Chapter 30

           LouisePoindexter,passionatelyaddictedtothesportstermed"manly,"couldscarcehaveoverlookedarchery.

           Shehadnot.Thehow,anditsadjunctthearrow,wereinherhandsastoyswhichshecouldcontroltoherwill.

           ShehadbeeninstructedintheirmanègebytheHoumaIndians;aremnantofwhomthelastdescendantsofaoncepowerfultribemaystillbeencountereduponthe"coast"oftheMississippi,intheproximityofPointCoupéandthebayouAtchafalaya.

           Foralongtimeherbowhadlainunbentunpacked,indeed,eversinceithadformedpartoftheparaphernaliabroughtoverlandinthewaggontrain.SinceherarrivalatCasadelCorvoshehadfoundnooccasiontousetheweaponofDiana;andherbeautifulbowofOsage-orangewood,andquiverofplumedarrows,hadlainneglectedinthelumber-room.

           Therecameatimewhentheyweretakenforth,andhonouredwithsomeattention.Itwasshortlyafterthatsceneatthebreakfasttable;whenshehadreceivedthepaternalcommandtodiscontinueherequestrianexcursions.

           Tothisshehadyieldedimplicitobedience,evenbeyondwhatwasintended:sincenotonlyhadshegivenupridingoutalone,butdeclinedtodosoincompany.

           Thespottedmustangstoodlistlessinitsstall,orprancedfranticallyaroundthecorral;wonderingwhyitsspinewasnolongercrossed,oritsribscompressed,bythatstrangecaparison,thatmorethanaughtelseremindeditofitscaptivity.

           Itwasnotneglected,however.

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