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Chapter 14

           Thentheanimalwasseentoriseerectonitshindlegs,andfallheavilybackwardupontheswardwhereitlaymotionless,andapparentlyasdead,asifshotthroughtheheart!

           Itwasonlystunned,however,bytheshock,andthequicktighteningoftheloopcausingtemporarystrangulation;whichtheMexicanmustangerprolongedtoeternity,bydrawinghissharp-edgedmachetéacrossitsthroat.

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           Theincidentcausedapostponementofthechase.Allawaitedtheactionoftheguide;who,after"throwing"themacho,haddismountedtorecoverhislazo.

           Hehadsucceededinreleasingtheropefromtheneckoftheprostrateanimal,whenhewasseentocoilitupwithaquicknessthatbetokenedsomenewcauseofexcitementatthesametimethatherantoregainhissaddle.

           Onlyafewoftheothersmostbeingfullyoccupiedwiththeirownexcitedsteedsobservedthisshowofhasteonthepartofthemustanger.Thosewhodid,sawitwithsurprise.Hehadcounselledpatienceinthepursuit.Theycouldperceivenocausefortheeccentricchangeoftactics,unlessitwasthatLouisePoindexter,mountedonthespottedmustang,hadsuddenlyseparatedfromthecompany,andwasgallopingoffafterthewildmares,asifresolvedonbeingforemostofthefield!

           Butthehunterofwildhorseshadnotconstruedherconductinthissense.

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