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Chapter 69

           Moderatepeopleseenoreasonwhytheprisonershouldbeagainbroughttotrialinthatirregularway.

           Thefacts,thathavelatecometolight,donotalterthecase—atleast,inanywaytostrengthenthetestimonyagainsthim.

           IfthefourhorsemenseenwerenotIndians—andthishasbeenclearlyshownbythediscoveryofthedisguises—itisnotthelesslikelythattheyhavehadtodowiththedeathofyoungPoindexter.Besides,thereisnothingtoconnectthemwiththemustanger,anymorethaniftheyhadbeenrealComanches.

           Why,then,thisantipathyagainsttherespitedprisoner,forthesecondtimesurgingup?

           Thereisastrangenessaboutthethingthatperplexesagoodmanypeople.

           Thereareafewthatunderstand,orsuspect,thecause.Averyfew:perhapsonlythreeindividuals.

           TwoofthemareZebStumpandLouisePoindexter;thethirdCaptainCassiusCalhoun.

           Theoldhunter,withinstinctkeenlyonthealert,hasdiscoveredsomeunderhandedaction—theactorsbeingMiguelDiazandhismen,associatedwithahalf-scoreoflikecharactersofadifferentrace—the"rowdies"ofthesettlement.Zebhastracedtheactiontoitsinstigator—theex-captainofvolunteercavalry.

           HehascommunicatedhisdiscoverytotheyoungCreole,whoisequaltotheunderstandingofit.Itisthetooclearcomprehensionofitstruththatnowinspiresherwithakeensolicitude.

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