun,
”he
said
.“T
ake
it.W
e’ve
give
nhi
mtim
e,I
thin
k.C
ome
on.”
Mac
umbe
rto
okth
ebi
ggu
nan
dW
ilson
said
:
“Kee
pbe
hind
me
and
abou
tfi\
eya
rds
toth
eri
ght
and
doex
actly
asI
tell
you.
”T
hen
hesp
oke
inSw
ahili
toth
etw
ogu
n-be
arer
sw
holo
oked
the
pic
ture
ofgl
oom
.“L
et’s
go,”
hesa
id.
“Cou
ldIha
ea
drin
k(I
fw
ater
?”M
acom
ber
aske
d,W
ilson
spok
eto
the
olde
rgu
n-be
arer
,w
how
ore
aca
ntee
non
his
belt,
and
the
man
unbu
ckle
dit,
unsc
rew
edth
eto
pan
dha
nded
itto
Mac
ombe
r,w
hoto
okit
noti
cin
gho
whe
avy
itse
emed
and
how
hair
yan
dsh
oddy
the
felt
cove
ring
was
inhi
sha
nd.
He
rais
edit
tod
rin
kan
dlo
oked
ahea
dat
the
high
gra
ss
with
the
fiat
-top
ped
tree
sbe
hind
it.A
bree
zew
asbl
owin
gto
war
dth
eman
dth
egr
ass
ripp
led
gent
lyin
the
win
d.H
elo
oked
atth
egu
n-be
arer
and
heco
uld
see
the
gun-
bear
erw
assu
ffer
ing
too
with
fear
.T
hirt
y-fi
veya
rds
into
the
gras
sth
ebi
glio
nla
yfl
atte
ned
out
alon
gth
egr
ound
.H
isea
rsw
ere
back
and
his
only
moem
ent
was
asl
ight
twit
chin
gup
and
dow
nof
his
long
,bl
ack-
tuft
edta
il.H
eha
dtu
rned
atba
yas
soon
ashe
had
reac
hed
this
co’e
ran
dhe
was
sick
with
the
wou
ndth
roug
hhi
slu
ngs
that
brou
ght
ath
info
amy
red
tohi
sm
outh
each
time
hebr
eath
ed.
His
flan
ksw
ere
wet
and
hot
and
flies
wer
eon
the
little
open
ings
the
solid
bulle
tsha
dm
ade
inhi
sta
wny
hide
,an
dhi
sbi
gye
llow
eyes
,na
rrow
edw
ithha
te,
look
edst
raig
htah
ead,
only
blin
king
whe
nth
epa
inca
me
ashe
brea
thed
,an
dhi
scia
dug
inth
eso
ftba
ked
eart
h.A
llof
him
,pa
in,
sick
ness
,ha
tred
and
all
ofhi
sre
mai
ning
stre
ngth
,w
asti
ghte
ning
into
anab
solu
teco
ncen
trat
ion
for
aru
sh.
He
coul
dhe
arth
em
enta
lkin
gan
dhe
wai
ted,
gath
erin
gal
lof
him
self
into
this
prep
arat
ion
for
ach
arge
asso
onas
the
men
wou
ldco
me
into
the
gras
s.A
she
hear
dth
eir
voic
eshi
sta
ilst
iffe
ned
totw
itch
upan
ddo
wn,
and,
asth
eyca
me
into
the
edge
ofth
egr
ass.
hem
ade
aco
ugh
ing
grun
tan
dch
arge
d.K
ongo
ni, t
heol
dgu
n-be
arer
,in
the
lead
wat
chin
gth
ebl
ood
spoo
r,W
ilson
wat
chin
gth
egr
ass
for
any
mov
emen
t,hi
sbi
ggu
nre
ady,
the
seco
ndgu
n-be
arer
look
ing
ahea
dan
dlis
teni
ng,
20
ER
NhS
ThE
MIN
GW
AY
Shot
IIapp
Lif
eof
Fia
oU
aic
f1ac
omhe
rcl
ose
to\V
ilso
n,hi
srif
leco
cked
,th
eha
dju
st
mov
edin
toth
egr
ass
whe
nM
acom
ber
hear
dth
ebl
ood
chok
edco
ughi
nggr
unt,
and
saw
the
swis
hing
rush
inth
e
gras
s.T
hene
xtth
ing
hekn
ewhe
was
runn
ing:
runn
ing
wild
ly,i
npa
nic
inth
eo
pen
,ru
nnin
gto
war
dth
est
ream
.
He
hear
dth
eca
—ia
-won
g!of
Wils
on’s
big
rifle
,an
dag
ain
in
ase
cond
cras
hing
canw
ong!
and
turn
ing
saw
the
lion,
horr
i
ble-
look
ing
now
,w
ithha
lfhi
she
adse
emin
gto
bego
ne,
craw
ling
tow
ard
Wils
onin
the
edge
ofth
eta
llgr
ass
whi
leth
e
red-
face
dm
anw
orke
dth
ebo
lton
the
shor
tug
lyrif
lean
d
aim
edca
refu
llyas
anot
her
blas
ting
cara
won
g!ca
me
from
the
muz
zle,
and
the
craw
ling,
heav
y,ye
llow
bulk
ofth
elio
nst
iff
ened
and
the
huge
,m
util
ated
head
slid
forw
ard
and
Ma-
com
ber,
stan
ding
byhi
mse
lfin
the
clea
ring
whe
rehe
had
run,
hold
ing
alo
aded
rifle
,w
hile
two
blac
km
enan
da
whi
tem
an
look
edba
ckat
him
inco
ntem
pt,
knew
the
lion
was
dead
.H
e
cam
eto
war
dW
ilson
,hi
sta
llnes
sal
lse
emin
ga
nake
dre
proa
ch,
and
Wils
onlo
oked
athi
man
dsa
id:
“Wan
tto
take
pict
ures
?”“N
o,”
hesa
id.
Tha
tw
asal
lan
yon
eha
dsa
idun
tilth
eyre
ache
dth
em
otor
car.
The
nW
ilson
had
said
:“H
ell
ofa
fine
lion.
Boy
sw
illsk
inhi
mou
t.W
em
ight
as
wel
lst
ayhe
rein
the
shad
e.”
Mac
ombe
r’s
wif
eha
dno
tlo
oked
athi
mno
rhe
athe
ran
dhe
had
sat
byhe
rin
the
back
seat
with
Wils
onsi
tting
inth
efr
ont
seat
.O
nce
heha
dre
ache
dov
eran
dta
ken
his
wife
’sha
nd
wit
hout
look
ing
athe
ran
dsh
eha
dre
mov
edhe
rha
ndfr
om
his.
Loo
king
acro
ssth
est
ream
tow
here
the
gun-
bear
ers
wer
e
skin
ning
out
the
lion
heco
uld
see
that
she
had
been
able
tose
e
the
who
leth
ing.
Whi
leth
eysa
tth
ere
his
wif
eha
dre
ache
d
forw
ard
and
put
her
hand
onW
ilson
’ssh
ould
er.
He
turn
ed
and
she
had
lean
edfo
rwar
dov
erth
elo
wse
atan
dki
ssed
him
onth
em
outh
.“O
h,I
say,
”sa
idW
ilson
,go
ing
redd
erth
anhi
sna
tura
l
bake
dco
lor.
“Mr.
Rob
ert
\\‘ils
on,”
she
said
.“T
hebe
autif
ulre
d-ti
ceJ
Rob
ert
Wils
on,”
The
nsh
esa
tdo
wn
besi
de?1
acon
iher
agai
nan
dhuL
Jaw
ayac
ross
the
stre
amto
whe
reth
elio
nla
y,w
ithup
lift
cJ,
whi
te-m
uscl
ed,
tend
onm
arke
dna
ked
ti,rc
ariii
s,an
dhi
tbl
oatin
gbe
lly,
asth
ebl
ack
men
fles
hed
awa
the
skin
.F
inal
kth
egu
n-be
arer
sbr
ough
tth
esk
ino
enve
tan
dhe
avy.
aml
clim
bed
inbe
hind
with
it,
rolli
ngit
upbe
fore
they
got
in,
anI
the
mot
orca
rst
arte
d.\d)
one
had
said
anyt
hing
mor
eun
t1th
eyw
ere
back
inca
mp.
