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Chapter 15

           Hehadrefrained:partlyonthisaccount;partlybecausehewasinmomentaryexpectationofovertakingher;andpartlybecauseheknewthatacts,notwords,werewantedtobringthemustangtoastand.

           Allalonghehadbeenflatteringhimselfthathewouldsoonbenearenoughtoflinghislazooverthecreature’sneck,andcontrolitatdiscretion.Hewasgraduallybecomingrelievedofthishallucination.

           Thechasenowenteredamongcopsesthatthicklystuddedtheplain,fastclosingintoacontinuouschapparal.Thiswasanewsourceofuneasinesstothepursuer.Therunawaymighttaketothethicket,orbecomelosttohisviewamidthewindingsofthewood.

           Thewildmareswerealreadyinvisible—atintervals.Theywouldsoonbeoutofsightaltogether.Thereseemednochanceoftheiroldassociateovertakingthem.

           "Whatmatteredthat?Aladylostonaprairie,orinachapparal—alone,orinthemidstofamanada—eithercontingencypointedtocertaindanger."

           Astillmorestartlingperilsuggesteditselftothemindofthemustanger—sostartlingastofindexpressioninexcitedspeech.

           "Byheavens!"heejaculated,hisbrowbecomingmorecloudedthanithadbeenfromhisfirstenteringuponthechase."Ifthestallionsshouldchancethisway!’Tistheirfavouritestampinggroundamongthesemottos.Theywereherebutaweekago;andthis—yes—’tisthemonthoftheirmadness!"

           Thespurofthemustangeragaindrewblood,tillitsrowelswerered;andCastro,gallopingathisutmostspeed,glancedbackupbraidinglyoverhisshoulder.

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