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Chapter 100

           Rightoverthehearthehadhithisintendedvictim,andthroughtheheartwouldtheleadenmissilehavemadeitsway,butthatagaged’amourthegiftofherwhoalonecouldhavesecureditsuchaplaceturnedasidetheshot,causingittoricochet!

           Notharmlessly,however:sinceitstruckoneofthespectatorsstandingtooclosetothespot.

           Notquiteharmless,either,wasittohimforwhomithadbeenintended.

           Thestunningshockwiththementalandcorporealexcitementlongsustaineddidnotfailtoproduceitseffect;andthemindofMauriceGeraldoncemorereturnedtoitsdeliriousdreaming.

           Butnolongerlayhisbodyindangerinthechapparal,surroundedbywolves,andshadowedbysoaringvultures,inahut,wherehewasbutillattendedinajail,wherehewasscarcecaredforatall.

           Whenagainrestoredtoconsciousness,itwastodiscoverthatthefairvisionofhisdreamswasnovisionatall,butalovelywomantheloveliestontheLeona,orinallTexasifyoulikebynameLouisePoindexter.

           Therewasnownoonetoobjecttohernursinghim;notevenherownfather.Thespiritofthearistocraticplantersteepedinsorrow,andhumiliatedbymisfortunehadbecomepurgedofitsfalsepride;thoughitneedednotthistomakehimwillinglyacquiesceinanalliance,which,insteadofa"nobody,"gavehimanoblemanforhisson.Such,inreality,wasSirMauriceGeralderstknownasMauricethemustanger!

           InTexasthetitlewouldhavecountedforlittle;nordiditsownercaretocarryit.

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