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Chapter 18

           "Dog-gonemycats!Iwonderwhatthehellhevbecomedo’her!Kewrious,too;sechariderassheair,terletthedurnedgoato’athingrunawaywi’her.Wal!thur’snotmuchdangertobereeprehended.Themowstangerairputtysartintothrowhisropearoun’thecritter,anthat’llputaneendtoitscapers.Whyhevyestoppedhyur?"

           "I’mpuzzledaboutthedirectionthey’vetaken.Theirtracksshowthey’vebeenhaltedhere;butIcanseetheshodhoofsnofarther."

           "Whoo!whoo!yurright,MisterCashus!Theyhevbeenhaltedhyur;anbeenclostthegithertoo.Theyhain’tgonenofurtheronthetrailo’thewildmaars.Sartintheyhain’t.Whatthen?"

           Thespeakerscannedthesurfaceoftheplainwithaninterrogativeglance;asifthere,andnotfromCassiusCalhoun,expectingananswertohisquestion.

           "Icannotseetheirtracksanywhere,"repliedtheex-captain.

           "No,kan’tye?Ikinthough.Lookeehyur!Don’tyeseethemthurbruisesonthegrass?"

           "No."

           "Durnit!thurplainesthenoseonaJew’sface.Thur’sabigshoe,analittleunclostasideo’it.Thet’sthewaythey’verudoff,whichshowthattheyhain’tfolleredthewildmaarsnofurtherthanhyur.We’dbetterkeeponarterthem?"

           "Byallmeans!"

           Withoutfurtherparley,Zebstartedalongthenewtrail;which,thoughstillundiscernibletotheeyeoftheother,wastohimasconspicuousashehadfigurativelydeclaredit.

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