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"'Ess," he agreed. "Well, Uncle Steve travelled a great, long way. It was dreadful hard. There were bears, and wolves, I guess, and queer Indian folk, and rivers, and lakes, and forests; forests much bigger and darker than boy's ever seen." "Wos thems bigger than the Sleepers' forest?" The challenge was instantly taken up. "Oh, yes." "An' darker, an' fuller of debble-men?"
It was a touch that powerfully illustrated the lives of those who are far removed from the luxury of civilization, and who depend for every comfort, even for their very existence, upon those personal physical efforts, the failure of which, at any moment, must mean final and complete disaster. "Tell boy of bears, an' wolves, an' Injuns, an' debble-men, wot An-ina hers scairt of."
The demand was prompt and decided. "An-ina scared of devil-men?" Steve smilingly shook his head. "It's only stupid 'Sleeper' men scared of devil-men. Anyway there's no devil-men. Just wolves, and bears, that boy'll hunt and kill when he grows up." "But hers says ther's debble-men," the boy protested, his eyes wide with awe. Steve shook his head. "No," he said firmly. "Uncle Steve knows.
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