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Chapter 12

           Whyshedidsonoonecouldtell.Noonepresumedtoconjecture,exceptCassiusCalhoun.Hehadthoughtsuponthesubjectthoughtsthatweretorturinghim.

           Whenagroupofmovingformsappearedupontheprairie,emergingfromthegarishlightofthesettingsunwhenthespectatorsupontheazoteapronounceditadroveofhorsesinchargeofsomemountedmentheex-officerofvolunteershadasuspicionastowhowasconductingthatcavallada.

           Anotherappearedtofeelanequalinterestinitsadvent,thoughperhapsfromadifferentmotive.Longbeforethehorse-drovehadattractedtheobservationofPoindexter’sguests,hisdaughterhadnoteditsapproachfromthetimethatacloudofdustsoaredupagainstthehorizon,soslightandfilmyastohaveescapeddetectionbyanyeyenotbentexpresslyondiscoveringit.

           FromthatmomenttheyoungCreole,undercoverofaconversationcarriedonamidacircleoffaircompanions,hadbeenslylyscanningthedust-cloudasitdrewnearer;formingconjecturesastowhatwascausingit,uponknowledgealready,andasshesupposed,exclusivelyherown.

           "Wildhorses!"announcedthemajorcommandantofFortInge,afterashortinspectionthroughhispockettelescope."Someonebringingthemin,"headded,asecondtimeraisingtheglasstohiseye."Oh!Iseenowit’sMauricethemustanger,whooccasionallyhelpsourmentoaremount.Heappearstobecomingthiswaydirecttoyourplace,MrPoindexter."

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