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Title: Contemporary American biography
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York, Atlantic publishing and engraving co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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with living fire, and almost before he had time to realize the deafen-ing crash which followed, the young lad was stretched in a semi-unconscious state on theearthen floor of the hut. On coming to his senses all was dark and still. His calls remainingunanswered, he felt about for his companions and found them lying motionless, stiff, and almostcold on the floor of the hut. Terrified, he sought to awaken them, but only to find that theywere lifeless. The body of his eldest brother still retaining some warmth, he placed his ear tohis breast just in time to perceive the last faint pulsations of his heart. Almost dead withgrief and fright, and scarcely realizing the full horror of the situation, he fled barefooted (hav-ing hung stockings and shoes to dry near the fireplace on entering the hut) through the wilder-ness to the mountain town of Altenau, where he remembered a physician resided. With tornand bleeding feet he arrived there toward morning. His wretched state as well as incoherent
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