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Chapter 31

           Itwaslongaftertheinfantrydrumhadbeatentattoo,andthecavalrybuglesoundedthesignalforthegarrisonofFortIngetogotobedinfactitwasmuchnearerthehourofmidnightwhenahorsemanrodeawayfromthedoorofOberdoffer’shotel;and,takingthedown-riverroad,wassoonlosttothesightofthelatestloitererwhomighthavebeenstrollingthroughthestreetsofthevillage.

           Itisalreadyknown,thatthisroadpassedthehaciendaofCasadelCorvo,atsomedistancefromthehouse,andontheoppositesideoftheriver.Itisalsoknownthatatthesameplaceittraversedastretchofopenprairie,withonlyapieceofcopsewoodmidwaybetweentwoextensivetractsofchapparal.

           Thisclumpofisolatedtimber,knowninprairieparlanceasa"motte"or"island"oftimber,stoodbythesideoftheroad,alongwhichthehorsemanhadcontinued,aftertakinghisdeparturefromthevillage.

           Onreachingthecopsehedismounted;ledhishorseinamongtheunderwood;"hitched"him,byloopinghisbridlereinaroundthetopmosttwigsofanelasticbough;thendetachingalongropeoftwistedhorsehairfromthe"horn"ofhissaddle,andinsertinghisarmintoitscoil,heglidedouttotheedgeofthe"island,"onthatsidethatlaytowardsthehacienda.

           Beforeforsakingtheshadowofthecopse,hecastaglancetowardsthesky,andatthemoonsailingsupremelyoverit.Itwasaglanceofinquiry,endinginalookofchagrin,withsomemutteredphrasesthatrendereditmoreemphatic.

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