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Chapter 100

           Rightoverthehearthehadhithisintendedvictim,andthroughtheheartwouldtheleadenmissilehavemadeitsway,butthatagaged’amour—thegiftofherwhoalonecouldhavesecureditsuchaplace—turnedasidetheshot,causingittoricochet!

           Notharmlessly,however:sinceitstruckoneofthespectatorsstandingtooclosetothespot.

           Notquiteharmless,either,wasittohimforwhomithadbeenintended.

           Thestunningshock—withthementalandcorporealexcitement—longsustained—didnotfailtoproduceitseffect;andthemindofMauriceGeraldoncemorereturnedtoitsdeliriousdreaming.

           Butnolongerlayhisbodyindanger—inthechapparal,surroundedbywolves,andshadowedbysoaringvultures,—inahut,wherehewasbutillattended—inajail,wherehewasscarcecaredforatall.

           Whenagainrestoredtoconsciousness,itwastodiscoverthatthefairvisionofhisdreamswasnovisionatall,butalovelywoman—theloveliestontheLeona,orinallTexasifyoulike—bynameLouisePoindexter.

           Therewasnownoonetoobjecttohernursinghim;notevenherownfather.Thespiritofthearistocraticplanter—steepedinsorrow,andhumiliatedbymisfortune—hadbecomepurgedofitsfalsepride;thoughitneedednotthistomakehimwillinglyacquiesceinanalliance,which,insteadofa"nobody,"gavehimanoblemanforhisson.Such,inreality,wasSirMauriceGerald—erstknownasMauricethemustanger!

           InTexasthetitlewouldhavecountedforlittle;nordiditsownercaretocarryit.

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