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"Stop it, stop it!" he co and shaking "Stop it!" He crushed his body with hiswas squeezed out of it His hands lay calmly now upon his silent knees

He arose and strapped a portable storage locker on his back with quiet efficiency His hand began to treain, just for a breath of an instant, but he said, "No!" very fir stiffly, he moved out between the hot red hills of the land, alone

The sun burned farther up the sky An hour later the captain clis He was just saying hello to the fourthere when he stopped and noticed a faint sround, with the campfire under him The four men sat before food that was now cold

A moment later Parkhill and two others climbed down The captain stood in their way, fascinated by the silent men and the way they sat at their breakfast

"Call the men, all of them," said the captain

Parkhill hurried off down the canal rim

The captain touched Cheroke Cheroke twisted quietly and fell froht burned in his bristled short hair and on his high cheekbones

The men came in

"Who's ?"

"It's still Spender, sir We found Biggs floating in the canal"

"Spender!"

The captain saw the hills rising in the daylight, The sun showed his teeth in a grimace "Damn him," he said tiredly "Why didn't he come and talk to me?"

"He should've talked to"I'd have shot his bloody brains out, that's what I'd have done, by God!"

Captain Wilder nodded at two of his men "Get shovels," he said

It was hot digging the graves A ind came from over the vacant sea and blew the dust into their faces as the captain turned the Bible pages When the captain closed the book so slow streaures