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Chapter 76

           Let’strackuptother,andseewhetherhehevrudintothesameprocksimmuty!Totherightabeout,olegal,andkeepclostahintmeelseyemaygetlostinthechapparal,anthecoyoatsmaymakethursupperonyurtallow.Ho!ho!ho!"

           Withthisapostrophetohis"critter,"endinginalaughattheconceitofher"tallow,"thehunterturnedoffonthetrackofthethirdhorse.

           Itledhimalongtheedgeofanextendedtractofchapparal;which,followingallthree,hehadapproachedatapointwellknowntohim,astothereader,whereitwaspartedbytheopenspacealreadydescribed.

           Thenewtrailskirtedthetimberonlyforashortdistance.Twohundredyardsfromtheembouchureoftheavenue,itranintoit;andfiftypacesfurtheronZebcametoaspotwherethehorsehadstoodtiedtoatree.

           Zebsawthattheanimalhadproceedednofurther:fortherewasanothersetoftracksshowingwhereithadreturnedtotheprairiethoughnotbythesamepath.

           Theriderhadgonebeyond.Thefoot-marksofamancouldbeseenbeyondinthemudofahalf-dryarroyobesidewhichthehorsehadbeen"hitched."

           Leavinghiscrittertooccupythe"stall"wherebroken-shoehadforsometimefrettedhimself,theoldhunterglidedoffuponthefootmarksofthedismountedrider.

           Hesoondiscoveredtwosetsofthemonegoinganothercomingback.

           Hefollowedtheformer.

           Hewasnotsurprisedattheirbringinghimoutintotheavenueclosetothepoolofbloodbythecoyotéslongsincelickeddry

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