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Chapter 82

           Aboutthetracksunderneathhehadnoconjectureatleastasregardedtheiridentification.Theseheknew,aswellasifhisownmarehadmadethem.

           "Theskunk’shedafind!"werethewordsthatescapedhim,ashesategazinguponthedoubletrail."Itdon’tfollerfromthet,"hecontinued,inthesamecarelessdrawl,"thethehezmadeacatch.An’yit,whoknows?Durnme,efhemoutn’t!Thur’slotso’chancesforhisdoin’it.Themowstangmayalethimcomeclostupseein’ashe’sridin’oneo’itsownsort;anefitduday,efitdud

           "WhatthedurnationamIstannin’hyurfor?Thurain’tnotimetobewastedinshiller-shallerin’.Efheshedgrupthetcritter,angitwhathewantsfromit,thenImoutwhisselforwhatIwant,’ithouttheghosto’achanceforgettin’it.

           "Imustmakeabetterrateo’speed.Gee-up,olegurl;anseeefyecan’tovertakethateregreyhoss,asscuttledpasthalf-a-houragone.Nowforaspello’yurswiftness,thewhichyoukinshowalongwi’anyo’them,Ireckonthetairwhenye’repressed.Gee-up!"

           Insteadofusingthecruelmeansemployedbyhimwhenwantinghismaretomakeherbestspeed,heonlydrovetheoldspuragainstherribs,andstartedherintoatrot.Hehadnodesiretotravelmorerapidlythanwasconsistentwithcaution;andwhiletrottinghekepthiseyessharplyrangingalongtheskylineinfrontofhim.

           "Fromthewayhistrackruns,"washisreflection,"Ikintellprettynighwharit’sgoin’tofetchout.

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