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Chapter 77

           It’llgiemethemakin’o’anotherten-milejurney,anthurmoutn’tbetime.Dog-gonedefIdon’ttryaleetlewayalongit.TheolemaarkinwaittillIkumback."

           Bracinghimselfforanewinvestigation,hestartedoffuponthecattle-track,troddenbythehorsesofSpanglerandhisparty.

           Tothehoof-marksofthesehepaidbutslightattention;attimes,nonewhatever.HiseyeonlysoughtthoseofHenryPoindexter’shorse.Thoughtheotherswereofanaftertime,andoftendestroyedthetraceshewasmostanxioustoexamine,hehadnodifficultyinidentifyingthelatter.Ashewouldhavehimselfsaid,anygreenhorncoulddothat.Theyoungplanter’shorsehadgoneoverthegroundatagallop.Thetrackershadriddenslowly.

           AsfarasZebStumpcouldperceive,thelatterhadmadeneitherhaltnordeviation.Theformerhad.

           Itwasaboutthree-quartersofamilefromtheedgeofthevenue.

           Itwasnotahaltthegallopinghorsehadmade,butonlyaslightdeparturefromhisdirectcourse;asifsomethinghehadseenwolf,jaguar,cougar,orotherbeastofpreyhadcausedhimtoshy.

           Beyondhehadcontinuedhiscareer;rapidandrecklessasever.

           BeyondthepartyalongwithSpanglerhadproceededwithoutstayingtoinquirewhythehorsehadshiedfromhistrack.

           ZebStumpwasmoreinquisitive,andpauseduponthisspot.

           Itwasasteriletract,withoutherbage,andcoveredwithshingleandsand.Ahugetreeovershadowedit,withlimbsextendinghorizontally.

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