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Chapter 94

           FivehundredheartsthrobwithamadimpatienceforthereturnoftheoldhunterwithorwithoutCassiusCalhounwithorwithouttheHeadlessHorse,mannownolongereithermythormystery,butanaturalphenomenon,explainedandcomprehended.

           Itisnotnecessarytosaytothatassemblage,thatthethingisanimprobabilitymuchlesstopronounceitimpossible.TheyareTexansofthesouth-westdenizensofthehighuplandplateau,borderinguponthe"StakedPlain,"fromwhichspringsthelovelyLeona,andwheretheriverofNutsheadsinahundredcrystalstreams.

           Theyaredwellersinaland,wheredeathcanscarcebesaidtohaveitssuccessorindecay;wherethestagstruckdowninitstracksorthewildsteedsuccumbingtosomehaplesschanceunlessbywildbeastsdevoured,will,afteratime,biddefiancebothtothelawsofcorruptionandtheteethofthecoyoté;wherethecorpseofmortalmanhimself,leftuncoffinedanduncovered,will,intheshortperiodofeight-and-fortyhours,exhibitthesigns,andpartakeofthequalities,ofamummyfreshlyexhumedfromthecatacombsofEgypt!

           ButfewuponthegroundwhoarenotacquaintedwiththispeculiarityoftheTexanclimatethatsectionofitclosetotheSierraMadroandmoreespeciallyamongthespursoftheLlanoEstacado.

           ShouldtheHeadlessHorsemanbeledbackundertheliveoak,thereisnotonewhowillbesurprisedtoseethedeadbodyofHenryPoindexterscarceshowingtheincipientsignsofdecomposition

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