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Chapter 34

           Givemebuttime,andIshallprove,thatyoursisterhasformedatruerestimateofmycharacterthaneitherherfather,brother,orcousin.Iclaimbutsixmonths.IfattheendofthattimeIdonotshowmyselfworthyofherconfidence—herlove—thenshallImakeyouwelcometoshootmeatsight,asyouwouldthecowardlycoyoté,thatchancedtocrossyourtrack.Tillthen,Ibidyouadieu."

           Henry’sstruggletoescapefromhissister’sarms—perhapsstrongerthanhisown—grewlessenergeticashelistenedtothesewords.Theybecamefeeblerandfeebler—atlengthceasing—whenaplungeintheriverannouncedthatthemidnightintruderintotheenclosedgroundsofCasadelCorvowasonhiswaybacktothewildprairieshehadchosenforhishome.

           Itwasthefirsttimehehadrecrossedtheriverinthatprimitivefashion.Onthetwopreviousoccasionshehadpassedoverintheskiff;whichhadbeendrawnbacktoitsmooringsbyadelicatehand,thetow-ropeconsistingofthattinylazothathadformedpartofthecaparisonpresentedalongwiththespottedmustang.

           "Brother!youarewronginghim!indeedyouarewronginghim!"werethewordsofexpostulationthatfollowedcloseuponhisdeparture."Oh,Henry—dearestHal,ifyoubutknewhownobleheis!Sofarfromdesiringtodomeaninjury,’tisonlythismomenthehasbeendisclosingaplanto—to—prevent—scandal—Imeantomakemehappy.

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