Chapter 18

           Ofthetwo-scorerescuers,whohadstartedinpursuitoftherunaway,butfewfollowedfar.Havinglostsightofthewildmares,themustang,andthemustanger,theybegantolosesightofoneanother;andbeforelongbecamedispersedupontheprairie—goingsingle,incouples,oringroupsofthreeandfourtogether.Mostofthem,unusedtotrackingupatrail,soonstrayedfromthattakenbythemanada;branchingoffuponothers,made,perhaps,bythesamedroveuponsomepreviousstampede.

           Thedragoonescort,inchargeofayoungofficer—afreshfledglingfromWestPoint—ranastrayupononeoftheseramifications,carryingthehindmostofthefieldalongwithit.

           Itwasarollingprairiethroughwhichthepursuitwasconducted,hereandthereintersectedbystragglingbeltsofbrushwood.These,withtheinequalitiesofthesurface,soonhidthevariouspursuingpartiesfromoneanother;andintwentyminutesafterthestart,abirdlookingfromtheheavensabove,mighthavebeheldhalfahundredhorsemen,distributedintohalfascoreofgroups—apparentlyhavingstartedfromacommoncentre—spurringatfullspeedtowardseveryquarterofthecompass!

           Butonewasgoingintherightdirection—asolitaryindividual,mounteduponalargestrong-limbedchestnuthorse;that,withoutanyclaimtoeleganceofshape,wasprovingthepossessionbothofspeedandbottom.

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