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Chapter 77

           They’vetrampedthehulplaceintoadurnationedmess,cuvortin’andcaperin’abeout.

           "Wal,’tairnousegoin’furrerthetway.Thebessestthingnowairtotakethebacktrack,ifitairpossable,andiskiverwharthehosswi’thebrokeshoetotedhisriderarterhewentbackfromthisleetlebito’still-huntin’.Thurfor,oleZeb’lonStump,backyegoontheboottracks!"

           Withthisgrotesqueapostrophetohimself,hecommencedretracingthefootmarksthathadguidedhimtotheedgeoftheopening.Onlyinoneortwoplaceswerethefootprintsatalldistinct.ButZebscarcecaredfortheirguidance.

           Havingalreadynotedthatthemanwhomadethemhadreturnedtotheplacewherethehorsehadbeenleft,heknewthebacktrackwouldleadhimthere.

           Therewasoneplace,however,wherethetwotrailsdidnotgooverthesameground.Therewasaforkingintheopenlist,throughwhichthesupposedmurdererhadmadehisway.Itwascausedbyanobstruction,apatchofimpenetrablethicket.Theymetagain,butnottillthatonwhichthehunterwasreturningstraggledoffintoanopengladeofconsiderablesize.

           Havingbecomesatisfiedofthis,Zeblookedaroundintothegladeforatimeforsakingthefootstepsofthepedestrian.

           Afterashortexamination,heobservedatrailaltogetherdistinct,andofadifferentcharacter.Itwasawell-markedpathenteringtheopeningononeside,andgoingoutontheother:inshort,acattle-track.

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