Tha
tw
asth
est
ory
ofth
elio
n,M
acum
ber
did
not
kit
>nho
wth
elio
nha
dfe
ltbe
fare
hest
arte
dhi
sru
sh.
mr
duri
ngit
whe
nth
eun
belie
vabl
esm
ash
ofth
e.5
05ith
am
uizi
eity
oftw
oto
nsha
dhi
thi
min
the
mou
th,
nor
ssht
kept
hun
com
ing
afte
rth
at,
whe
nth
ese
cond
ripp
ing
cras
hL
ism
ashe
dhi
shi
ndqu
arte
rsan
dhe
had
com
ecr
awlin
gon
n-
war
dth
ecr
ashi
ng,
blas
ting
thin
gth
atha
dde
stro
yed
him
.W
ilson
knew
som
ethi
ngab
out
itan
dun
Ivex
pres
sed
itby
sa-
ing,
“Dam
ned
tine
lion,
”bu
tM
acum
ber
dd
not
knos
ho\
Wils
onfe
ltab
out
thin
gsei
ther
,H
edi
dno
tkn
owho
whi
ss
hefe
ltex
cept
that
she
was
thro
ugh
with
him
.H
isw
ife
had
been
thro
ugh
with
him
befo
rebu
tit
ne’
,t.
r
last
ed. H
ew
asve
ryw
ealth
y,an
dw
ould
bem
uch
svea
lthir
r,ai
alhe
knew
she
wou
ldno
tle
ave
him
ever
now
.T
hat
was
one
the
few
thin
gsth
athe
real
lykn
ew,
He
knew
abou
tth
at,
abou
tm
otor
cycl
es—
that
was
earl
iest
—ab
out m
ito
rca
rs, a
bout
duck
-
shoo
ting.
abou
tfi
shin
g,tr
out,
salm
onan
dbi
g-se
a.ab
out
sex
book
s,m
any
book
s,to
om
any
book
s,ab
out
all
cour
tgaii
s,ab
out
dogs
,no
tm
uch
abou
tho
rses
,ab
out
hang
ing
onto
his
mon
ey,
abou
tm
ost
ofth
eot
her
thin
gshi
sw
orld
deal
tii
i.an
Jab
out
his
wif
eno
tle
avin
ghi
m,
His
wif
eha
dbe
ena
grea
tbe
auty
and
she
was
still
agr
eat
beau
tyin
Afr
ica,
but
she
not a
grea
ten
ough
beau
tyan
ym
ore
atho
me
tohe
able
tole
a’. e
him
and
bette
rhe
rsel
f and
she
knew
itan
dhe
knew
it,
She
had
mis
sed
the
chan
ceto
leav
ehi
man
dhe
knew
it.
Ifhe
had
beci
,be
tter
with
wom
ensh
ew
ould
prob
ably
have
star
ted
tow
orry
•*_
fr
,0*e
-
0* *
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o.W
o
0
e0
W
*0*
,*
F.R
\lS
1I1
F?d1N
(WA
’i
abut
hin
getti
ngan
othe
rne
w,
beau
tiful
wif
e;hu
tsh
ekn
ewto
om
uch
abou
thi
mto
wor
ryab
out
him
eith
er.
Als
o,he
had
aI—w
ays
had
agr
eatt
oler
ance
whi
chse
emed
the
nic
est
thin
gab
)ut
him
itit
wer
eno
tth
em
ost
sini
ster
.A
llin
all
they
wer
ekn
own
asa
com
para
tivel
yha
ppily
mar
—ne
dco
uple
,on
eof
thos
ew
hose
disr
upti
onis
ofte
nru
mor
edbu
tne
ver
occu
rs, a
ndas
the
soci
ety
colu
mni
stpu
tit,
they
wer
ead
ding
mor
eth
ana
spic
eot
adr’
entu
reto
thei
rm
uch
envi
edan
de
er—
endu
ring
Rom
ance
bya
Saf
ari
inw
hat
was
know
nas
Dar
kest
.4fr
mni
until
the
Mar
tinJo
hnso
nslig
hted
iton
som
any
silv
ersc
reen
sw
here
they
wer
epu
rsui
ngO
ldS
imba
the
lion,
the
buff
alo,
7n
ibo
the
elep
hant
and
asw
ell
colle
ctin
gsp
eci
inen
sfo
rth
eM
useu
mof
Nat
ural
His
tory
.T
his
sam
eco
lum
nist
had
repo
rted
them
onth
eve
ige
atle
ast
thre
etim
esin
the
past
and
they
had
been
.B
utth
eyal
wa>
sm
ade
itup
.T
hey
had
aso
und
basi
sof
unio
n.M
argo
tw
asto
obe
autif
ulfo
rM
a-co
mbe
rto
divo
rce
her
and
Mac
umbe
rha
dto
om
uch
mon
eyfo
rM
argo
tev
erto
leas
ehi
m.
Itw
asno
wab
out
thre
eo’
cloc
kin
the
mor
ning
and
Fra
ncis
Mac
oinb
er,
who
had
been
asle
epa
little
whi
leaf
ter
heha
dst
oppe
dth
inki
ngab
out
the
lion,
wak
ened
and
then
slep
tag
ain,
wok
esu
dden
ly,
frig
hten
edin
adr
eam
ofth
ebl
oody
-he
aded
lion
stan
ding
over
him
,an
dlis
teni
ngw
hile
his
hear
tpo
unde
d,he
real
ized
that
his
wif
ew
asno
tin
the
othe
rco
tin
the
tent
.H
ela
yaw
ake
with
that
know
ledg
efo
rtw
oho
urs.
At
the
end
ofth
attim
ehi
sw
ife
cam
ein
toth
ete
nt,
lifte
dhe
rm
osqu
ito
bar
and
craw
led
cozi
lyin
tobe
d.“‘
Whe
reha
veyo
ube
en?”
Mac
umbe
ras
ked
inth
eda
rkne
ss.
“Hel
lo,”
she
said
,“A
reyo
uaw
ake?
”“W
here
have
you
been
?”“I
just
wen
tou
tto
get
abr
eath
ofai
r.”“Y
oudi
d,lik
ehe
ll.”
“Wha
tdo
you
wan
tin
cto
say,
darl
ing?
”“W
here
have
you
been
“Out
toge
ta
brea
thof
air.”
“Tha
t’s
ane
wna
me
for
it.
You
are
abi
tch.
”
“Wel
l,yo
u’re
aco
war
d.“A
llri
ght,”
hesa
id,
“Wha
tof
it?”
“Not
hing
asfa
ras
I’m
conc
erne
d.B
utpl
ease
lt’
Ut
darl
ing,
beca
use
I’m
cry
slee
p).
“You
thin
kth
atI’l
lta
kean
ythi
ng.”
“Ikn
owyo
uw
ill, s
wee
t.”“W
ell,
Iw
ont.
’“P
leas
e,da
rlin
g,le
t’snu
tta
lk.
I‘in
soer
slc
P)“T
here
was
n’t
goin
gto
bean
y(i
fth
at.
You
P°
ist
Iti
svou
ldnt
be.”
“Wel
l,th
ere
isno
w,”
she
said
swee
tly.
“You
said
ifw
em
ade
this
trip
that
ther
ess
ould
beii
nt
that
.Y
oupr
omis
ed.”
“Yes
,da
rlin
g.T
hat’
sth
ew
ayI
mea
ntit
tobe
.B
uttL
tr
was
spoi
led
yest
erda
y.‘W
edo
n’t
have
tota
lkab
out
it,
du
“You
don’
tw
ait
long
whe
nyo
uha
sean
adsa
ntag
e.J
you?
