Bret Harte · 1868 · B1 · ≈ 14 min
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Глава 5 — The river takes him back
Suddenly, a boat appeared from around a bend in the river. The men in it said they had picked up a man and a baby. Did anyone know them? Did they belong here?
Lying on the bottom of the rescue boat was Kentuck. He was seriously injured, but still holding The Luck of Roaring Camp in his arms. As they bent over the two, the men saw the child was pale and cold.
"Hes dead," said one of them.
Kentuck opened his eyes. "Dead?" he whispered. "Yes, Kentuck. And you are dying, too."
Kentuck smiled. "Dying!" he repeated. "He is taking me with him. Tell the boys Ive got The Luck with me."
And the strong man, still holding the small child, drifted away on the shadowy river that flows forever to the unknown sea.