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Chapter 54

           Thur’sbeenabito’askrimmageaforethespottedbeestkimup.Theyoungfellur’sbeenattaktedbycoyoats!Who’dasurposedthatthecowardlyvarmintswouldahadtheowdacitytoattaktahumancritter?Buttheywill,whentheygitsthechanceo’onekrippledasheair—durn’em!"

           Thehunterhadallthetalkingtohimself.Phelim,nowoverjoyedtoknowthathismasterstilllived—andfurthermorewasinnodangerofdying—suddenlychangedhismelancholywhinetoajubilanthullaballoo,andcommenceddancingovertheground,allthewhilesnappinghisfingersinthemostapprovedConnemarafashion.

           Hisfrenziedactionprovokedthehoundtoalikepitchofexcitement;andthetwobecameengagedinasortofwildIrishjig.

           Zebtooknonoticeofthesegrotesquedemonstrations;but,oncemorebendingovertheprostrateform,proceededtocompletetheexaminationalreadybegun.

           Becomingsatisfiedthattherewasnoseriouswound,herosetohisfeet,andcommencedtakingstockoftheoddarticlesaroundhim.HehadalreadynoticedthePanamahat,thatstilladheredtotheheadofthemustanger;andastrangethoughtatseeingitthere,hadpassedthroughhismind.

           HatsofGuayaquilgrass—erroneouslycalledPanama—werenotuncommon.ScoresofSouthernersworethem,inTexasaselsewhere.ButheknewthattheyoungIrishmanwasaccustomedtocarryaMexicansombrero—averydifferentkindofhead-gear.Itwaspossiblehemighthaveseenfittochangethefashion.

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