Всадник без головы

Chapter 66

           Heproclaimsitbyalowtremulousneigh,asiftoattractherattention;whilehishead,tossedbacktowardsthechapparal,showsthattheenemyistobelookedforinthatdirection.

           Who,orwhatisit?

           Warnedbythebehaviourofhersteed,Isidorafacestothethicket,andscansthepathbywhichshehaslatelypassedthroughit.Itistheroad,ortrail,leadingtotheLeona.’Tisonlyopentotheeyeforastraightstretchofabouttwohundredyards.Beyond,itbecomesscreenedbythebushes,throughwhichitgoescircuitously.

           Nooneisseenuponitnothingsavetwoorthreeleancoyotés,thatskulkundertheshadowofthetreesscentingtheshodtracks,inthehopeoffindingsomescrap,thatmayhavefallenfromthehurryinghorsemen.

           Itisnotthesethathavecausedthegreytoshowsuchexcitement.Heseesthem;butwhatofthat?Theprairie-wolfisasighttohimneitherstartling,norrare.Thereissomethingelsesomethinghehaseitherscented,orheard.

           Isidoralistens:foratimewithouthearingaughttoalarmher.Thehowl-barkofthejackaldoesnotbegetfearatanytime;muchlessinthejoyofthedaylight.Shehearsonlythis.Herthoughtsagainreturntothe"Tejanos"especiallytohimwhohaslastpartedfromherside.Sheisspeculatingonthepurposeofhisearnestinterrogation;whenoncemoresheisinterruptedbytheactionofherhorse.

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