Arthur O. Friel

Name: Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II
Author: Arthur O. Friel

Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

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“Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II”, published in 1922, is a work by Arthur O. Friel. It explores elements such as peccaries, trunk and vines.

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ We knew peccaries too well to attempt to fight off a big band of them. Beside us loomed a tree corded thickly with big vines, and up those vines we went like a couple of treed jaguars. And we went none too soon.
Under us the maddened beasts jammed into a heaving mass, squealing and clashing their keen little tusks and watching us in hate. Some even stood up on their hind legs against the trunk, their teeth grinning at us like the jaws of death. And jaws of death they would have been if either of us had slipped or lost his hold on the treacherous vines. ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ But he caught his balance again and clung to the vines with feet and hands like a monkey. While we were struggling we heard a grinding squeak, a rushing sound, a crash, and a heavy thump. Now we glanced downward. Below us lay the tree on which we had just rested.
“A close shave, comrade,” said Pedro. “It fell just as I got off. That was why I slipped.”
Down the trunk we worked our way until we stood safe on solid earth. There we wiped the sweat from our faces, breathed deep, picked up our rifles, shouldered a pig apiece, and turned toward the creek. ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ Our hands and toes, hooked over our shaky support, grew tired. I began to think of tales I had heard of peccaries waiting for days for men to fall from trees into their power. I never had seen such a thing myself, but—we certainly could not hold on there all night, and the pigs certainly were waiting. We commenced studying our surroundings.
“There is our chance,” Pedro said, moving his head upward. Then I saw that against our tree-trunk leaned a smaller one which at some time had fallen part of the way to the ground but had become lodged against a big bole above us. ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ He glanced at us.
“We shall try to find something to cook,” Pedro responded. “Why eat our dried rations if we can have fresh meat? Wait a while, senhorita.”
And we took our guns and slipped away into the forest.
Soon, somewhere off to the left, we heard low grunting sounds. Stealthily we crept that way, slipping around the big tree-butts, avoiding dry fallen limbs and other forest litter, making hardly a sound with our bare feet. The grunting became plainer. Then, peering over the edge of a root-buttress, we saw near us a couple of peccaries. ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ It needed only a little more quivering to make it slip off the bole and smash with us among the peccaries, who would surely finish us if the fall did not. But we could stretch ourselves along its leaning trunk and rest our exhausted muscles, and we did so. ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ I said. “We head for the Amazon, but we also seek a certain place on the Amazon. One of these streams will take us there quickly. The other may wind about for many miles before reaching the great river, and then bring us out far from where we want to go. And——”
There I stopped, not wishing to mention before the girl that we had not much food. But my comrades understood.
“Quite so,” the blond man assented. “Well, we'll have to trust to luck. Unless you fellows have an idea on the subject I'll flip a coin before we start. Meanwhile let's smoke and—Miss Marshall, show me your hands!” ”

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Arthur O. Friel, Tupahn--the Thunderstorm — Chapter II (1922)

“ But these canoes are heavier than those at home, and——”
“And you haven't paddled for a long time and your hands are out of training,” Senhor Tom nodded. “You're forgiven. And you're a good sport to try to hold up your end, I'll say—and a good paddler besides. Where did you learn to push a canoe?”
“Oh, I spent several Summers in girls' camps when I was in school. And I have a couple of big brothers who are quite active outdoor men: one played end on the Princeton football team and sprinted for the track team, and the other stroked the Yale crew in his senior year. ”

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