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Chapter 18

           Thebluefrock-coatofhalfmilitarycut,andforagecapofcorrespondingcolour,weredistinctivearticlesofdresshabituallywornbytheex-captainofvolunteercavalryCassiusCalhoun.Heitwaswhodirectedthechestnutonthetruetrail;whilewithwhipandspurhewasstimulatingtheanimaltoextraordinaryefforts.Hewashimselfstimulatedbyathoughtsharpashisownspursthatcausedhimtoconcentrateallhisenergiesupontheabjectinhand.

           Likeahungryhoundhewaslayinghisheadalongthetrail,inhopesofanissuethatmightrewardhimforhisexertions.

           Whatthatissuewashehadbutvaguelyconceived;butonoccasionalglancetowardshisholstersfromwhichprotrudedthebuttsofabraceofpistolstoldofsomesinisterdesignthatwasshapingitselfinhissoul.

           Butforacircumstancethatassistedhim,hemight,liketheothers,havegoneastray.Hehadtheadvantageofthem,however,inbeingguidedbytwoshoe-trackshehadseenbefore.One,thelarger,herecollectedwithapainfuldistinctness.Hehadseenitstampeduponacharredsurface,amidtheashesofaburntprairie.Yieldingtoanundefinedinstinct,hehadmadeanoteofitinhismemory,andnowrememberedit.

           Thusdirected,theci-devantcaptainarrivedamongthecopses,androdeintothegladewherethespottedmustanghadbeenpulledupinsuchamysteriousmanner.Hithertohisanalysishadbeeneasyenough.Atthispointitbecameconjecture.Amongthehoof-printsofthewildmares,theshoe-trackswerestillseen,butnolongergoingatagallop.

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