”“P
leas
ele
t’sno
tta
lk.
I’m
sosl
eepy
, dar
ling
,”“I
’mgo
ing
tota
lk,”
“Don
’tm
ind
me
then
,be
caus
eIm
goin
gto
sice
p.’
.\ii
dsL
did, A
tbr
eakf
ast
they
wer
eal
lth
ree
atth
eta
ble
bei
tre
d.i
.sIn
tan
dFr
anci
sM
acem
ber
foun
dth
at,
ofal
lth
em
any
men
dna
heha
dha
ted,
heha
ted
Rub
ert
Wils
onth
em
ost.
“Sle
epw
ell?
”W
ilson
aske
din
his
thro
at>
soic
e,fi
lling
pipe
.“D
idyo
u?”
“Top
ping
,”th
ew
hite
hunt
erto
ldhi
m.
You
bast
ard,
thou
ght
Mac
embe
r,yo
uin
sule
ntba
star
d,So
she
wok
ehim
whe
nsh
eca
me
in,
Wil
son
thou
ght,
Ik
ing
atth
embo
thw
ithhi
sfla
t,co
ldey
es.
Wel
l,w
h>do
esn’
tin
keep
his
wif
ew
here
she
belo
ngs?
Wha
tdo
eshe
thin
kI
am,
bloo
dypl
aste
rsa
int?
Let
him
keep
her
whe
resh
ebe
lung
s.It
his
own
faul
t.“D
oyo
uth
ink
we’
llfi
ndbu
ffal
o?”
Mar
gut
aske
d,PU
sI11
iaw
aya
dish
ofap
rico
ts.
ER
NE
ST
HE
MIN
GW
AY
“Cha
nce
ofit
,”W
ilson
said
and
smile
dat
her.
“Why
don’
tyo
ust
ayin
cam
p?”
“Not
for a
nyth
ing,
”sh
eto
ldhi
m.
“Why
noto
rder
her
tost
ayin
cam
p?”
Wils
onsa
idto
Ma-
com
ber.
“You
orde
rher
,”sa
idM
acom
berc
oldl
y.“L
et’s
not
have
any
orde
ring
,no
r,”tu
rnin
gto
Mac
ombe
r,“a
nysi
lline
ss,F
ranc
is,”
Mar
got s
aid
quite
plea
sant
ly.
“Are
you
read
yto
star
t?”
Mac
ombe
r ask
ed.
“Any
time,
”W
ilson
told
him
.“D
oyo
uw
ant t
heM
emsa
hib
togo
?”“D
oes
itm
ake
any
diff
eren
cew
heth
erI d
oor
not?
”T
hehe
llw
ithit,
thou
ght
Rob
ert
Wils
on.
The
utte
rco
inpl
ete
hell
with
it.S
oth
isis
wha
t it’s
goin
gto
belik
e.W
ell,
this
isw
hat i
t’sgo
ing
tobe
like,
then
.“M
akes
nodi
ffer
ence
,”he
said
.“Y
ou’r
esu
reyo
uw
ould
n’t
like
tost
ayin
cam
pw
ithhe
ryo
urse
lfan
dle
tme
goou
t and
hunt
the
buff
alo?
”M
acom
ber
aske
d.“C
an’t
doth
at,”
said
Wils
on.
“Wou
ldn’
tta
llcro
tif
Iw
ere
you.
”“I
’mno
ttal
king
rot I
’mdi
sgus
ted.
”“B
adw
ord,
disg
uste
d.”
“Fra
ncis
, will
you
plea
setr
yto
spea
kse
nsib
ly,”
his
wife
said
.“I
spea
kto
oda
mne
dse
nsib
ly,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
id.
“Did
you
ever
eats
uch
filth
yfo
od?”
“Som
ethi
ngw
rong
with
the
food
?”as
ked
Wils
onqu
ietly
.“N
om
ore
than
with
ever
ythi
ngel
se.”
“I’d
pull
your
self
toge
ther
,la
ddyb
uck,
”W
ilson
said
very
quie
tly. “
Ther
e’s
abo
yw
aits
atta
ble
that
unde
rsta
nds
alit
tleE
nglis
h.”
“The
hell
with
him
.”W
ilson
stoo
dup
and
puff
ing
onhi
spi
pest
rolle
daw
ay,
spea
king
akw
wor
dsin
Swah
ilito
one
ofth
egu
n-be
arer
sw
how
asst
andi
ngw
aitin
gfo
rhim
. Mac
ombe
r and
his
wife
sat
onat
the
tabl
e.H
ew
asst
arin
gat
his
coff
eecu
p.
The
choir
Hap
pi
Lif
tof
Fij
ncsa
.Ii.s
gsn
.lg.
“If
>ou
mak
ea
scen
eI’l
lle
ave
>ou,
darl
ing,
”M
ara,
os
it
quie
tly.
“No,
you
won
’t.”
“You
can
tryit
and
see.
”“Y
ouii
on’t
leav
em
e.”
“No,
”sh
esa
id.“
Iw
on’t
kac
you
and
you’
llbe
hau.
)(a
selL
”“B
ehav
em
ysel
f?T
haC
sa
way
tota
lk.
Beh
ase
m>
‘icli.
“Yes
.Beh
ave
your
self
.”“W
hydo
n’ty
outr
beha
sing
?”e
trie
dit
solo
ng.S
ove
rylo
ng.”
“Iha
teth
ere
d-fa
ced
swin
e,”
slac
ombe
r‘a
id.I
loat
h,.th
sigh
t ofh
im.”
“He’
sre
allyit
nice
.”“O
h.sh
utup
,”M
acum
ber
alm
ost
shou
ted.
Just
then
tht
c.r
cam
eup
and
stop
ped
infr
onto
fthe
dini
ngte
ntan
dth
edri
i
and
the
two
gun-
bear
ers
got
out.
Wils
onis
alke
donr
nI
look
edat
the
husb
and
and
wife
sitti
ngth
ere
atth
eta
ble.
“Goi
ngsh
ootin
g?”
heas
ked.
“Yes
,”sa
idM
acum
ber,
stan
ding
up. “
Yes
.”“B
ette
rbr
ing
aoo
lly.
Itw
illbe
cool
inth
eta
r,”
‘ilM
Ii
said
.“I
’llge
tm>
leat
her j
acke
t,”M
argo
t sai
d.“T
hebo
yha
%it
”W
ilson
told
her.
He
clim
bed
mi’t
htIt
‘aw
ithth
edr
iver
and
Fran
cis
Mac
ombe
ran
dhi
sw
ifesa
t,11
01
spea
king
. in
the
back
seat
.H
ope
the
silly
begg
ardo
esn’
t tak
ea
notio
nto
blow
thc.
1’*c
kof
my
head
off,
Wils
onth
ough
t to
him
self.
Wom
tnan
anu
sanc
eon
safa
ri.T
heca
rw
asgr
indi
ngdo
wn
tocr
oss
the
rier
ata
pebb
l>fo
rdin
the
gray
dayl
ight
and
then
clim
bed,
angl
ing
uptli
tst
eep
bank
,w
here
Wils
onha
dor
dere
da
way
shov
elle
dnit
the
day
befo
reso
they
coul
dre
ach
the
park
like
vood
edr.
’lli
nco
untr
yon
the
fars
ide.
Itw
asa
good
mor
ning
,Wils
onth
ough
t The
ress
asa
hea
sde
wan
das
the
whe
els
wen
t thr
ough
the
gras
san
dIo
bush
c
at,
at.
__
•t_
____
-_s
1.
