Which word is closest in meaning to belated as it is used in this excerpt?

...one by one the noises in the street subsided, until the hurrying footsteps of the last belated straggler died away in the distance and left no sound behind.

Hhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllpppppppppppp me

Read the excerpt from "the blackfeet creation." how do readers know that this excerpt is from a myth? the excerpt describes an animal called a muskrat. the excerpt describes old man drying the mud. the excerpt describes old man scattering mud over water. the excerpt describes how muskrat create land.

Which type of appeal does president lincoln use in these lines to try to persuade southerners