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Chapter 46

           Thesewerethe"Regulators."

           Therewasnothingdistinctiveaboutthem,eitherintheirdress,arms,orequipments.AstrangerwouldnothaveknownaRegulatorfromanyotherindividual.Theyknewoneanother.

           TheirtalkwasofmurderofthemurderofHenryPoindextercoupledwiththenameofMauricethemustanger.

           Anothersubjectwasdiscussedofasomewhatcognatecharacter.Thosewhohadseenit,weretellingthosewhohadnotofthestrangespectaclethathadappearedtothemtheeveningbeforeontheprairie.

           Somewereatfirstincredulous,andtreatedthethingasajoke.Butthewholesaletestimonyandtheseriousmannerinwhichitwasgivencouldnotlongberesisted;andtheexistenceoftheheadlesshorsemanbecameauniversalbelief.Ofcoursetherewasanattempttoaccountfortheoddphenomenon,andmanyformsofexplanationweresuggested.Theonlyone,thatseemedtogiveeventhesemblanceofsatisfaction,wasthatalreadysetforwardbythefrontiersmanthatthehorsewasrealenough,buttheriderwasacounterfeit.

           Forwhatpurposesuchatrickshouldbecontrived,orwhoshouldbeitscontriver,noonepretendedtoexplain.

           Forthebusinessthathadbroughtthemtogther,therewasbutlittletimewastedinpreparation.Allwerepreparedalready.

           Theirhorseswereoutsidesomeofthemheldinhandbytheservantsoftheestablishment,butmost"hitched"towhateverwouldholdthem.

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