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Chapter 36

           A"blanket-coat"ofscarletcolourshroudedmostofhispersonfromsightitsampleskirtsspreadoverhisthighs,halfconcealingashortjägerrifle,strappedaslantalongtheflapofhissaddle.

           Liketheforemostofthethree,heexhibitednosignsofadesiretomoverapidlyalongtheroad.Hewasproceedingataslowpaceevenforatraveller.Forallthat,hismannerbetokenedastateofmindfarfromtranquil;andinthisrespecthemightbelikenedtothehorsemanwhohadmoreimmediatelyprecededhim.

           Buttherewasanessentialdifferencebetweentheactionsofthetwomen.Whereasthecloakedcavalierappeareddesirousofovertakingsomeoneinadvance,heintheredblanketcoatseemedaltogethertooccupyhimselfinreconnoitringtowardshisrear.

           Atintervalshewouldsluehimselfroundinthestirrupssometimeshalfturnhishorseandscanthetrackoverwhichhehadpassed;allthewhilelistening,asthoughheexpectedtohearsomeonewhoshouldbecomingafterhim.

           Stillkeepingupthissingularsurveillance,helikewiseinduetimereachedthepointofdisappearance,withouthavingovertakenanyone,orbeenhimselfovertaken.

           Thoughatnearlyequaldistancesapartwhilemakingthepassageoftheprairie,notoneofthethreehorsemenwaswithinsightofeitheroftheothers.Thesecond,half-waybetweentheothertwo,wasbeyondreachofthevisionofeither,astheywerebeyondhis.

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