Chapter 29

           Calhountookhisdeparturefromthebreakfast-table,almostasabruptlyashiscousin;but,onleavingthesalainsteadofreturningtohisownchamber,hesalliedforthfromthehouse.

           Stillsufferingfromwoundsbuthalfhealed,hewasneverthelesssufficientlyconvalescenttogoabroad—intothegarden,tothestables,thecorrals—anywherearoundthehouse.

           Onthepresentoccasion,hisexcursionwasintendedtoconducthimtoamoredistantpoint.Asifunderthestimulusofwhathadturnedupintheconversation—orperhapsbythecontentsoftheletterthathadbeenread—hisfeeblenessseemedforthetimetohaveforsakenhim;and,vigorouslyplyinghiscrutch,heproceededuptheriverinthedirectionofFortInge.

           Inabarrentractofland,thatlayabouthalfwaybetweenthehaciendaandtheFort—andthatdidnotappeartobelongtoanyone—hearrivedattheterminusofhislimpingexpedition.Therewasagroveofmezquit,with,somelargertreesshadingit;andinthemidstofthis,arudehovelof"wattleanddab,"knowninSouth-WesternTexasasajacalé.

           ItwasthedomicileofMiguelDiaz,theMexicanmustanger—alairappropriatetothesemi-savagewhohadearnedforhimselfthedistinctiveappellationofElCoyote("PrairieWolf.")

           Itwasnotalwaysthatthewolfcouldbefoundinhisden—forhisjacalédeservednobetterdescription.

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