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Chapter 69

           Moderatepeopleseenoreasonwhytheprisonershouldbeagainbroughttotrialinthatirregularway.

           Thefacts,thathavelatecometolight,donotalterthecaseatleast,inanywaytostrengthenthetestimonyagainsthim.

           IfthefourhorsemenseenwerenotIndiansandthishasbeenclearlyshownbythediscoveryofthedisguisesitisnotthelesslikelythattheyhavehadtodowiththedeathofyoungPoindexter.Besides,thereisnothingtoconnectthemwiththemustanger,anymorethaniftheyhadbeenrealComanches.

           Why,then,thisantipathyagainsttherespitedprisoner,forthesecondtimesurgingup?

           Thereisastrangenessaboutthethingthatperplexesagoodmanypeople.

           Thereareafewthatunderstand,orsuspect,thecause.Averyfew:perhapsonlythreeindividuals.

           TwoofthemareZebStumpandLouisePoindexter;thethirdCaptainCassiusCalhoun.

           Theoldhunter,withinstinctkeenlyonthealert,hasdiscoveredsomeunderhandedactiontheactorsbeingMiguelDiazandhismen,associatedwithahalf-scoreoflikecharactersofadifferentracethe"rowdies"ofthesettlement.Zebhastracedtheactiontoitsinstigatortheex-captainofvolunteercavalry.

           HehascommunicatedhisdiscoverytotheyoungCreole,whoisequaltotheunderstandingofit.Itisthetooclearcomprehensionofitstruththatnowinspiresherwithakeensolicitude.

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