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Chapter 14

           Mauricesoonpassedthroughthethickofthefield,overlappedtheleadersonebyone;andforgingstillfurtherahead,showedCassiusCalhountheheelsofhishorse.

           Amutteredcursewassenthissingthroughtheteethoftheex-officerofvolunteers,asthebloodbay,boundingpast,concealedfromhissighttherecedingformofthespottedmustang.

           Thesun,lookingdownfromthezenith,gavelighttoasingulartableau.Aherdofwildmaresgoingatrecklessspeedacrosstheprairie;oneoftheirownkind,withaladyuponitsback,followingaboutfourhundredyardsbehind;atalikedistanceafterthelady,asteedofredbaycolour,bestriddenbyacavalierpicturesquelyattired,andapparentlyintentuponovertakingher;stillfurthertotherearastringofmountedmen—someincivil,someinmilitary,garb;behindtheseatroopofdragoonsgoingatfullgallop,havingjustpartedfromamixedgroupofladiesandgentlemen—alsomounted,butmotionless,ontheplain,oronlystirringaroundthesamespotwithexcitedgesticulations!

           Intwentyminutesthetableauwaschanged.Thesamepersonageswereuponthestage—thegrandtapisvertoftheprairie—butthegroupingwasdifferent,or,atallevents,thegroupsweremorewidelyapart.Themanadahadgaineddistanceuponthespottedmustang;themustanguponthebloodbay;andthebloodbay—ah!hiscompetitorswerenolongerinsight,orcouldonlyhavebeenseenbythefar-piercingeyeofthecaracara,soaringhighinthesapphireheavens

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