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Chapter 46

           Theyhadcomewarnedoftheirwork,andonlywaitedforWoodleyPoindexter—onthisoccasiontheirchief—togivethesignalforsettingforth.

           Heonlywaitedinthehopeofprocuringaguide;onewhocouldconductthemtotheAlamo—whocouldtakethemtothedomicileofMauricethemustanger.

           Therewasnosuchpersonpresent.Planters,merchants,shopkeepers,lawyers,hunters,horseandslave-dealers,wereallalikeignorantoftheAlamo.

           Therewasbutonemanbelongingtothesettlementsupposedtobecapableofperformingtherequiredservice—oldZebStump.ButZebcouldnotbefound.Hewasabsentononeofhisstalkingexpeditions;andthemessengerssenttosummonhimwerereturning,oneafteranother,toannounceabootlesserrand.

           Therewasawoman,inthehaciendaitself,whocouldhaveguidedthesearchersupontheirtrack—totheveryhearthstoneofthesupposedassassin.

           WoodleyPoindexterknewitnot;andperhapswellforhimitwasso.Hadtheproudplantersuspectedthatinthepersonofhisownchild,therewasaguidewhocouldhaveconductedkimtothelonehutontheAlamo,hissorrowforalostsonwouldhavebeenstifledbyanguishforanerringdaughter.

           ThelastmessengersentinsearchofStumpcamebacktothehaciendawithouthim.Thethirstforvengeancecouldbenolongerstayed,andtheavengerswentforth.

           ***

           TheywerescarceoutofsightofCasadelCorvo,whenthetwoindividuals,whocouldhavedonethemsuchsignalservice,becameengagedinconversationwithinthewallsofthehaciendaitself.

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