—
•w
Wa*
fl
We
- --t
m
* —,ae
1W
*aa
fla
—- a’
4—
3
a.
tam
p
‘I a—
e.fl
en *41
— .s
en
fl-a
aen
“*w
a‘a
Iaa
•n-e,
a
a-
-a-_-A
4W
at.f
l
‘C
.—
•
I0
toe
F.R
NIt
ST
IIE
MIN
GW
A\
The
.Sho
stH
app
tL
ife
ofta
un
ti
.%i.
crn
tcr
heco
uld
smel
lth
eod
orof
the
crus
hed
fron
ds. I
tw
asan
odor
like
verb
ena
and
helik
edth
isea
rlym
orni
ngsm
ello
f the
dew
.th
ecr
ushe
dbr
acke
nan
dth
elo
okof
the
tree
trun
kssh
owin
gbl
ack
thro
ugh
the
early
mor
ning
mis
t,as
the
car m
ade
itsw
ayth
roug
hth
eun
trac
ked,
park
like
coun
try. H
eha
dpu
tthe
two
inth
eba
ckse
atou
tof h
ism
ind
now
and
was
thin
king
abou
tbu
ffal
o.T
hebu
ffhl
oth
athe
was
afte
r sta
yed
inth
eda
ytim
ein
ath
ick
swam
pw
here
itw
asim
poss
ible
toge
tash
ot, b
utin
the
nigh
tth
eyfe
dou
tin
toan
open
stre
tch
ofco
untr
yan
dif
heco
uld
com
ebe
twee
nth
eman
dth
eir
swam
pw
ithth
eca
r,M
a-co
mbe
rwou
ldha
vea
good
chan
ceat
them
inth
eop
en. H
edi
dno
twan
t to
hunt
buff
with
Mac
ombe
rin
thic
kco
ver.
He
did
notw
ant t
ohu
ntbu
ffor
anyt
hing
else
with
Mac
ombe
rat
all.
but
hew
asa
prof
essi
onal
hunt
eran
dhe
had
hunt
edw
ithso
me
rare
ones
inhi
stim
e.If
they
gotb
uff t
oday
ther
ew
ould
only
berh
ino
toco
me
and
the
poor
man
wou
ldha
vego
neth
roug
hhi
sda
nger
ous
gam
ean
dth
ings
mig
htpi
ckup
. He’
dha
veno
thin
gm
ore
todo
with
the
wom
anan
dM
acom
ber
wou
ldge
tove
rtha
t too
. He
mus
thav
ego
neth
roug
hpl
enty
ofth
atbe
fore
byth
elo
okof
thin
gs. P
oorb
egga
r.H
em
ust h
ave
aw
ayof
getti
ngov
erit.
Wel
l,it
was
the
poor
sad’
s ow
nbl
oody
faul
tH
e,R
ober
tWils
on, c
arri
eda
doub
lesi
zeco
ton
safa
rito
acco
mm
odat
ean
yw
indf
alls
hem
ight
rece
ive.
He
had
hunt
edfo
ra
cert
ain
clie
ntel
e,th
ein
tern
atio
nal,
fast
,sp
ortin
gse
t,w
here
the
wom
endi
dno
t fee
lthe
yw
ere
getti
ngth
eir
mon
ey’s
wor
thun
less
they
had
shar
edth
eco
tw
ithth
ew
hite
hunt
er.
He
desp
ised
them
whe
nhe
was
away
from
them
alth
ough
helik
edso
me
ofth
emw
ell e
noug
hat
the
time,
buth
em
ade
his
livin
gby
them
; and
thei
rst
anda
rds
wer
ehi
sst
anda
rds
aslo
ngas
they
wer
ehi
ring
him
.T
hey
wer
ehi
sst
anda
rds
inal
lexc
ept t
hesh
ootin
g.H
eha
dhi
sow
nst
anda
rds
abou
tthe
killi
ngan
dth
eyco
uld
lie
upto
them
orge
tso
me
one
else
tohu
ntth
em. H
ekn
ew, t
oo, t
hat
they
allr
espe
cted
him
fort
his.
Thi
sM
acam
berw
asan
odd
one
Yes
,th
ew
ife.
Hm
.th
ew
ife.
Wel
lhe
’ddr
oppe
dal
ltl.
at.
ii..
look
edar
ound
atth
em.M
acom
bers
atgr
iman
dfu
riou
s.M
ar-
got
smile
dat
him
. She
look
edyo
unge
rto
day.
mor
ein
noce
ntan
dfr
eshe
ran
dno
tso
prof
essi
onal
lybe
autif
ul.W
hat’s
inht
rhe
art
God
know
s,W
ilson
thou
ght.
She
hadn
’tta
lked
muc
hla
stni
ght.
At t
hati
tw
asa
plea
sure
tose
ehe
r.T
hem
otor
car c
limbe
dup
asl
ight
rise
anden
ton
thio
ugh
the
trees
and
then
out
into
agr
assy
prai
rie-
like
open
ing
and
kept
inth
esh
elte
roft
hetr
ees
alon
gth
eed
ge,t
htdrn
tig
ui,
slow
lyan
dW
ilson
look
ing
care
fully
outa
cros
sth
epr
airi
ean
dal
lalo
ngits
far s
ide.
He
stop
ped
the
cara
ndst
udie
dth
u.ap
enin
gw
ithhi
sfie
ldgl
asse
s.T
hen
hem
otio
ned
toth
edn
erto
z’on
and
the
car
mov
edsl
owly
alon
g,th
ed
rier
aoid
ing
art
-
hog
hole
san
ddr
ivin
gar
ound
the
mud
cast
les
ants
had
built
.T
hen,
look
ing
acro
ssth
eop
enin
g,V
ilson
sudd
enl)
turn
ulan
dsa
id.
“By
God
, the
reth
eyar
e!”
And
look
ing
whe
rehe
poin
ted,
whi
leth
eca
rju
mpt
lbr
war
dan
dW
ilson
spok
ein
rapi
dSw
ahili
toth
edr
ner,
Ma
com
ber
saw
thre
ehu
ge,
blac
kan
imal
slo
okin
gal
mos
tcy
lindr
ical
inth
eir
long
heav
ines
s,lik
ebi
gbl
ack
tank
cars
,m
ovin
gat
aga
llop
acro
ssth
efa
red
geof
the
open
prai
ricT
hey
mov
edat
ast
iff.
neck
ed,s
tiff b
odie
dga
llop
and
Iaco
uld
see
the
up-s
wep
twid
ebl
ack
horn
son
thei
rhe
ads
asth
tga
llo
ped
head
sou
t;th
ehe
ads
notm
ovin
g.“T
hey’
reth
ree
old
bulls
.”‘W
ilson
said
.“W
e’ll
cut
them
befo
reth
eyge
tto
the
swam
p.”
The
car w
asgo
ing
aw
ildfo
rty-E
lse
mile
san
hour
acro
ssth
eop
enan
das
Mac
ombe
rw
atch
ed,
the
buff
alo
got
bigg
tran
dbi
gger
until
heco
uld
see
the
gray
.hai
rless
,sca
bby
look
ofon
ehu
gebu
llan
dho
whi
sne
ckw
asa
part
ofhi
ssh
ould
trs
and
the
shin
ybl
ack
ofhi
sho
rns
ashe
gallo
ped
alit
tlebe
hind
the
oth.
enth
atw
ere
stru
ngou
tin
that
stea
dypl
ungi
ngga
itan
dth
en,
the
car
sway
ing
asth
ough
itha
dju
stju
mpe
da
road
,th
edr
ewon
clew
anti
heco
uld
see
the
nlnn
uinu
hii
uen
ess
ofth
e
aSE
RN
LtS
TII
EM
INU
WA
\
horn
and
hiso
utst
retc
hed,
wid
e-nu
stri
lled
muz
zle,
and
hew
asra
isin
ghi
srif
lew
hen
Wils
onsh
oute
d,“N
otfr
omth
eca
r,yo
ufo
ol?”
and
heha
dno
fear
,on
lyha
tred
ofW
ilson
,w
hile
the
brak
escl
iunp
edon
and
the
car
skid
ded,
plow
in&
side
way
sto
anal
mos
tsto
pan
dW
ilson
was
outo
non
esi
dean
dhe
onth
eot
her,
stum
blin
gas
his
feet
hit
the
still
spee
ding
-by
ofth
eea
rth,
and
then
hew
assh
ootin
gat
the
bull
ashe
mov
edaw
ay,
hear
ing
the
bulle
tsvh
unk
into
him
,em
ptyi
nghi
srif
leat
him
ashe
mov
edst
eadi
lyaw
ay.
final
lyre
mem
beri
ngto
get
his
shot
sfo
rwar
din
toth
esh
ould
er,a
ndas
hefu
mbl
edto
re-l
oad,
hesa
wth
ebu
llw
asdo
wn.
