|15|Adam ran with the strides of a giant. And he came up to a man, ragged and dirty, crawling wearily along, dragging a canteen through the sand.
“Say, hold on!” called Adam, loudly.
The man halted, but did not lift his head. Adam bent down to peer at him.
“What ails you?” queried Adam, sharply.
“Huh!” ejaculated the man, stupidly. Adam’s repeated question, accompanied by a shake, brought only a grunt.
Adam lifted the man to his feet and, supporting him, began to lead him over the sand. His equilibrium had been upset, and, like all men overcome on the desert, he wanted to plunge off a straight line. Adam persevered, but the labor of holding him was greater than that of supporting him.
At length Adam released the straining fellow, as much out of curiosity to see what he would do as fr
