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Chapter 96

           Ithasnotyetcometothis;thoughatsightofsuchafollowingwithinhearingoftheirharshvengefulcriesonemightwonderhecouldentertaintheshadowofahope.

           Hehas.

           Heknowsthatheismountedonafleethorse,andthatthereisatractoftimberbeforehim.

           True,itisnearlytenmilesdistant.Butwhatsignifytenmiles?Heisridingattherateoftwentytothehour;andinhalfanhourhemayfindshelterinthechapparal?

           Isthisthethoughtthatsustainshim?

           Itcanscarcebe.ConcealmentinthethicketwithhalfascoreofskilledtrackersinpursuitZebStumpattheirhead!

           No:itcannotbethis.Thereisnohiding-placeforhim;andheknowsit.

           What,then,hindershimfromsinkingunderdespair,andatonceresigninghimselftowhatmustbehisultimatedestiny?

           Isitthemereinstinctoftheanimal,givingwaytoablindunreasoningeffortatimpossibleescape?

           Nothingofthekind.ThemurdererofHenryPoindexterisnotmad.Inhisattempttoeludethejusticehenowdreads,heisnottrustingtosuchslenderchancesaseitheraquickgallopacrosstheprairie,orapossibleconcealmentinthetimberbeyond.

           Thereisastillfartherbeyondaborder.Uponthishisthoughtsaredwelling,andhishopeshavebecomefixed.

           Thereare,indeed,twoborders.Onethatseparatestwonationstermedcivilised.Thereisalawofextraditionbetweenthem.Forallthisthered-handedassassinmaycheatjusticeoftendoesbyanadroitmigrationfromonetotheotheramerechangeofresidenceandnationality.

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