Chapter 29

           Calhountookhisdeparturefromthebreakfast-table,almostasabruptlyashiscousin;but,onleavingthesalainsteadofreturningtohisownchamber,hesalliedforthfromthehouse.

           Stillsufferingfromwoundsbuthalfhealed,hewasneverthelesssufficientlyconvalescenttogoabroadintothegarden,tothestables,thecorralsanywherearoundthehouse.

           Onthepresentoccasion,hisexcursionwasintendedtoconducthimtoamoredistantpoint.Asifunderthestimulusofwhathadturnedupintheconversationorperhapsbythecontentsoftheletterthathadbeenreadhisfeeblenessseemedforthetimetohaveforsakenhim;and,vigorouslyplyinghiscrutch,heproceededuptheriverinthedirectionofFortInge.

           Inabarrentractofland,thatlayabouthalfwaybetweenthehaciendaandtheFortandthatdidnotappeartobelongtoanyonehearrivedattheterminusofhislimpingexpedition.Therewasagroveofmezquit,with,somelargertreesshadingit;andinthemidstofthis,arudehovelof"wattleanddab,"knowninSouth-WesternTexasasajacalé.

           ItwasthedomicileofMiguelDiaz,theMexicanmustangeralairappropriatetothesemi-savagewhohadearnedforhimselfthedistinctiveappellationofElCoyote("PrairieWolf.")

           Itwasnotalwaysthatthewolfcouldbefoundinhisdenforhisjacalédeservednobetterdescription.

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