Chapter 43

           Oncemorethemustanger’shut!Oncemorehishenchman,astrideofastoolinthemiddleofthefloor!Oncemorehishoundlyingastretchupontheskin-coveredhearth,withsnouthalfburiedinthecinders!

           Therelativepositionsofthemanandthedogareessentiallythesameaswhenseenonaformeroccasiontheirattitudesalmostidentical.Otherwisethereisachangeinthepicturesincelastpaintedatransformationatoncestrikingandsignificant.

           Thehorse-hidedoor,standingajar,stillhangsuponitshinges;andthesmoothcoatsofthewildsteedsshinelustrouslyalongthewalls.Theslabtable,too,isthere,thetrestlebedstead,thetwostools,andthe"shakedown"oftheservitor.

           Buttheother"chattels"wonttobedisplayedagainsttheskintapestryareeitheroutofsight,ordisplaced.Thedoublegunhasbeenremovedfromitsrack;thesilvercup,huntinghorn,anddog-call,arenolongersuspendedfromtheirrespectivepegs;thesaddle,bridles,ropes,andserapésareunslung;andthebooks,ink,pens,andpapeteriehaveentirelydisappeared.

           AtfirstsightitmightbesupposedthatIndianshavepaidavisittothejacalé,andpillageditofitspenates.

           Butno.Hadthisbeenthecase,Phelimwouldnotbesittingsounconcernedlyonthestool,withhiscarrotyscalpstilluponhishead.

           Thoughthewallsarestrippednothinghasbeencarriedaway.

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