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Chapter 56

           Afterdischarginghisrifle,heremaineduponhisknees,foraperiodofseveralseconds.

           Ifhisnerveswereunsteadybeforetheshot,theyhadbecomedoublysonow.Hewasnotonlysurprisedattheresult,butterrified.Hewascertainthathisbullethadpassedthroughtheman’sheartorwhereitshouldbeassureasifhismuzzlehadbeenheldclosetotheribs.

           Itcouldnotbeaman?Hedidnotbelieveittobeone;andthisthoughtmighthavereassuredhim,butforthebehaviourofthehorse.Itwasthatwildunearthlyneigh,thatwasnowchillinghisblood,andcausinghislimbstoshake,asifunderanague.

           Hewouldhaveretreated;but,foratime,hefeltabsolutelyunabletorisetohisfeet;andheremainedkneeling,inasortofstupefiedterrorwatchingtheweirdformtillitrecededoutofsightfaroffoverthemoonlitplain.Nottillthendidherecoversufficientcourage,toenablehimtoglidebackdownthegorge,andontowardsthejacalé.

           Andnottillhewasunderitsroof,didhefeelsufficientlyhimself,toreflectwithanycalmnessontheoddencounterthathadoccurredtohim.

           Itwassometimebeforehismindbecamedisabusedoftheideathathehadbeendealingwiththedevil.Reflection,however,convincedhimoftheimprobabilityofthis;thoughitgavehimnoclueastowhatthethingreallywas.

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