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Chapter 74

           Butinsteadofdoingso,hehadimmediatelycommencedmakingapproachtowardshim!

           Hehadcontinuedit—usingthetimberasascreen,andactingasonewhostalksthetimidstag,withthedifferenceofaheart-dreadwhichnodeer-stalkercouldeverknow.

           Hehadcontinuedit;untiltheshelterofthemottegavehimamomentaryrespite,notfromfear,buttheapprehensionofafailure.

           Hehadnotriddentenmilesacrosstheprairiewithoutadesign;anditwasthisthatcausedhimtogosocautiously—guidinghishorseoverthesoftestturf,andthroughtheselvedgeofthechapparal—insuchawayasneithertoexposehispersontoview,norcausearustleamongthebranches,thatmightbeheardtothedistanceoftenyards.

           Nooneobservinghismanoeuvresashemovedamidthetimberisland,couldhavemistakentheirmeaning—atleastsofarasrelatedtotheobjectforwhichtheywerebeingmade.

           HiseyewasupontheHeadlessHorseman,hiswholesoulabsorbedinwatchingthemovementsofthelatter—bywhichheappearedtoregulatehisown.

           Atfirst,fearseemedtobehisprevailingthought.Afteratime,itwassucceededbyanimpatiencethatpartiallyemboldenedhim.Thelatterplainlysprangfromhisperceiving,thattheHeadlessHorseman,insteadofapproachingthetimber,stillkeptataregulardistanceoftwohundredyardsfromitsedge.

           Thatthischafedhimwasevidentfromastringofsoliloquies,mutteredhalfaloud.Theywerenotfreefromblasphemy;butthatwascharacteristicofthemanwhopronouncedthem.

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