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Chapter 77

           Oneoftheserantransverselytothepathoverwhichthehorseshadpassedsolowthatahorseman,toshuncontactwithit,wouldhavetolowerhishead.AtthisbranchZebStumpstoodgazing.Heobservedanabrasionuponthebark;that,thoughveryslight,musthavebeencausedbycontactwithsomesubstance,ashard,ifnotsounder,thanitself.

           "Thet’sbeendonebytheskullo’ahumancritter,"reasonedhe"ahumancritter,thatmustabeenonthebacko’ahossthissidethebranch,anoffonthet’other.Nolivin’mankedastudsechacullizyunasthet,ankephisseati’theseddle.

           "Hooraw!"hetriumphantlyexclaimed,afteracursoryexaminationofthegroundunderneaththetree."Ithortso.Thur’stheimpreshuno’thethrowedrider.An’thur’swharhehezcreepedaway.NowI’vegotaexplicationo’thetbigbumpashezbeenpuzzlin’me.Iknow’ditwan’tdidbytheclawso’anyvarmint;anitdidn’tlooklikethebloweythero’astoneorastick.Thetere’sthestickthathezgi’nit."

           Withanelasticstephiscountenanceradiantoftriumphtheoldhunterstrodeawayfromthetree,nolongeruponthecattlepath,butthattakenbythemanwhohadbeensoviolentlydismounted.

           Tooneunaccustomedtothechapparal,hemighthaveappearedgoingwithoutaguide,anduponapathneverbeforepressedbyhumanfoot.

           Aportionofitperhapshadnot.ButZebwasconductedbysignswhich,althoughobscuretotheordinaryeye,weretohimintelligibleasthepaintedletteringuponafinger-post

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