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Chapter 73

           IamnotcertainastotheexactyeartheunitofitthoughIcanwithunquestionablecertaintyrecordthedecade.

           Icanspeakmorepreciselyastotheplace;thoughinthisImustbeallowedlatitude.AcircumferenceoftwentymileswillincludethedifferentpointswherethespectralapparitionmadeitselfmanifesttotheeyesofmenbothonprairieandinchapparalinadistrictofcountrytraversedbyseveralnortherntributariesoftheRiodeNueces,andsomesouthernbranchesoftheRioLeona.

           Itwasseennotonlybymanypeople;butatmanydifferenttimes.First,bythesearchersforHenryPoindexterandhissupposedmurderer;second,bytheservantofMauricethemustanger;thirdly,byCassiusCalhoun,onhismidnightexplorationofthechapparal;fourthly,bytheshamIndiansonthatsamenight:and,fifthly,byZebStumponthenightfollowing.

           Buttherewereotherswhosawitelsewhereandondifferentoccasionshunters,herdsmen,andtravellersallalikeawed,alikeperplexed,bytheapparition.

           IthadbecomethetalknotonlyoftheLeonasettlement,butofothersmoredistant.ItsfamealreadyreachedononesidetotheRioGrande,andontheotherwasrapidlyextendingtotheSabine.Noonedoubtedthatsuchathinghadbeenseen.Tohavedonesowouldhavebeentoignoretheevidenceoftwohundredpairsofeyes,allbelongingtomenwillingtomakeaffidavitofthefactforitcouldnotbepronouncedafancy.Noonedeniedthatithadbeenseen.

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