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Chapter 96

           ButitisnotthiscourseCalhounintendstotake.HoweverillobservedthestatutebetweenTexasandMexico,hehasnointentiontotakeadvantageofitslooseobservance.Hedreadstorisksuchadanger.Withtheconsciousnessofhisgreatcrime,hehasreason.

           ThoughridingtowardtheRioGrande,itisnotwiththedesignofcrossingit.Hehasbethoughthimoftheotherborder—thatbeyondwhichroamsthesavageComanche—theIshmaeliteoftheprairies—whosehandisagainsteverymanwithawhiteskin;butwillbeliftedlightlyagainsthim,whohasspilledthewhiteman’sblood!

           Inhistent,themurderermaynotonlyfindahome,buthopeforhospitality—perhapspromotion,intheredcareerofhisadoption!

           Itisfromanunderstandingofthesecircumstances,thatCalhounseesachanceofescape,thatsupporthimagainstdespair;and,thoughhehasstartedinadirectlinefortheRioGrande,heintends,undercoverofthechapparal,tofleetowardstheLlanoEstacado.

           Hedoesnotdreadthedangersofthisfrightfuldesert;noranyothersthatmayliebeforehim.Theycanbebutlightcomparedwiththosethreateningbehind.

           Hemightfeelregretattheterribleexpatriationforceduponhim—thelossofwealth,friends,socialstatus,andcivilisation—morethanall,theseverancefromonetoowildly,wickedlyloved—perhapsnevertobeseenagain!

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           Buthehasnotimetothinkevenofher.Tohisignoblenaturelifeisdearerthanlove.

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