Dow
non
his
knee
s,hi
sbi
ghe
adto
ssin
g,an
dse
eing
the
othe
rtw
ost
illga
llopi
nghe
shot
atth
ele
ader
and
hit
him
.H
esh
otag
ain
and
mis
sed
and
hehe
ard
the
cani
won
ging
roar
asW
ilson
shot
and
saw
6wle
adin
gbu
llsl
ide
forw
ard
onto
his
nose
.“G
etth
atot
her,”
Wils
onsa
id.“
Now
you’
resh
ootin
g?”
But
the
othe
rbu
llw
asm
usin
gst
eadi
lyat
the
sam
ega
llop
and
hem
isse
d,th
row
ing
asp
out
ofdi
rt,
and
Wils
onm
isse
dan
dth
edu
stro
sein
acl
oud
and
Vils
onsh
oute
d,“C
ome
on.
He’
sto
ofa
rt”
and
grab
bed
his
arm
and
they
wer
ein
the
car
agai
n,M
acom
ber
and
Wils
onha
ngin
gon
the
side
san
dro
cket
ing
sway
ingl
yov
erth
eun
even
grou
nd,d
raw
ing
upon
the
stea
dy,p
lung
ing,
heav
y-ne
cked
,str
aigh
t-m
ovin
gga
llop
ofth
ebut The
yw
ere
behi
ndhi
man
dM
acom
ber
was
fillin
ghi
srif
le,
drop
ping
shel
lson
toth
egr
ound
,jam
min
git,
clea
ring
the
jam
,th
enth
eyw
ere
alm
ost
upw
ithth
ebu
llw
hen
Wils
onye
lled,
“Sto
p,”
and
the
car
skid
ded
soth
atit
alm
ost
swun
gov
eran
dM
acom
ber
fell
forw
ard
onto
his
feet
,sl
amm
edhi
sbo
ltfo
rw
ard
and
fire
das
far
forw
ard
ashe
coul
dai
min
toth
ega
llop
ing,
roun
ded
blac
kba
ck,
aim
edan
dsh
otag
ain,
then
agai
n,th
enag
ain,
and
the
bulle
ts, a
llof
them
hitti
ng,h
adno
effe
cton
the
buff
alo
that
heco
uld
see.
The
nW
ilson
shot
, the
roar
deak
ning
him
,and
heco
uld
see
the
bull
stag
ger.
Mac
ombe
rsh
otag
ain,
aim
ing
care
fully
,an
ddo
wn
heca
me,
onto
his
knee
s.
--
-trw
If
Tnt
Sc’
,iz
H.s
p,’q
I.ic
€4F’
.a’,€
,.•%
Jj
All
right
,”V
ilson
salt
l.“N
ice
wor
k.T
hats
the
thre
Mac
ambe
r fel
tadr
unke
nel
atio
n.“1
1cm
man
ytim
esdi
dou
shoo
t “he
aske
d.“J
ust
thrt
t,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“You
killt
dth
ehr
stI c
dlII
ibi
gges
ton
e.I
hdpe
d)u
ufin
ish
th€.
othe
rtw
o.A
frai
ddi
i’,m
ight
hase
got
into
cose
r.Y
ouha
dth
emki
lled.
Iss
asju
tm
oppi
ngup
alit
tle. Y
oush
otda
mn
wel
l.”“L
ets
goto
the
car,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.“I
wan
t adr
ink.
“Got
tofin
ish
offt
hat b
ufff
irst.”
Wils
onto
ldhi
m. T
hebu
tfa
low
ason
his
knee
san
dhe
jerk
edhi
she
adfu
riou
slan
dlx
ilo
wed
inpi
g-ey
ed,r
oari
ngra
geas
they
cam
eto
war
dhim
.“W
atch
hedo
esn’
t get
up,”
Wils
onsa
id. T
hen,
“(je
t ain
tlbr
oads
ide
and
take
him
inth
ene
ckju
stbe
hind
the
car.”
Mac
ombe
rai
med
care
fully
atth
ece
nter
ofth
ehu
je.
jcit
ing,
rage
-dns
enne
dan
dsh
ot. A
tthe
shot
the
hcad
drop
pcI
forw
ard.
“Tha
t doe
sit
,”sa
idW
ilson
. “G
otth
esp
ine.
The
) re
aht
lli
alo
okin
gth
ing,
aren
’tth
ey?”
“Let
’sge
tth
edr
ink,
”sa
id)I
acom
ber.
Inhi
sliñ
heha
dne
ver f
elt s
ogo
od.
Inth
eca
rM
acom
ber’
sw
ifesa
t cry
whi
tefa
ced.
“You
wcit
mar
vello
us, d
arlin
g,”
she
said
toM
acum
ber.
“Wha
t ari
ck”
“Was
itro
ugh?
”W
ilson
aske
d.“I
tw
asfr
ight
ful.
l’se
nese
rbe
enm
ore
frig
htcn
cdin
ins
life.
”“L
et’s
all h
ave
adr
ink,
”M
acom
ber s
aid.
“By
all m
eans
,”sa
idV
ilson
. ‘th
eit
toth
eM
emsa
hib.
”S
ki.
dran
kth
ene
atw
hisk
yfr
omth
efla
skan
dsh
udde
red
alin
k.w
hen
she
swal
low
ed. S
heha
nded
the
flask
toM
acm
n her
ssh,
iha
nded
itto
Wils
on.
“It
was
frig
htfu
llyex
citin
g,”
she
said
.“I
t’sgi
sen
mc
adr
eadf
ulhe
adac
he.
Idi
dn’t
know
you
wer
eal
low
edto
sh*
them
from
cars
thou
gh.”
“No
one
shot
from
cars
,”sa
idW
ilson
cold
ly.
“Im
ean
chas
eth
emfr
omca
rs.”
“Wou
ldn’
tor
dina
rils
,”M
’ilso
nsa
id.
“See
incd
spor
tmim
sew
—,
-
a
a
‘5t_.
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Ibe*
•V s
ee.
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•••“_
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ta a
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ieee
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ata
see
e
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wee
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ew
eW
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NE
ST
HE
MIN
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AY
Thc
ht
Jfappi
Lic
°tfr
,an
i\f
a,,é
enou
ghto
me
thou
ghw
hile
we
wer
edo
ing
it.T
akin
gm
ore
chan
cedr
ivin
gth
atw
ayac
ross
the
plai
nfu
llof
hole
san
don
eth
ing
and
anot
her
than
hunt
ing
onfo
ot.
Buf
falo
coul
dh
ae
char
ged
usea
chtim
ew
esh
otif
helik
ed.
Gav
ehi
mes
ery
chan
ce.
Wou
ldn’
tm
entio
nit
toan
yon
eth
ough
It’s
illeg
alif
that
’sw
hat
you
mea
n.”
“It
seem
edve
ryun
fair
tom
e,”
Mar
got
said
,“c
hasi
ngth
ose
big
help
less
thin
gsin
am
otor
car.”
“Did
it?”
said
‘Wils
on.
“Wha
tw
ould
happ
enif
they
hear
dab
out
itin
Nai
robi
?”“I
’dlo
sem
ylic
ence
for
one
thin
g.O
ther
unpl
easa
ntne
sses
,”W
ilson
said
,tak
ing
adr
ink
from
the
flask
.“I
’dbe
outo
fbus
ine
ss.”
