Chapter 87

           Therearebutfewpresentwhohaveanypersonalacquaintancewiththeaccused;thoughtherearealsobutafewwhohaveneverbeforeheardhisname.Perhapsnotany.

           Itisonlyoflatethatthishasbecomegenerallyknown:forprevioustothesix-shotduelwithCalhoun,hehadnootherreputationthanthatofanaccomplishedhorse-catcher.

           Alladmittedhimtobeafineyoungfellowhandsome,dashing,devotedtoafinehorse,anddeemingitnosintolookfondlyonafairwomanfreeofheart,asmostIrishmenare,andalsoofspeech,aswillbemorereadilybelieved.

           Butneitherhisgood,norevil,qualitieswerecarriedtoexcess.Hisdaringrarelyexhibiteditselfinrecklessrashness;whileasrarelydidhisspeechdegenerateinto"smalltalk."

           Inhisactionstherewasobservableacertainjustemilieu.Hiswordswerealikewell-balanced;displaying,evenoverhiscups,areticencesomewhatrareamonghiscountrymen.

           Nooneseemedtoknowwhencehecame;forwhatreasonhehadsettledinTexas;orwhyhehadtakentosuchaqueer"trade,"asthatofcatchingwildhorsesacallingnotdeemedthemostreputable.

           Itseemedallthemorestrangetothosewhoknew:thathewasnotonlyeducated,butevidentlya"borngentleman"aphrase,however,ofbutslightsignificanceuponthefrontiersofTexas.

           There,too,wasthethingitselfregardedwithnogreatwonder;where"bornnoblemen,"bothofFranceandthe"Faderland,"mayoftbeencounteredseekinganhonestlivelihoodbythesweatoftheirbrow.

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