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Chapter 79

           Therewerestretchesoftheprairiewheretheturf,hardanddry,hadtakennoimpression.Anordinarytravellermighthavesupposedhimselfthefirsttopassovertheground.ButZebStumpwasnotofthisclass;andalthoughhecouldnotalwaysdistinguishthehoofmarks,heknewwithinaninchwheretheywouldagainbecomevisibleonthemoremoistandsofterpatchesoftheprairie.

           Ifatanyplaceconjecturemisledhim,itwasonlyforashortdistance,andhesooncorrectedhimselfbyatraverse.

           Inthishalf-careless,half-cautiousway,hehadapproachedwithinamileofPoindexter’splantation.Overthetopsofthemezquitetreesthecrenelledparapetwasinsight;whensomethinghesawuponthegroundcausedasuddenchangeinhisdemeanour.Achange,too,inhisattitude;forinsteadofremainingonthebackofhismare,heflunghimselfoutofthesaddle;threwthebridleuponherneck;and,rapidlypassinginfrontofher,commencedtakingupthetrailafoot.

           Themaremadenostop,butcontinuedonafterhimwithanairofresignation,asthoughshewasusedtosucheccentricities.

           Toaninexperiencedeyetherewasnothingtoaccountforthissuddendismounting.Itoccurredataplacewheretheturfappeareduntroddenbyman,orbeast.AlonemightitbeinferredfromZeb’sspeech,asheflunghimselfoutofthesaddle:

           "Histrack!goin’tohum!"werethewordsmutteredinaslow,measuredtone;afterwhich,ataslowerpace,thedismountedhunterkeptonalongthetrail.

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