Chapter 44

           Withhisflame-colouredcurlsbristlingupwardalmostraisingthehatfromhisheadtheGalwegiancontinuedhisretreatpausingnotscarcelookingback,tillhehadre-enteredthejacalé,closedtheskindoorbehindhim,andbarricadeditwithseverallargepackagesthatlaynear.

           Eventhenhedidnotfeelsecure.Whatprotectioncouldtherebeinashutdoor,barredandboltedbesides,againstthatwhichwasnotearthly?

           Andsurelywhathehadseenwasnotoftheearthnotofthisworld!Whoonearthhadeverwitnessedsuchaspectacleamanmounteduponhorseback,andcarryinghisheadinhishand?Whohadeverheardofaphenomenonsounnatural?Certainlynot"PhaylimOnale."

           Hishorrorstillcontinuing,herushedtoandfroacrossthefloorofthehut;nowdroppingdownuponthestool,anonrisingup,andglidingtothedoor;butwithoutdaringeithertoopenit,orlookoutthroughthechinks.

           Atintervalshetorethehairoutofhishead,strikinghisclenchedhandagainsthistemples,androughlyrubbinghiseyesasiftomakesurethathewasnotasleep,buthadreallyseentheshapethatwashorrifyinghim.

           Onethingalonegavehimamoietyofcomfort;thoughitwasoftheslightest.Whileretreatingdowntheravine,beforehisheadhadsunkbelowtheleveloftheplain,hehadgivenaglancebackward.Hehadderivedsomegratificationfromthatglance;asitshowedtheheadlessriderafaroffontheprairie,andwithbackturnedtowardtheAlamo,goingonatagallop.

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