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Chapter 72

           OnreachingtheoutskirtsofPoindexter’splantation,heleftthelowlandsoftheLeonabottom,andspurredhisoldmare’gainstthesteepslopeascendingtotheupperplain.

           Hereachedit,atapointwherethechapparalimpingedupontheprairie,andtherereinedupundertheshadeofamezquittree.Hedidnotalight,norshowanysignofanintentiontodoso;butsateinthesaddle,stoopedforward,hiseyesturnedupontheground,inthatvacantgazewhichdenotesreflection.

           "Dog-gonemycats!"hedrawledoutinslowsoliloquy."Theteresarkimstancearefullo’signiferkince.Calhoun’shossoutthesamenight,anfetchedhomea’sweetin’allover.Whatkedthatmean?Durnme,efIdon’tsurspectthefoulplayhevkumfromthatquarter.I’vethortsoallalong;onlyitairsoridikloustoserposethetheshedakilledhisowncousin.He’ddothat,oranyothervillinousthing,eftherewarareezunforit.Thereain’tnoneasIkinthinko’.Efthepropertyhedbeenagoin’totheyoungun,thenthethingmoutabeenintellygibleenuf.Butitwant.OlePeintdexterdon’townaacreo’thishyurgroun’;noraniggerthet’suponit.ThetI’msartin’’beout.Theyallbelongtothatcussarready;anwhyshedhewanttogetshoto’thecousin?Thet’swharthiscoongetsflummixedinhiskalkerlations.Tharwantnoillwillatween’em,aseverIheerdo’.Thur’sastateo’feelin’twixthimanthegurl,thethedon’tlike,Iknow.

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