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Chapter 18

           "Withyouonherback?"

           "Iwasn’tanywhereelse!Whataquestion,cousinCash!Wherewouldyouexpectmetohavebeen?Clingingtohertail?Ha!ha!ha!"

           "Didyouleapit?"inquiredthelaugher,suddenlychangingtone."Didyoufollowusanyfarther?"

           "No,Loo.FromthecrevasseIcamedirecthere,thinkingyouhadgotbackbeforeme.That’showI’vechancedtocomeupwithyou."

           Theanswerappearedtogivesatisfaction.

           "Ah!I’mgladyou’veovertakenus.We’vebeenridingslowly.Lunaissotired.Poorthing!Idon’tknowhowIshallevergetherbacktotheLeona."

           SincethemomentofbeingjoinedbyCalhoun,themustangerhadnotspokenaword.HoweverpleasantmayhavebeenhispreviousintercoursewiththeyoungCreole,hehadrelinquishedit,withoutanyapparentreluctance;andwasnowridingsilentlyintheadvance,asifbytacitunderstandinghehadreturnedtotheperformanceofthepartforwhichhehadbeenoriginallyengaged.

           Forallthat,theeyeoftheex-captainwasbentblightinglyuponhimattimesinademoniacglarewhenhesaworfanciedthatanothereyewasturnedadmiringlyinthesamedirection.

           Alongjourneyperformedbythattriooftravellersmighthaveledtoatragicaltermination.Suchfinalewaspreventedbytheappearanceofthepicknickers;whosoonaftersurroundingthereturnedrunaway,puttoflighteveryotherthoughtbythechorusoftheircongratulations.

           

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