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Chapter 53

           Ifhehadanydoubt,itwassoonsetatrest,byseeingthem,oneaftertheother,comeskulkingoutofthechapparal,loppingapaceortwo,atintervals,pausingtoreconnoitre,andthenadvancingtowardsthesceneoftheirlateconflict.

           Emboldenedbytheabsenceoftheenemymostdreadedbythem,thepackwassoonreassembled,oncemoreexhibitingthetruculentferocityforwhichthesecowardlycreaturesarecelebrated.

           Itwasfirstdisplayedinaveryunnaturalmannerbythedevouringoftheirowndeadwhichwasdoneinlesstimethanitwouldhavetakenthespectatorinthetreetohavecountedascore.

           Tohimtheirattentionwasnextdirected.Inswinginghishammock,hehadtakennopainstoconcealit.Hehadsuspendedithighenoughtobeoutoftheirreach;andthathedeemedsufficientforhispurpose.

           Thecloakofdarkclothwasconspicuous,aswellasthefigureoutlinedwithinit.Thecoyotésclusteredunderneaththeirappetiteswhettedbythetasteofblood.Itwasasighttoseethemlicktheirredlipsaftertheirunnaturalrepastafearfulsight!

           Hewhosawitscarceregardedthemnotevenwhentheywerespringinguptolayholdofhislimbs,orattimesattemptingtoascendbythetrunkofthetree!Hesupposedtherewasnodanger.

           Therewasdanger,however,onwhichhehadnotreckoned;andnottillthecoyotéshavedesistedfromtheiridleattempts,andstretchedthemselves,panting,underthetree,didhebegintoperceiveit.

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