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Updated: May 10, 2025
Its secondary limbs, about a third of the way back from its front shoulders, were long and slender; normally, they were carried folded closely against the body, and each was armed with a single curving claw. The revolver-bullet had gone in at the base of the skull and emerged under the jaw; the head was relatively undamaged.
It was useless to waste time over the unfortunate creature; it was quite impossible for him ever to rise again, so in mercy I fired a revolver-bullet at his forehead, as he gasped spasmodically upon the desert sand: a shiver passed through his frame, and we left him dead in the lonely spot.
Dick had fared badly in the Lava Beds. One spring after the other he found dry. His horse fell from exhaustion and thirst; he ended the sufferings of his pack-mule with a revolver-bullet. Dick staggered on afoot across the desert, hoping to find water at Apache Spring. His blue shirt was torn and faded to a dingy purple. Hat and shoulders were gray with alkali dust.
'Go back to the coolies, whispered the Babu in his ear. 'They have the baggage. The papers are in the kilta with the red top, but look through all. The other man comes! Kim tore uphill. A revolver-bullet rang on a rock by his side, and he cowered partridge-wise. 'If you shoot, shouted Hurree, 'they will descend and annihilate us. I have rescued the gentleman, sar.
But a rapid glance at that very moment showed him that it was indeed from the next compartment that came the half-crown which the porter caught as it fell. Dick settled back into his seat with the consciousness that the partition against which he leaned was poor protection from a revolver-bullet. "Is it they?" asked Amaryllis "Two to one on," he answered. "Next compartment?" "Yes."
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