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Chapter 43

           Insteadofreturningtohisstool,however,anewideacameacrosshismind;whichwastogoforthfromthehut,andseewhethertherewasanysigntoindicatetheadventofhismaster.

           "Come,Tara!"criedhe,stridingtowardsthedoor."Letusstipuptothebluffbeyant,andtakealookoverthebigplain.Ifmasther’scomin’atall,heshudbeinsightbythis.Comealong,yeowlddog!MastherMaurice’llthinkallthebettheravus,forbein’alittleunazyabouthisgettin’back."

           TakingthepaththroughthewoodedbottomwiththestaghoundcloseathisheelstheGalwegianascendedthebluff,byoneofitsslopingravines,andstoodupontheedgeoftheupperplateau.

           Fromthispointhecommandedaviewofasomewhatsterileplain;thatstretchedawayeastward,morethanamile,fromthespotwherehewasstanding.

           Thesunwasonhisback,lowdownonthehorizon,butshiningfromacloudlesssky.Therewasnothingtointerrupthisview.Hereandthere,astraycactusplant,orasolitarystemofthearborescentyucca,raiseditshirsuteformabovetheleveloftheplain.Otherwisethesurfacewassmooth;andacoyotécouldnothavecrosseditwithoutbeingseen.

           Beyond,inthefardistance,couldbetracedthedarkeroutlineoftreeswhereatractofchapparal,orthewoodedselvedgeofastreamstretchedtransverselyacrossthellano.

           TheGalwegianbenthisgazeovertheground,inthedirectioninwhichheexpectedhismastershouldappear;andstoodsilentlywatchingforhim.

           Erelonghisvigilwasrewarded.

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