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1、OntheDivideNearRattlesnakeCreek,onthesideofalittledrawstoodCanute'sshanty.North,east,south,stretchedthelevelNebraskaplainoflongrust-redgrassthatundulatedconstantlyinthewind.Tothewestthegroundwasbrokenandrough,andanarrowstripoftimberwoundalongtheturbid,muddylittlestreamthathadscarcelyambiti
2、onenoughtocrawloveritsblackbottom.Ifithadnotbeenforthefewstuntedcottonwoodsandelmsthatgrewalongitsbanks,Canutewouldhaveshothimselfyearsago.TheNorwegiansareatimber-lovingpeople,andifthereisevenaturtlepondwithafewplumbushesaroundittheyseemirresistiblydrawntowardit.Astotheshantyitself,Canuteh
3、adbuiltitwithoutaidofanykind,forwhenhefirstsquattedalongthebanksofRattlesnakeCreektherewasnotahumanbeingwithintwentymiles.Itwasbuiltoflogssplitinhalves,thechinksstoppedwithmudandplaster.Theroofwascoveredwithearthandwassupportedbyonegiganticbeamcurvedintheshapeofaroundarch.Itwasalmostimposs
4、iblethatanytreehadevergrowninthatshape.TheNorwegiansusedtosaythatCanutehadtakenthelogacrosshiskneeandbentitintotheshapehewished.Thereweretworooms,orrathertherewasoneroomwithapartitionmadeofashsaplingsinterwovenandboundtogetherlikebigstrawbasketwork.Inonecornertherewasacookstove,rustedandbr
5、oken.Intheotherabedmadeofunplanedplanksandpoles.itwasfullyeightfeetlong,anduponitwasaheapofdarkbedclothing.Therewasachairandabenchofcolossalproportions.Therewasanordinarykitchencupboardwithafewcrackeddirtydishesinit,andbesideitonatallboxatinwashbasin.Underthebedwasapileofpintflasks,somebro
6、ken,somewhole,allempty.Onthewoodboxlayapairofshoesofalmostincredibledimensions.Onthewallhungasaddle,agun,andsomeraggedclothing,conspicuousamongwhichwasasuitofdarkcloth,apparentlynew,withapapercollarcarefullywrappedinaredsilkhandkerchiefandpinnedtothesleeve.Overthedoorhungawolfandabadgerski
7、n,andonthedooritselfabraceofthirtyorfortysnakeskinswhosenoisytailsrattledominouslyeverytimeitopened.Thestrangestthingsintheshantywerethewidewindowsills.Atfirstglancetheylookedasthoughtheyhadbeenruthlesslyhackedandmutilatedwithahatchet,butoncloserinspectionallt
