Chapter 8

           Thekillingofthesnakeappearedtobethecueforageneralreturntoquiescence.Thehowlingsofthehoundceasedwiththoseofthehenchman.Themustangsoncemorestoodsilentundertheshadowytrees.

           Insidethecabintheonlynoiseheardwasanoccasionalshuffling,whenPhelim,nolongerfeelingconfidenceintheprotectionofhiscabriesto,turnedrestlesslyonhishorseskin.

           Outsidealsotherewasbutonesound,todisturbthestillnessthoughitsintonationwasinstrikingcontrastwiththatheardwithin.Itmighthavebeenlikenedtoacrossbetweenthegruntofanalligatorandthecroakingofabull-frog;butproceeding,asitdid,fromthenostrilsofZebStump,itcouldonlybethesnoreoftheslumberinghunter.Itssonorousfulnessprovedhimtobesoundlyasleep.

           Hewashadbeen,almostfromthemomentofre-establishinghimselfwithinthecircleofhiscabriesto.Therevancheobtainedoverhislatedisturberhadactedasasettlertohisnerves;andoncemorewasheenjoyingtherelaxationofperfectrepose.

           Fornearlyanhourdidthiscontrastingduetcontinue,variedonlybyanoccasionalrecitativeinthehootofthegreathornedowl,oracantatapenserosainthelugubriouswailoftheprairiewolf.

           Attheendofthisinterval,however,thechorusrecommenced,breakingoutabruptlyasbefore,andasbeforeledbythevociferousvoiceoftheConnemaraman.

           "Meliahmurdher!"criedhe,hisfirstexclamationnotonlystartlingthehostofthehut,buttheguestsosoundlysleepingoutside.

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