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Chapter 46

           Thesewerethe"Regulators."

           Therewasnothingdistinctiveaboutthem,eitherintheirdress,arms,orequipments.AstrangerwouldnothaveknownaRegulatorfromanyotherindividual.Theyknewoneanother.

           Theirtalkwasofmurder—ofthemurderofHenryPoindexter—coupledwiththenameofMauricethemustanger.

           Anothersubjectwasdiscussedofasomewhatcognatecharacter.Thosewhohadseenit,weretellingthosewhohadnot—ofthestrangespectaclethathadappearedtothemtheeveningbeforeontheprairie.

           Somewereatfirstincredulous,andtreatedthethingasajoke.Butthewholesaletestimony—andtheseriousmannerinwhichitwasgiven—couldnotlongberesisted;andtheexistenceoftheheadlesshorsemanbecameauniversalbelief.Ofcoursetherewasanattempttoaccountfortheoddphenomenon,andmanyformsofexplanationweresuggested.Theonlyone,thatseemedtogiveeventhesemblanceofsatisfaction,wasthatalreadysetforwardbythefrontiersman—thatthehorsewasrealenough,buttheriderwasacounterfeit.

           Forwhatpurposesuchatrickshouldbecontrived,orwhoshouldbeitscontriver,noonepretendedtoexplain.

           Forthebusinessthathadbroughtthemtogther,therewasbutlittletimewastedinpreparation.Allwerepreparedalready.

           Theirhorseswereoutside—someofthemheldinhandbytheservantsoftheestablishment,butmost"hitched"towhateverwouldholdthem.

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