Show K R z jab lon of death more appalling that which comes conle sid to a M man sinking inch a bog his fils str agony 97 gorhey cau can abot aver hisdon ate doom an english officer la ai india vent rent out one aft afternoon emdon to IL a lake to shoot d ducks eks two got up tram from under und er his feet omd and new flew across an arm 0 of the lake with the first barrel be shot one and the second drought brought down the other which tell fell on a sort of at promontory A native attendant af went to retrieve the first arst bird and the officer thought he would go round the arm or of the lake and pick up the second one tor himself the alle attendant shouted something to which he be gave no attention but went on CM to the promontory montory aon tory he had not gone tar when he felt the quiver in the peculiar way that denotes a bog immediately he was frightened and did the worst taeng possible he tried to get back to solid land by a succession of leaps ut course he broke through and with a yell he sank in the treacherous mud the more be struggled the deeper he sank bank he got his buix guix across Lacross the mud and it gave him a support for a minute or two then he and it began again to sink he realized that he was slowly but surely sinking to death it if help did not come he was lost the attendant was not to be seen he felt himself alone and helpless he was in agony he had sunk up to the shoulders when he heard a shout all right well have you out and saw raw the shi karee native hunter crawling over the bog with a rope tied to him the officer felt the rope put under his arms and then he fainted when he came to ig his him senses he found himself supported on a friends knee while another was trying to pour a stimulant down his throat the attendant had bad rushed into camp and id told the shi karee what had bad happened he got a rope and roused the officers two friends from their siesta they dashed down the bog and hauled out ont the officer who seemed like a dead man ten minutes more so the shi karee declared and the officer would have sunk out of sight for the bog was the most dangerous place in the country |