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Chapter 18

           Thetwoanimalsthusdistinguishedmusthavebeenhalted,andstandinginjuxtaposition.

           Whithernext?Alongthetrailofthemanada,therewasnoimprintofiron;norelsewhere!Thesurfaceonallsideswashard,andstrewnwithpebbles.Ahorsegoinginrudegallop,mighthaveindentedit;butnotonepassingoveritatatranquilpace.

           Andthushadthespottedmustangandbloodbaypartedfromthatspot.Theyhadgoneatawalkforsomescoreyards,beforestartingontheirfinalgalloptowardsthemustangtrap.

           Theimpatientpursuerwaspuzzled.Heroderoundandround,andalongthetrailofthewildmares,andbackagain,withoutdiscoveringthedirectionthathadbeentakenbyeitheroftheriddenhorses.

           Hewasbeginningtofeelsomethingmorethansurprise,whenthesightofasolitaryhorsemanadvancingalongthetrailinterruptedhisuncomfortableconjectures.

           Itwasnostrangerwhowasdrawingnear.Thecolossalfigure,cladincoarsehabiliments,beardedtothebuttonsofhisblanketcoat,andbestridingthemostcontemptiblelookingsteedthatcouldhavebeenfoundwithinahundredmilesofthespot,wasanoldacquaintance.CassiusCalhounknewZebulonStump,andZebStumpknewCashCalhoun,longbeforeeitherhadsetfootupontheprairiesofTexas.

           "Youhain’tseednuthin’o’theyounglady,hevye,MisterCalhoun?"inquiredthehunter,asherodeup,withanunusualimpressivenessofmanner."No,yehain’t,"hecontinued,asifdeducinghisinferencefromtheblanklooksoftheother.

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