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Chapter 18
Theremainingthreewerewhite,thoughcladinvestmentsadapted,bothinqualityandcolor,totheirpresenthazardouspursuit—thatofhangingontheskirtsofaretiringarmyinthewilderness.
Theeffectsproducedbytheappallingsightsthatconstantlyaroseintheirpathtothelakeshore,wereasdifferentasthecharactersoftherespectiveindividualswhocomposedtheparty.Theyouthinfrontthrewseriousbutfurtiveglancesatthemangledvictims,ashesteppedlightlyacrosstheplain,afraidtoexhibithisfeelings,andyettooinexperiencedtoquellentirelytheirsuddenandpowerfulinfluence.Hisredassociate,however,wassuperiortosuchaweakness.Hepassedthegroupsofdeadwithasteadinessofpurpose,andaneyesocalm,thatnothingbutlongandinveteratepracticecouldenablehimtomaintain.Thesensationsproducedinthemindsofeventhewhitemenweredifferent,thoughuniformlysorrowful.One,whosegraylocksandfurrowedlineaments,blendingwithamartialairandtread,betrayed,inspiteofthedisguiseofawoodsman’sdress,amanlongexperiencedinscenesofwar,wasnotashamedtogroanaloud,wheneveraspectacleofmorethanusualhorrorcameunderhisview.Theyoungmanathiselbowshuddered,butseemedtosuppresshisfeelingsintendernesstohiscompanion.Ofthemall,thestragglerwhobroughtuptherearappearedalonetobetrayhisrealthoughts,withoutfearofobservationordreadofconsequences.
