each of them had an individuality of his own, a will of his own, a hope and a heart's desire; each was full of self-confidence, of self-importance, and a sense of dignity. and trusting and strong in faith he had gone about his business, the while a black shadow hung over him, and a horrid fate in his pathway. now suddenly it had swooped upon him, and had seized him by the leg. relentless, remorseless, all his protests, his screams were nothing to it. it did its cruel will with him, as if his wishes, his feelings, had simply no existence at all;