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Chapter 4

           Fromthesabletowerscouldbeheardahoarseswishingnoise,thatresembledthesoughofawaterfallatintervalsbreakingintoreverberationsliketherollofmusketry,orthedetonationsofdistantthunder!

           Thesenoisesweregraduallygrowinglouderandmoredistinct.Thedanger,whateveritmightbe,wasdrawingnearer!

           Consternationbecamedepictedonthecountenancesofthetravellers,Calhoun’sformingnoexception.Theex-officernolongerpretendedlevity.Theeyesofallwereturnedtowardstheloweringsky,andthebandofblackcolumnsthatappearedcomingontocrushthem!

           Atthiscrisisashout,reachingtheirearsfromtheoppositeside,wasasourceofreliefdespitetheunmistakableaccentofalarminwhichitwasuttered.

           Turning,theybeheldahorsemaninfullgallopridingdirecttowardsthem.

           Thehorsewasblackascoal:therideroflikehue,eventotheskinofhisface.Forallthathewasrecognised:asthestranger,uponthetrailofwhoselazotheyhadbeentravelling.

           Theperceptionsofwomanarequickerthanthoseofman:theyoungladywithinthecarriolewasthefirsttoidentifyhim."Onward!"hecried,assoonaswithinspeakingdistance."Onon!asfastasyoucandrive!"

           "Whatisit?"demandedtheplanter,inbewilderedalarm."Isthereadanger?"

           "Thereis.Ididnotanticipateit,asIpassedyou.Itwasonlyafterreachingtheriver,Isawthesuresignsofit."

           "Ofwhat,sir?"

           "Thenorther."

           "Youmeanthestormofthatname?"

           "Ido."

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