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Chapter 76

           Hemighthavetracedthemrightuptoit,butforthehundredsofhorsetracksthathadtroddenthegroundlikeasheep-pen.

           Butbeforegoingsofar,hewasstayedbythediscoveryofsomefresh"sign"toointerestingtobecarelesslyexamined.Inaplacewheretheunderwoodgrewthick,hecameuponaspotwhereamanhadremainedforsometime.Therewasnoturf,andtheloosemouldwasbakedhardandsmooth,evidentlybythesoleofabootorshoe.

           Therewereprintsofthesamesoleleadingouttowardstheplaceofblood,andsimilaronescomingbackagain.Butuponthebranchesofatreebetween,ZebStumpsawsomethingthathadescapedtheeyesnotonlyofthesearchers,butoftheirguideSpanglerascrapofpaper,blackenedandhalf-burntevidentlythewaddingofadischargedgun!

           Itwasclingingtothetwigofalocust-tree,impaledupononeofitsspines!

           Theoldhuntertookitfromthethorntowhich,throughrainandwind,ithadadhered;spreaditcarefullyacrossthepalmofhishornyhand;andreaduponitssmouchedsurfaceanamewellknowntohim;which,withitsconcomitanttitle,boretheinitials,"C.C.C."

           

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