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She could see smoke rising in the distance.
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Someone is coming down from the north camping and exploring east.
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There is one man alone coming closer dressed in a green plastic suit.
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The man found her house and set up a tent.
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The dog Faro came back.
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The man went exploring and Ann followed him staying on the high woods path.
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Ann realizes that the man is sick and goes into his tent to check on him.
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The mans name is John R. Loomis and he is a chemist from Ithaca, New York, where Cornell University is, or used to be.
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John has radition poisoning and says his conditions will get worse. His temperature is 99.5.
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John is shouting and talking in his sleep when Ann went to check on him.
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Johns temperature reached 106 and beyond that the thermometer wont show so Ann doesnt think that he will live much longer.
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Ann has just about given up. John has laid motionless for more then 32 hours.
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His condition is getting better. His respiration is down to eighteen per minute which is almost normal.
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He opened his eyes this morning. They were blank and unfocesed, the eyes of a newborn animal.
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Today is Ann' birthday, and it has been one of the best weeks of Johns illness.
