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Chapter 8

           Thequondamstable-boyofBallyballagh,assistedbytheTexanhunter,preparedthewildsteedsfortransportacrosstheplainsbystringingthemsecurelytogetherwhileMauricelookedafterhisownhorseandthespottedmare.Moreespeciallydidheexpendhistimeuponthebeautifulcaptivecarefullycombingouthermaneandtail,andremovingfromherglossycoatthestainsthattoldoftheseverechaseshehadcosthimbeforeherproudneckyieldedtotheconstraintofhislazo.

           "Durnit,man!"exclaimedZeb,as,withsomesurprise,hestoodwatchingthemovementsofthemustanger,"yeneedn’tha’beenhefsopurtickler!WudleyPointdexterain’tthemanas’llgobackfromabarg’in.Ye’llgitthetwohunderddollars,sureasmynameairZeblunStump;andog-gonemycats,efthemaarain’twortheveryredcento’themoney!"

           Mauriceheardtheremarkswithoutmakingreply;butthehalfsuppressedsmileplayingaroundhislipstoldthattheKentuckianhadaltogethermisconstruedthemotiveforhisassiduousgrooming.

           Inlessthananhourafter,themustangerwasonthemarch,mountedonhisblood-bay,andleadingthespottedmareattheendofhislazo;whilethecaptivecavallada,undertheguidanceoftheGalwegiangroom,wenttroopingatabriskpaceovertheplain.

           ZebStump,astridehis"olemaar,"couldonlykeepupbyaconstanthammeringwithhisheels;andTara,pickinghisstepsthroughthespinousmezquitegrass,trottedlistlesslyintherear

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