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If she had had energy enough I reckon she would have shied about and run back the way she had come, for now, just ahead, lay two dead horses -a big gray and a roan-with their stark legs sticking out across the road. The gray was shot through and through in three places. The right fore hoof of the roan had been cut smack off, as smoothly as tho done with an ax; and the stiffened leg had a curiously unfinished look about it, suggesting a natural malformation. Dead only a few hours, the carcasses were already swelling. The skin on their bellies was tight as a drumhead. WR E FORCED the quivering mare past the two dead horses. Beyond them the road was a litter. Knapsacks, coats, canteens, handkerchiefs, pots, pans, household utensils, bottles, jugs and caps were everywhere. The deep ditches on each side of the road were clogged with such things. 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