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Chapter 59

           Theseweremomentswhensheforgotthemotivethatoriginallyimpelledhertothejourneywhenshethoughtonlyofreachingthemansheloved,torescuehimfromenemiesthatmightbearoundhim!

           Ah!thesemomentsdespitetheapprehensionforherlover’ssafetywerehappy,whencomparedwiththosedevotedtothefarmorepainfulcontemplationofhistreachery.

           Fromthepointofstartingtothatofherdestination,itwastwentymiles.Itmightseemajourney,tooneusedtoEuropeantravellingthatisinthesaddle.Totheprairieequestrianitisarideofscarcetwohoursquickasascurryacrosscountry,afterastagorfox.

           Evenwithanunwillingsteeditisnottedious;butwiththatlithe-limbed,ocellatedcreature,Luna,whowentwillinglytowardsherprairiehome,itwassoonovertoosoon,perhaps,forthehappinessofherrider.

           WretchedasLouisePoindextermayhavefeltbefore,hermiseryhadscarcereachedthepointofdespair.Throughhersadnesstherestillshoneascintillationofhope.

           Itwasextinguishedasshesetfootuponthethresholdofthejacalé;andthequicksuppressedscreamthatcamefromherlips,waslikethelastutteranceofaheartpartingintwain.

           Therewasawomanwithinthehut!

           Fromthelipsofthiswomananexclamationhadalreadyescaped,towhichherownmighthaveappearedanechosocloselydidtheonefollowtheothersoalikeweretheyinanguish.

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