AsIretiredtomynookandlaydown,Ireflectedthatwhatthebigpeasanthadsaidwasappositeenough-thattheyoungfellow’sfacedidinverytruthresembleanoldandshabbywoollenmitten。
PresentlyIdreamtthatIwaspaintingabelfry,andthat,asI
didso,huge,goggle-eyedjackdawskeptflyingaroundthebelfry’sgables,andflappingatmewiththeirwingsandhinderingmywork:until,asIsoughttobeatthemoff,Imissedmyfooting,felltoearth,andawoketofindmybreathchokingamidadull,sick,painfulfeelingoflassitudeandweakness,andakaleidoscopicmistquaveringbeforemyeyestillitrenderedmedizzy。Frommyhead,behindthecar,athinstreamofbloodwastrickling。
Risingwithsomedifficultytomyfeet,Isteppedafttoapump,washedmyheadunderajetofcoldwater,bounditwithmyhandkerchief,and,returning,inspectedmyresting-placeinastateofbewildermentastowhatcouldhavecausedtheaccidenttohappen。
OnthedecknearthespotwhereIhadbeenasleep,therewasstandingstackedapileofsmalllogspreparedforthecook’sgalley;while,intheprecisespotwheremyheadhadrestedtherewasreposingabirchfaggotofwhichthewithy-tiehadcomeunfastened。AsIraisedthefallenfaggotIperceivedittobecleanandcomposedofsilkyloppingsofbirch-barkwhichrustledasIfingeredthem;and,consequently,Ireflectedthattheceaselessvibrationofthesteamermusthavecausedthefaggottobecomejerkedontomyhead。
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