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Chapter 51

           Thetreewasfurnishedwithbuttressesallarounditsbase,withshadowyintervalsbetween.Intooneofthesehesteppedhastily;and,crouchingclose,wascompletelyscreenedbytheshadow.

           Hehadscarceeffectedhisconcealment,whenfourmencamerushingup;and,withoutstopping,hastenedontowardsthehorses.

           Astheypassedbyhim,theywereexchangingspeecheswhichtheIrishmancouldnotunderstand;buttheirtonebetrayedterror.Theexcitedactionofthemenconfirmedit.Theywereevidentlyretreatingfromsomeenemythathadfilledthemwithfear.

           Therewasagladewherethemoon-beamsfelluponthegrass.Itwasjustoutsidetheshadowofthecypress.Toreachthehorsestheyhadtocrossit;and,astheydidso,thevermilionupontheirnakedskinsflashedredunderthemoonlight.

           Phelimidentifiedthefourgentlemenwhohadmadesofreewiththehospitalityofthehut.

           Hekepthisplacetilltheyhadmounted,androdeofftillhecouldtellbythetrampoftheirhorsesthattheyhadascendedtheupperplain,andgoneoffinagallopasmenwhowerenotlikelytocomebackagain.

           "Doesn’tthatbateBanagher?"mutteredhe,steppingoutfromhishiding-place,andthrowinguphisarmsinastonishment."Bejapers!itdiz.MotheravMoses!fwhatcyanitmaneanyhow?Whatarethemdivvilsafther?Anfwhat’saftherthem?Shuresomethin’hasgiventhemascarethat’splainasapikestaff.Iwondhernowifit’sbeenthatsame.Bemesowlit’sjistitthey’veencounthered.Iheerdthehoundgowlin,andidn’thegoaftherit.

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