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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 194 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=11mm, Gew.=290gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 194 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=11mm, Gew.=290gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III The Good Samaritan RANOR stood in the shade of his wagon watching the desperado riding off on his mule until the bulging saddle bags were indistinct. Finally, the mule and man seemed no bigger than a rabbit on the far horizon. Ranor cast one despairing glance at the famished carcass of the horse and then placed himself so that the wagon would shield him from this gruesome sight. It was high noon. He discarded the shirt and breeches he had donned out of ceremonious regard for his late visitor, and stretched himself again at full length in the hot sand. There he lay inert until sundown. If it had not been for this robber he could have greeted Mr. Syce on the thirtieth day with exultant news, for he had felt that his fight was won and that he was on the up-road to health. Now, in a trice, his vantage, so slim, yet so vital, was gone. All through the afternoon he felt the exhaustion of a wearied spirit plucked of its last resource. Suddenly he had been set back two or three weeks into those days in which he had thought each was his last. The seven miles which the desperado had spoken of so lightly he well knew would prove for him seven leagues. He had little hope that in his weakened condition he could survive them. However, the coolness of the evening brought a gentle caress which gradually revived his hopes. Searching in the wagon, he found that the desperado had mercifully left a quart of water and with this he moistened his parched throat. He poured the remainder into a canteen which heslung about his waist. This, with the half tin of condensed milk, was all the sustenance that remained from the store he had brought into the desert. About ten o'clock the moon showed a saffron rim out of the northeast. In the resulting ghostly light he started on his jour...<

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