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Chapter 33

           Muchmoremightthethief?

           Forallthis,itwasscarceprobable,thatamanwouldmakeamidnightexpeditiontostealfruit,orvegetables,insuchcavalierstyle.

           Whatelsecouldhebeafter?

           Theoddmanoeuvreofleavinghishorseundercoverofthecopse,andcomingforwardonfoot,andapparentlywithcaution,asfarascouldbeseenintheuncertainlight,wasofitselfevidencethattheman’serrandcouldscarcebehonestandthathewasapproachingthepremisesofCasadelCorvowithsomeevildesign.

           Whatcoulditbe?

           SinceleavingtheupperplainhehadbeennolongervisibletoCalhounuponthehousetop.Theunderwoodskirtingthestreamontheoppositeside,andintowhichhehadentered,wasconcealinghim.

           "Whatcanthemanbeafter?"

           Afterputtingthisinterrogatorytohimself,andforaboutthetenthtimeeachwithincreasingemphasisthecomposureoftheex-captainwasstillfurtherdisturbedbyasoundthatreachedhisear,exceedinglylikeaplungeintheriver.Itwasslight,butclearlytheconcussionofsomehardsubstancebroughtincontactwithwater.

           "Thestrokeofanoar,"mutteredhe,onhearingit."Is,bytheholyJehovah!He’sgotholdoftheskiff,and’scrossingovertothegarden.Whatonearthcanhebeafter?"

           Thequestionerdidnotintendstayingonthehousetoptodetermine.Histhoughtwastoslipsilentlydownstairsrousethemalemembersofthefamily,alongwithsomeoftheservants;andattempttocapturetheintruderbyacleverambuscade.

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