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Chapter 76

           Let’strackuptother,andseewhetherhehevrudintothesameprocksimmuty!Totherightabeout,olegal,andkeepclostahintme—elseyemaygetlostinthechapparal,anthecoyoatsmaymakethursupperonyurtallow.Ho!ho!ho!"

           Withthisapostrophetohis"critter,"endinginalaughattheconceitofher"tallow,"thehunterturnedoffonthetrackofthethirdhorse.

           Itledhimalongtheedgeofanextendedtractofchapparal;which,followingallthree,hehadapproachedatapointwellknowntohim,astothereader,—whereitwaspartedbytheopenspacealreadydescribed.

           Thenewtrailskirtedthetimberonlyforashortdistance.Twohundredyardsfromtheembouchureoftheavenue,itranintoit;andfiftypacesfurtheronZebcametoaspotwherethehorsehadstoodtiedtoatree.

           Zebsawthattheanimalhadproceedednofurther:fortherewasanothersetoftracksshowingwhereithadreturnedtotheprairie—thoughnotbythesamepath.

           Theriderhadgonebeyond.Thefoot-marksofamancouldbeseenbeyond—inthemudofahalf-dryarroyo—besidewhichthehorsehadbeen"hitched."

           Leavinghiscrittertooccupythe"stall"wherebroken-shoehadforsometimefrettedhimself,theoldhunterglidedoffuponthefootmarksofthedismountedrider.

           Hesoondiscoveredtwosetsofthem—onegoing—anothercomingback.

           Hefollowedtheformer.

           Hewasnotsurprisedattheirbringinghimoutintotheavenue—closetothepoolofblood—bythecoyotéslongsincelickeddry

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