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"The Woman Tempted Me"
All this Deane dutifully reported to Merritt, and Merritt grunted sleepily and said:
"The fellow's gone to sleep behind one of the mounds. He'll turn up in time for breakfast, never fear."
But he did not turn up in time for breakfast, and the sick man was sicker, and wished to die. Asked by curious comrades as to the cause of his distress, he replied that he would not tell, and did not wish to talk; so that he received scant sympathy, and his attendants dwindled. It was upon this night that Deane dreamed of being again a prisoner in the tomb, with the living eyes in the dead face watching him as he fought his way to air and life. Only this time the face seemed not all dead; the skin was brown and
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