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Chapter 79

           Inalittletimeafteritconductedhimintothechapparal;andinlesstoastopsudden,asifthethornythickethadbeentransformedintoachevaux-de-frise,impenetrablebothtohimandhis"critter."

           Itwasnotthis.Thepathwasstillopenbeforehimmoreopenthanever.Itwasitsopennessthathadfurnishedhimwithacausefordiscontinuinghisadvance.

           Thepathslopeddownintoavalleybelowadepressionintheprairie,alongtheconcavityofwhich,attimes,ranatinystreamranarroyo.Itwasnowdry,oronlyoccupiedbystagnantpools,atlongdistancesapart.Inthemud-coveredchannelwasaman,withahorseclosebehindhimthelatterledbythebridle.

           Therewasnothingremarkableinthebehaviourofthehorse;hewassimplyfollowingtheleadofhisdismountedrider.

           Butthemanwhatwashedoing?Inhismovementstherewassomethingpeculiarsomethingthatwouldhavepuzzledanuninitiatedspectator.

           ItdidnotpuzzleZebStump;orbutforasecondoftime.

           Almosttheinstanthiseyefelluponit,hereadthemeaningofthemanoeuvre,andmutteringlypronouncedittohimself.

           "Oblitturatin’theprinto’thebrokenshoe,ortryin’todothetsame!’Taintnouse,MisterCashCalhounnomannero’use.

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