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Chapter 94

           Fivehundredheartsthrobwithamadimpatienceforthereturnoftheoldhunter—withorwithoutCassiusCalhoun—withorwithouttheHeadlessHorse,man—nownolongereithermythormystery,butanaturalphenomenon,explainedandcomprehended.

           Itisnotnecessarytosaytothatassemblage,thatthethingisanimprobability—muchlesstopronounceitimpossible.TheyareTexansofthesouth-west—denizensofthehighuplandplateau,borderinguponthe"StakedPlain,"fromwhichspringsthelovelyLeona,andwheretheriverofNutsheadsinahundredcrystalstreams.

           Theyaredwellersinaland,wheredeathcanscarcebesaidtohaveitssuccessorindecay;wherethestagstruckdowninitstracks—orthewildsteedsuccumbingtosomehaplesschance—unlessbywildbeastsdevoured,will,afteratime,biddefiancebothtothelawsofcorruptionandtheteethofthecoyoté;wherethecorpseofmortalmanhimself,leftuncoffinedanduncovered,will,intheshortperiodofeight-and-fortyhours,exhibitthesigns,andpartakeofthequalities,ofamummyfreshlyexhumedfromthecatacombsofEgypt!

           ButfewuponthegroundwhoarenotacquaintedwiththispeculiarityoftheTexanclimate—thatsectionofitclosetotheSierraMadro—andmoreespeciallyamongthespursoftheLlanoEstacado.

           ShouldtheHeadlessHorsemanbeledbackundertheliveoak,thereisnotonewhowillbesurprisedtoseethedeadbodyofHenryPoindexterscarceshowingtheincipientsignsofdecomposition

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