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Crime or Calamity

           Itwasthemarkofarecentinjury,whichthesleeveofanoldwoolenshirtcouldnotconceal.McNabbsquestionedtheblacksmithaboutthosesoreswhichlookedsopainful.Themancontinuedhisworkwithoutanswering.Twohoursmoreandthedamagethecarriagehadsustainedwasmadegood.AstoGlenarvan’shorse,itwassoondisposedof.Theblacksmithhadhadtheforethoughttobringtheshoeswithhim.TheseshoeshadapeculiaritywhichdidnotescapetheMajor;itwasatrefoilclumsilycutonthebackpart.McNabbspointeditouttoAyrton.

           "ItistheBlack-Pointbrand,"saidthequartermaster."Thatenablesthemtotrackanyhorsesthatmaystrayfromthestation,andpreventstheirbeingmixedwithotherherds."

           Thehorsewassoonshod.Theblacksmithclaimedhiswage,andwentoffwithoututteringfourwords.

           Halfanhourlater,thetravelerswereontheroad.Beyondthegroveofmimosaswasastretchofsparselytimberedcountry,whichquitedeserveditsnameof"openplain."Somefragmentsofquartzandferruginousrocklayamongthescrubandthetallgrass,wherenumerousflockswerefeeding.Somemilesfartherthewheelsofthewagonploweddeepintothealluvialsoil,whereirregularcreeksmurmuredintheirbeds,halfhiddenamonggiantreeds.By-and-bytheyskirtedvastsaltlakes,rapidlyevaporating.Thejourneywasaccomplishedwithouttrouble,and,indeed,withoutfatigue.

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