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Chapter 60

           Shesitsinthesaddle,asthoughshewerepartofit;withheadbentdown,intheattitudeofoneabsorbedinaprofoundreverie,unconsciousofoutwardthingsevenoftherudepaceatwhichsheisriding!Shedoesnotobservethatblackcohortcloseby;untilwarnedofitsproximitybythesnortingofhersteed,thatsuddenlycomestoastand.

           Sheseesacaballadaoutupontheopenprairie!

           Indians?No.Whitemenlessbytheircolour,thanthecaparisonoftheirhorses,andtheirstyleofequitation.Theirbeards,too,showit;butnottheirskins,discolouredbythe"stoor"oftheparchedplain.

           "LosTejanos!"isthemutteredexclamation,asshebecomesconfirmedinregardtotheirnationality.

           "AtroopoftheirrangersscouringthecountryforComanches,Isuppose?TheIndiansarenothere?IfI’veheardarightattheSettlement,theyshouldbefarontheotherside."

           Withoutanystrongreasonforshunningthem,theMexicanmaidenhasnodesiretoencounter"LosTejanos."Theyarenothingtoher,orherpurposes;and,atanyothertime,shewouldnotgooutoftheirway.Butinthishourofherwretchedness,shedoesnotwishtorunthegauntletoftheirquestionings,norbecomethebuttoftheircuriosity.

           Itispossibletoavoidthem.Sheisyetamongthebushes.Theydonotappeartohaveobservedher.Byturningshortround,anddivingbackintothechapparal,shemayyetshunbeingseen.

           Sheisabouttodoso,whenthedesignisfrustratedbytheneighingofherhorse.

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