“Rea
lly?”
“Yes
,re
ally
.”“W
ell,”
said
Mac
ombe
r,an
dhe
smile
dfo
rth
efi
rst
time
all
day.
“Now
she
has
som
ethi
ngon
you.
”“Y
ouha
vesu
cha
pret
tyw
ayof
putti
ngth
ings
,Fr
anci
s,”
Mar
got
Mac
ombe
rsa
id.
Wils
onlo
oked
atth
embo
th.
Ifa
four
-let
ter
man
mar
ries
afi
ve-l
ette
rw
oman
,he
was
thin
king
,w
hat
num
ber
ofle
tters
wou
ldth
eir
child
ren
be?
Wha
the
said
was
,“W
elo
sta
gun-
bear
er.
Did
you
notic
eit
?”“M
yG
od,
no,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
id.
“Her
ehe
com
es,”
Wils
onsa
id.“
He’
sal
lri
ght.
He
mus
t hav
cfa
llen
off w
hen
we
left
the
firs
tbul
l.”A
ppro
achi
ngth
emw
asth
em
iddl
e-ag
edgu
n-be
arer
,li
mp
ing
alon
gin
his
knitt
edca
p,kh
aki
tuni
c,sh
orts
and
rubb
ersa
ndal
s,gl
oom
y-fa
ced
and
disg
uste
dlo
okin
g.A
she
cam
eup
heca
lled
out
toW
ilson
inSw
ahili
and
they
all
saw
the
chan
gein
the
whi
tehu
nter
’sfa
ce.
“Wha
tdo
eshe
say?
”as
ked
Mar
got.
“He
says
the
firs
tbu
llgo
tup
and
wen
tin
toth
ebu
sh,”
Wil
son
said
with
noex
pres
sion
inhi
svo
ice.
“Oh,
”sa
idM
acom
ber
blan
kly.
“The
nit’
sgo
ing
tobe
just
like
the
lion,
”sa
idM
argo
t,fu
llof
antic
ipat
ion.
“It’s
not
goin
gto
bea
dam
ned
bit
like
the
lion,
”\V
ilsa
1Ihe
r.“D
idou
wan
tan
othe
rdr
ink,
Mac
ombe
r ““T
hank
s,ye
s,”
Mac
umbe
rsa
id.
He
expe
cted
the
felI
Iig
hha
dha
dab
out
the
lion
toco
me
back
but
itdi
dno
tIu
rth
firs
ttim
ein
his
life
here
all)
felt
who
ll)w
itho
utfe
ar.
1.of
fear
heha
da
feel
ing
ofde
fini
teel
atio
n.“W
e’ll
goan
dha
vea
look
atth
ese
cond
bull,
”W
ilsii
isa
iI
“I’ll
tell
the
dri\
erto
put
the
car
inth
esh
ade,
”“W
hat
are
you
goin
gto
do?”
aske
dM
arga
ret
Lic
onib
er
“Tak
ea
look
at
the
buff
,”W
ilson
said
.“I
’llco
me.
“Com
eal
ong”
The
thre
eof
them
wal
ked
oer
tow
here
the
seco
ndIo
ffal
bulk
edbl
ackl
yin
the
open
,he
adfo
rwar
don
the
gras
s,di
mas
sive
horn
ssw
ung
wid
e.“H
e’s
a‘
cry
good
head
,”W
ilson
said
,“T
hat’
scl
ose
fift
y-in
chsp
read
”M
acom
ber
was
look
ing
athi
mw
ithde
light
.“H
e’s
hate
ful
look
ing,
”sa
idM
argo
t.“C
an’t
we
gmt
the
shad
e?”
“Ofc
ours
e,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“Loo
k,”
hesa
idto
Mac
umbe
r,an
Ipo
inte
d.“S
eeth
atpa
tch
ofbu
sh?”
Yes
.“T
hat’
sw
here
the
firs
tbu
llw
ent
iii.
The
gun
heai
ci
sai
i
whe
nhe
fell
off
the
bull
was
dow
n.H
ew
asw
atch
ing
ushe
lling
alon
gan
dth
eot
her
two
huff
gallo
ping
.W
hen
helo
oked
upth
ere
was
the
hull
upan
dlo
okin
gat
him
.(i
unbe
arer
ran
like
hell
and
the
bull
wen
tof
fsl
owl)
into
that
bush
.”“C
anw
ego
inaf
ter
him
now
?”as
ked
Mac
umbe
rca
gerl)
Wils
onlo
oked
athi
map
prai
sing
ly.
Dam
ned
ifth
isis
n’t
stra
nge
one,
heth
ough
t.Y
este
rday
,he
’ssc
ared
sick
and
tc.da
she
’sa
rudd
yfir
eea
ter.
“No,
we’
llgi
vehi
ma
whi
le.”
“Let
’spl
ease
goin
toth
esh
ade,
”M
argo
tsa
id.
Her
fac.
was
whi
tean
dsh
elo
oked
ill,
—,,
.*
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__—
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32E
RN
ItS
1II
EM
ISU
WlY
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:S
lzcr
tH
spp;
Lzy
cof
F,,’s
,,.I
.a.u
”;’
cS
The
ym
ade
thei
rw
ayto
the
car
whe
reit
stoo
dun
der
asi
ngl
e,w
ide-
spre
adin
gtr
eean
dal
l clim
bed
in.
“Cha
nces
are
he’s
dead
inth
ere,
”W
ilson
rem
arke
d.“A
fter
alit
tlew
e’ll
have
alo
ok.”
Mac
ombe
rfe
lta
wild
unre
ason
able
happ
ines
sth
athe
had
neve
r kno
wn
befo
re.
“By
God
, tha
twas
ach
ase,
”he
said
. i’s
ene
str
felt
any
such
feel
ing.
Was
n’t i
tm
arve
lous
, Mar
got?
”“I
hate
dit
”“W
hy?”
“Iha
ted
it”
she
said
bitte
rly. “
Ilo
athe
dit
.”“Y
oukn
owI
don’
tth
ink
I’d
ever
beaf
raid
of
an>t
hing
agai
n,”
Mac
ombe
rsa
idto
Wils
on.
“Som
ethi
ngha
ppen
edin
me
afte
rw
efir
stsa
wth
ebu
ffan
dst
arte
daf
ter
him
.L
ike
ada
mbu
rstin
g.It
was
pure
exci
tem
ent.”
“Cle
ans
out
your
liser
,”sa
idW
ilson
.“D
amn
funn
>th
ings
happ
ento
peop
le.”
Mac
ombe
r’s
fhce
was
shin
ing.
“You
know
som
ethi
ngdi
dha
ppen
tom
e,”
hesa
id. “
1fe
elab
solu
tel)
diff
eren
t”H
isw
ifesa
idno
thin
gan
dey
edhi
mst
rang
ely.
She
was
sit
ting
(hr
back
inth
ese
atan
dM
acam
ber
was
sitti
ngfo
rwar
dta
lkin
gto
Wils
onw
hotu
rned
side
way
sov
erth
eba
ckof
the
fron
t sea
t.“Y
oukn
ow,
I’dlik
eto
tryan
othe
rlio
n,”
Mac
umbe
rsa
id.
“I’m
real
lyno
t afr
aid
ofth
emno
w. A
fter
all.
wha
t can
they
doto
you?
”“T
hat’s
it,”
said
Wils
on. “
Wor
ston
eca
ndo
iski
llyo
u.H
owdo
esit
go?
Shak
espe
are.
I)am
ned
good
. See
ifI
can
rein
embe
r.O
h,da
mne
dgo
od. U
sed
toqu
ote
itto
mys
elf a
tone
time.
Let’s
see.
