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Chapter 50

           Theanimalplungedstraightintothestreamlet,dranktoitssatisfaction,climbedoutontheoppositebank,trottedacrosstheopenground,anddisappearedinthethicketbeyond.

           Theriderhadtakennonoticeoftheprostrateform;thehorseonlybysnorting,ashesawit,andspringingfromsidetoside,ashetrodamidstthecarcasesofthecoyotés.

           Thehorsewasamagnificentanimal,notlarge,butperfectinallhisparts.Themanwastheveryreversehavingnohead!

           Therewasahead,butnotinitsproperplace.Itrestedagainsttheholster,seeminglyheldintherider’shand!

           Afearfulapparition.

           Thedogbarked,asitpassedthroughtheglade,andfollowedittotheedgeoftheunderwood.Hehadbeenwithitforalongtime,strayingwhereitstrayed,andgoingwhereitwent.

           Henowdesistedfromthisfruitlessfellowship;and,returningtothesleeper,laydownbyhisside.

           Itwasthenthatthelatterwasrestoredtoconsciousness,andrememberedwhathadmadehimforthemomentoblivious.

           Aftercaressingthedogheagainsankintoaprostrateposition;and,drawingtheskirtofthecloakoverhisfacetoshadeitfromtheglareofthesun,hefellasleep.

           Thestaghoundlaydownathisfeet,andalsoslumbered;butonlyinshortspells.Atintervalsitraiseditshead,andutteredanangrygrowl,asthewingsofthevulturescameswitchingtooclosetoitsears.

           Theyoungmanmutteredinhissleep

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