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The Hunter Hunted

           "Hullo!"criedtheconstable."Here'shisfeeta-showing!" 

           Andso,slowly,beginningathishandsandfeetandcreepingalonghislimbstothevitalcentresofhisbody,thatstrangechangecontinued. Itwasliketheslowspreadingofapoison. Firstcamethelittlewhitenerves,ahazygreysketchofalimb,thentheglassybonesandintricatearteries,thenthefleshandskin,firstafaintfogginess,andthengrowingrapidlydenseandopaque. Presentlytheycouldseehiscrushedchestandhisshoulders,andthedimoutlineofhisdrawnandbatteredfeatures. 

           WhenatlastthecrowdmadewayforKemptostanderect,therelay,nakedandpitifulontheground,thebruisedandbrokenbodyofayoungmanaboutthirty. Hishairandbrowwerewhite—notgreywithage,butwhitewiththewhitenessofalbinism—andhiseyeswerelikegarnets. Hishandswereclenched,hiseyeswideopen,andhisexpressionwasoneofangeranddismay. 

           "Coverhisface!"saidaman."ForGawd'ssake,coverthatface!"andthreelittlechildren,pushingforwardthroughthecrowd,weresuddenlytwistedroundandsentpackingoffagain. 

           Someonebroughtasheetfromthe"JollyCricketers,"andhavingcoveredhim,theycarriedhimintothathouse. 

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