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Chapter 52

           Despiteanintellectunusuallyclear,andthepossessionofstrongpowersofanalysis,hewasunabletoreachanyrationalsolutionofthismysteriousdramaofmanyacts.

           Theonlythingcleartohimwas,thatfourmountedmenhedidnotbelievethemtobeIndianshadbeenmakingfreewiththemustanger’shut;andthatitwasmostprobablethatthesehadsomethingtodowiththemurderthathadbeencommitted.Butthepresenceofthesemenatthejacalé,coupledwiththeprotractedabsenceofitsowner,conductedhisconjecturestoastillmoremelancholyconclusion:thatmorethanonemanhadfallenasacrificetotheassassin,andthatthethicketmightbesearchedfortwobodies,insteadofone!

           Agroanescapedfromthebosomofthebackwoodsmanasthisconvictionforceditselfuponhismind.HeentertainedfortheyoungIrishmanapeculiaraffectionstrongalmostasthatfeltbyafatherforhisson;andthethoughtthathehadbeenfoullyassassinatedinsomeobscurecornerofthechapparal,hisfleshtobetornbythebeakofthebuzzardandtheteethofthecoyoté,stirredtheoldhuntertotheverycoreofhisheart.

           Hegroanedagain,ashereflecteduponit;until,withoutaction,hecouldnolongerbeartheagonisingthought,and,springingtohisfeet,hestrodetoandfroovertheground,proclaiming,inloudtones,hispurposeofvengeance.

           Soabsorbedwashewithhissorrowfulindignation,thathesawnotthestaghoundasitcameskulkinguptothehut.

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