Всадник без головы

Chapter 50

           "Afriend!thankHeaven,afriend!"

           Thebayingceased,asthehoundclearedtheselvageofthechapparal,andrushedopen-mouthedamongthecowedcoyotésalreadyretreatingathisapproach!

           Onewasinstantlyseizedbetweenthehugejaws;jerkedupwardfromtheearth;shakenasifithadbeenonlyarat;andletgoagain,towritheoverthegroundwithashatteredspine!

           Anotherwasservedinasimilarmanner;butereathirdcouldbeattacked,theterrifiedsurvivorsdroppedtheirtailstothesward,andwentyelpingaway;oneandallretreatingwhencetheyhadcomeintothesilentsolitudesofthechapparal.

           Therescuedmansawnomore.Hisstrengthwascompletelyspent.Hehadjustenoughlefttostretchforthhisarms,andwithasmileclosethemaroundtheneckofhisdeliverer.Then,murmuringsomesoftwords,hefaintedgraduallyaway.

           Hissyncopewassoonover,andconsciousnessoncemoreassumedaway.

           Supportinghimselfonhiselbow,helookedinquiringlyaround.

           Itwasastrange,sanguinaryspectaclethatmethiseyes.Butforhisswoon,hewouldhaveseenastillstrangerone.Duringitscontinuanceahorsemanhadriddenintotheglade,andgoneoutagain.Hewasthesamewhosehoofstrokehadbeenheard,andwhohadlentadeafeartothecriesforhelp.Hehadarrivedtoolate,andthenwithoutanyideaofofferingassistance.Hisdesignappearedtobethewateringofhishorse.

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