‘By
my
trot
h,I c
are
noq
am
anca
ndi
ebu
t onc
e;w
eow
eG
oda
deat
han
dle
t it
gow
hich
way
itw
illhe
that
din
this
year
isqu
itfo
r the
next
’D
amne
dfin
e,eh
?”H
ew
asve
ryem
barr
asse
d,ha
ving
brou
ght o
utth
isth
ing
heha
dliv
edby
,but
heha
dse
enm
enco
me
ofag
ebe
fore
and
ital
way
sm
oved
him
.It
was
not
am
atte
rof
thei
rtw
enty
-fir
stbi
rthd
ay.
Itha
dta
ken
ast
rang
ech
ance
of
hunt
ing,
asu
tkkn
j,t:
tatio
nin
toac
tion
with
out
oppo
rtun
it>fo
rw
orry
inj
htt n
hand
,to
brin
gth
isab
out
with
Mac
umbe
r,bu
tre
ardl
csI
how
itha
dha
ppen
edit
had
mos
tcer
tain
l>ha
pptn
ed. I
..ok
tth
ebe
ggar
now
, Wils
onth
ough
t.It’
sth
atso
me
ofth
ais
little
boys
solo
ng,W
ilson
thou
ght.
Som
etim
csal
lth
eir
list
sT
heir
figur
esst
aybo
yish
whe
nth
e>‘re
fill>
. The
gnat
Am
ii
can
boy-
men
.D
amne
dst
rang
epe
ople
.B
uthe
likt
dtli
iM
acam
ber
now
.D
amne
dst
rang
efe
llow
. Pro
babl
ym
iant
tti
end
ofcu
ckol
dry
too.
Wel
l,th
atw
ould
bea
dam
nedi
K
thin
g.D
amne
dgo
odth
ing.
Beg
gar
had
prob
ably
been
stra
ital
lhis
life.
I)on
’tkn
oww
hat s
tart
edit
.B
utus
erno
ss. I
Led
n’t
had
time
tobe
afra
idw
ithth
ebu
tT.T
hata
ndbe
ing
anrs
too.
Mot
orca
rto
o.M
otor
cars
mad
eit
fam
iliar
.Be
ada
mn
tie
eate
rno
w.H
e’d
seen
itin
the
war
wor
kth
esa
me
wa>
Mtc
ofa
chan
geth
anan
>lo
ssof
virg
inity
.Fe
argo
neliL
tan
oper
atio
n.So
met
hing
else
grew
init
spl
ace.
Mai
nth
ing
am
uha
d.M
ade
him
into
am
an.W
omen
knew
itto
o.N
obl
ood)
fear
.Fr
omth
efa
rco
rner
ofth
ese
atM
arga
ret M
acam
ber
boL
tat
the
two
ofth
em.T
here
was
noch
ange
inW
ilson
. She
sass
Wils
onas
she
had
seen
him
the
day
befo
rew
hen
she
had
In
st
real
ized
wha
thi
sgr
eatt
alen
tw
as.
But
she
saw
the
chan
cin
Fran
cis
Mac
ombe
rnow
.“D
oyo
uha
veth
atfe
elin
gof
happ
ines
sab
out
ssha
t\,i
“li
t.to
happ
en?”
Mac
ambe
r ask
ed,s
tille
xplo
ring
his
ness
wea
lth“Y
ou’r
enu
tsup
pose
dto
men
tion
it”
Wils
onsa
id,h
auL
ing
inth
eot
her’
sfa
ce.“
Muc
hm
ore
fash
iona
ble
tosa
y>u
u’re
scan
IM
ind
you,
you’
llbe
scar
edto
o,pl
enty
oftim
es.”
“But
you
han
afe
elin
gof
happ
ines
sab
outa
ctio
nto
tona
L?’
“Yes
,”sa
idW
ilson
.“T
here
’sth
atI)
oesn
’tdo
tota
lkis
muc
hab
outa
llth
is. T
alk
the
who
leth
ing
away
.No
jilta
sur
inan
ythi
ngif
you
mou
thit
upto
om
uch.
”“Y
ou’r
ebo
thta
lkin
gro
t,”sa
idM
argo
t.“J
ustb
ecau
st>i
ii’
..
chas
edso
me
help
less
anim
als
ina
mot
orca
r>o
uta
lkliL
the
roes
.”
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c-
-afl
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,e
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a
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b.a.a
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ee-.
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“Sor
ry,”
said
Wil
son
.1
have
been
gass
ing
too
muc
h.”
She’
s
wor
ried
abou
tit
alre
ad).
heth
ough
t.“I
fyo
udo
n’t
know
wha
tw
e’re
talk
ing
abou
tw
hyno
tke
ep
out
ofit
?”M
acom
ber
aske
dhi
sw
ife.
“You
vego
tten
awfu
llybr
ave,
awfu
llysu
dden
ly,”
his
wif
e
said
cont
empt
uous
ly,
but
her
cont
empt
was
not
secu
re.
She
was
very
afra
idof
som
ethi
ng.
Mac
ombe
rla
ughe
d,a
very
natu
ral
hear
tyla
ugh.
“You
know
Ihat
e,”
hesa
id.1
real
lyha
ve.”
“Isn
’tit
sort
ofla
te?”
Mar
got
said
bitte
rly.
Bec
ause
she
had
done
the
best
she
coul
dfo
rm
any
year
sba
ckan
dth
ew
ayth
ey
wer
eto
geth
erno
ww
asno
one
pers
ons
faul
t.“N
otfo
rm
e,”
said
Mac
ombe
r.M
argo
tsa
idno
thin
gbu
tsa
tba
ckin
the
corn
erof
the
seat
. “Do
you
thin
kw
e’ve
give
nhi
mtim
een
ough
?”M
acom
ber
aske
dW
ilson
chee
rful
ly.
“We
mig
htha
vea
look
.”W
ilson
said
.“H
ase
you
any
solid
s
left
?” “The
gun—
bear
erha
sso
me.
”W
ilson
calle
din
Swah
ilian
dth
eol
der
gun-
hear
er.
who
was
skin
ning
out
one
ofth
ehe
ads,
stra
ight
ened
up,
pulle
da
box
of
solid
sou
tof
his
pock
etan
dbr
ough
tth
emov
erto
Mac
ombe
r,
who
fille
dhi
sm
agaz
ine
and
put
the
rem
aini
ngsh
ells
inhi
s
pock
et.
“You
mig
htas
wel
lsh
oot
the
Spr
ingf
ield
”W
ilson
said
.
“You
’re
used
toit
.\V
e’ll
leav
eth
eM
annl
iche
rin
the
car
with
the
Nie
msa
hib.
You
rgu
n-be
arer
can
carr
yyo
urh
eay
gun.
I’ve
this
dam
ned
cann
on.
Now
let
me
tell
you
abou
tth
em.”
He
had
save
dth
isun
tilth
ela
stbe
caus
ehe
did
not
wan
tto
wor
ryM
acom
ber.
“\V
hen
abu
ffco
mes
heco
mes
with
his
head
high
and
thru
stst
raig
htou
t.T
hebo
ssof
the
horn
sco
vers
any
sort
ofa
brai
nsh
ot.T
heon
lysh
otis
stra
ight
into
the
nose
.
The
only
othe
rsh
otis
into
his
ches
tor
,if
you’
reto
one
side
,
mi-n
the
neck
orth
esh
ould
ers.
Aft
erth
ey’v
ebe
enhi
ton
ce
Tak
eth
eea
sies
tsh
otth
ere
is.T
hey’
vefi
nish
edsk
inni
ngou
tth
athe
adno
w.
Shou
ldw
ege
tst
arte
d?”
He
calle
dto
the
gun—
bear
ers,
who
cam
eup
wip
ing
Wc
ii
hand
s,an
dth
eol
der
one
got
into
the
back
.“I
’llon
lyta
keK
ongo
ni,”
Wils
onsa
id.
