Chapter 81

           WithoutsuspicionthathehadbeenseenleavingthehouseexceptbyPluto,whohadsaddledthegreymustangCalhounrodeonacrosstheprairie.

           Equallyunsuspiciouswashe,inpassingthepointwhereZebStumpstoodcrouchinginconcealment.

           Inthedimlightofthemorninghesupposedhimselfunseenbyhumaneye;andhereckednotofanyother.

           Afterpartingfromthetimberedborder,hestruckofftowardstheNueces;ridingatabrisktrotnowandthenincreasingtoacanter.

           Porthefirstsixoreightmileshetookbutlittlenoteofaughtthatwasaround.Anoccasionalglancealongthehorizonseemedtosatisfyhim;andthisextendedonlytothatportionofthevastcirclebeforehisface.Helookedneithertotherightnortheleft;andonlyoncebehindaftergettingsomedistancefromtheskirtofthechapparal.

           Beforehimwastheobjectstillunseenuponwhichhisthoughtswerestraying.

           WhatthatobjectwasheandonlyoneotherknewthatotherZebStumpthoughlittledidCalhounimaginethatmortalmancouldhaveasuspicionofthenatureofhisearlyerrand.

           Theoldhunterhadonlyconjecturedit;butitwasaconjectureofthetruthofwhichhewasascertain,asiftheex-captainhadmadehimhisconfidant.HeknewthatthelatterhadgoneoffinsearchoftheHeadlessHorsemaninhopesofrenewingthechaseofyesterday,withabetterchanceofeffectingacapture.

           ThoughbestridingasteedfleetasaTexanstag,Calhounwasbynomeanssanguineofsuccess.

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