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Chapter 54

           Wemustgithimtotheshanty,anthatkinonlybedidbytoatin’him.Hesayedonthecurd,hecudn’tmakeneeratrack.Itwaronlytheangerkep’himupabit.Thatleglookswusserandwusser.He’sbountobetoated."

           Thehunterseemedtocogitateonhowhewastoeffectthispurpose.

           "’Taintnogoodexpektin’himtohelpthinkitout,"hecontinuedlookingattheGalwegian,whowasbusytalkingtoTara."Thedumbbrutehevmoresensethanhe.Neeramind.I’dmakehimtakehisfullshareo’thecarryin’whenitkumtothet.Howairittobedone?Wemustgithimonastreetcher.ThatIreck’nwekinmakeouto’akuppleo’polesanthecloak;orwi’theblanketPheelumfetch’dfromtheshanty.Ye-es!astreetcher.That’stheeydentikuleyedee."

           TheConnemaramanwasnowsummonedtolendassistance.Twosaplingsofatleasttenfeetinlengthwerecutfromthechapparal,andtrimmedclearoftwigs.Twoshorteroneswerealsoselected,andlashedcrosswiseoverthefirst;anduponthesetherespread,firsttheserapé,andafterwardsthecloak,togivegreaterstrength.

           Inthiswayarudestretcherwasconstructed,capableofcarryingeitheraninvalidoraninebriate.

           Inthemodeofusingit,itmoreresembledthelatterthantheformer:sincehewhowastobeborneuponit,againdeliriouslyraging,hadtobestrappedtothetrestles!

           Unliketheordinarystretcher,itwasnotcarriedbetweentwomen;butamanandamarethemareatthehead,themanbearingbehind.

           ItwasheofConnemarawhocompletedtheill-matchedteam.

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