“The
othe
rca
nss
atci
toke
epth
ebi
rds
away
.”A
sth
eca
rm
oved
slow
kac
ross
the
open
spac
eto
ssai
dth
isla
ndof
brus
hytr
ees
that
ran
ina
tong
ueof
folia
geai
oig
adr
yw
ater
cour
seth
atcu
tth
eop
ensw
ale,
Mac
ombe
rfe
lthi
she
art
poun
ding
and
his
mou
thw
asdr
yag
ain,
but
itw
asex
cite
men
t,no
tfe
ar.
“Her
e’s
whe
rehe
wen
tin
,”W
ilson
said
.T
hen
toth
egu
n—be
arer
inSw
ahili
, “T
ake
the
bloo
dsp
oor.”
The
car
was
para
llel
toth
epa
tch
ofhu
sh.
Mac
omhe
r,\V
ilso
nan
dth
egu
n-be
arer
got
dow
n.M
acum
ber,
look
ing
back
saw
his
wife
,w
ithth
erif
leby
her
side
,lo
okin
gat
him
.li
ew
aved
tohe
ran
dsh
edi
dno
tw
ave
back
.T
hebr
ush
was
‘erv
thic
kah
ead
and
the
grou
nd\\
asdi
x.T
hem
iddl
e-ag
edgu
n-be
arer
was
swea
ting
heav
ilyan
d\V
ilso
nha
dhi
sha
tdo
wn
over
his
eyes
and
his
red
neck
show
edlu
stah
ead
ofM
acom
ber.
Sudd
enly
the
gun-
bear
ersa
idso
me
thin
gin
Swah
ilito
Wils
onan
dra
nfo
rwar
d.“H
e’s
dead
inth
ere,
”‘W
ilson
said
.“G
ood
wor
k,”
and
hetu
rned
togr
ipM
acom
ber’
sha
ndan
das
the)
shoo
kha
nds.
grin
ning
atea
chot
her,
the
gun-
bear
ersh
oute
dw
ildl’
and
thry
saw
him
com
ing
out
ofth
ebu
shsi
dew
ays,
fast
asa
crab
,an
Ith
ebu
llco
rnin
g,no
seou
t,m
outh
tight
clos
ed,
bloo
ddr
ippi
ng,
mas
sive
head
stra
ight
out,
com
ing
ina
char
ge.
his
little
pig
ees
bloo
dsho
tas
helo
oked
atth
em.
Wils
on,
who
was
ahea
ds’
askn
eelin
gsh
ootin
g,an
dN
iaco
mbe
r,as
hefi
red,
unhe
arin
ghi
5sh
otin
the
roar
ing
ofW
ilso
nsgu
n,sa
wfr
agm
ents
like
slat
ebu
rst
from
the
huge
boss
ofth
eho
rns,
and
the
head
jerk
ed,
hesh
otag
ain
atth
ew
ide
nost
rils
and
saw
the
horn
sjo
ltag
ain
and
frag
men
tsfly
, and
hedi
dno
tsee
Wils
onno
wan
d,ai
min
gfu
lly,
shot
agai
nw
ithth
ebu
ffal
o’s
huge
bulk
alm
ost
onhi
m
36E
RN
ES
III
FM
IN(;
w.i
Y
and
heco
uld
see
the
litt
lew
icke
dey
esan
dth
eht
adst
arte
dto
low
eran
dhe
felt
asu
dden
whi
te-h
ot, b
lindi
n&fla
shex
plod
ein
side
his
head
and
that
was
allh
eev
erfe
ltW
ilson
had
duck
edto
one
side
toge
tin
ash
ould
ersh
ot.M
a-co
mbe
rhad
stoo
dso
lidan
dsh
otfo
rthe
nose
,sho
otin
ga
touc
hhi
ghea
chtim
ean
dhi
tting
the
heav
yho
rns,
splin
teri
ngan
dch
ippi
ngth
emlik
ehi
tting
asl
ate
roof
,and
Mrs
.M
acam
ber,
inth
eca
r,ha
dsh
otat
the
buff
alo
with
the6.
Man
nlic
hera
sit
seem
edab
outt
ogo
reM
acom
bera
ndha
dhi
ther
husb
and
abou
ttw
oin
ches
upan
da
little
toon
esi
deti
the
baa
ofhi
ssk
ull.
Fran
cis
Mac
ombe
rla
yno
w,f
ace
dow
n,no
ttw
oya
rds
from
whe
reth
ebu
ffal
ola
yon
his
side
and
his
wife
knel
tove
rhi
mw
ithW
ilson
bcsi
dehe
r.“I
wou
ldn’
ttur
nhi
mov
er,”
Wils
onsa
id.
The
wom
anw
ascr
ying
hyst
eric
ally
.“I
’dge
tbac
kin
the
car,”
Wils
onsa
id.“
Whe
re’s
the
rifl
e?”
She
shoo
khe
rhe
ad,
her
ftce
cont
orte
d.T
hegu
n-be
arer
pick
edup
the
rifle
.“L
eave
itas
itis
,”sa
idW
ilso
n.T
hen,
“Go
get
Abd
ulla
soth
athe
may
witn
ess
the
man
nero
fthe
acci
dent
.”H
ekn
eltd
own,
took
aha
ndke
rchi
effr
omhi
spo
cket
,and
spre
adit
over
Fran
cis
Mac
ombe
r’s
crew
-cro
pped
head
whe
reit
lay.
The
bloo
dsa
nkin
toth
edr
y,lo
ose
eart
h.W
ilson
stoo
dup
and
saw
the
buff
alo
onhi
ssid
e,hi
sleg
sout
,hi
sth
inly
-hai
red
belly
craw
ling
with
ticks
.“H
ell
ofa
good
bull,
”hi
sbr
ain
regi
ster
edau
tom
atic
ally
.“A
good
fifty
inch
es,
orbe
tter.
Bet
ter.”
He
calle
dto
the
driv
eran
dto
ldhi
mto
spre
ada
blan
keto
vert
hebo
dyan
dst
ayby
it.T
hen
hew
alke
dov
erto
the
mot
orca
rw
here
the
wom
ansa
tcry
ing
inth
eco
rner
.“T
hatw
asa
pret
tyth
ing
todo
,”he
said
ina
tone
less
voic
e.“H
ew
ould
base
left
you
too.
”“S
top
it,”
she
said
.“O
fcou
rse
it’sa
nac
cide
nt,”
hesa
id.“
1kn
oss
that
”“S
top
it,”
she
said
.“D
on’t
wor
ry,”
hesa
id.“
The
rew
illbe
ace
rtai
nam
ount
ofun
plea
sant
ness
but
Iw
illha
veso
me
phot
ogra
phs
take
nth
at
The
Shoit
Jlap
pL
ife
ofF
ian
ce.
Mac
emb
e
iill
bese
rus
eful
atth
ein
ques
t.Th
ere’
sth
t.te
btm
mns
Idi
gun
bear
ers
and
the
driv
erto
o.Y
ou’r
epe
rfrc
tlyal
lrig
ht’
“Sto
pit,
”sh
esa
id.
“The
rt’s
ahe
llof
alo
tto
bedo
w,”
hesa
id.“
And
I’llh
ast
send
atr
uck
offt
oth
ela
keto
wir
tless
fora
plan
eto
taLc.
tlit
thre
eof
usin
toN
airo
bi.W
h3
didn
’to
upo
ison
him
Th
‘sw
hatt
hey
doin
Eng
land
.”“S
top
it.
Stop
it. S
top
it,”
the
wom
ancr
ied.
Wils
onlo
oked
athe
rw
ithhi
sfla
tNut
eyes
.“I
’mth
roug
hno
w,”
hesa
id.“
Iw
asa
little
angr
l’dbL
l,un
tolik
eyo
urhu
sban
d.”
“Oh,
plea
sest
opit,
”sh
esa
id.“
Plea
se, p
kase
stop
it.”
“Tha
t’sbe
tter,”
Wils
onsa
id.“
Plea
seis
muc
hbe
tar.
Nos
sii
stop
.”
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