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The News of the Lost Captain

           Butthetracktheywerefollowingwasonelittlefrequentedbythenatives,fortheordinaryroutesacrossthePampasliefurthernorth.Ifbychancesomenomadichorsemancameinsightfaraway,hewasoffagainlikeadart,notcaringtoenterintoconversationwithstrangers.Toasolitaryindividual,alittletroopofeightmen,allmountedandwellarmed,woreasuspiciousaspect,sothatanyintercourseeitherwithhonestmenorevenbanditti,wasalmostimpossible.

           Glenarvanwasregrettingthisexceedingly,whenheunexpectedlymetwithasingularjustificationofhisrenderingoftheeventfuldocument.

           Inpursuingthecoursethetravelershadlaiddownforthemselves,theyhadseveraltimescrossedtheroutesovertheplainsincommonuse,buthadstruckintononeofthem.HithertoThalcavehadmadenoremarkaboutthis.Heunderstoodquitewell,however,thattheywerenotboundforanyparticulartown,orvillage,orsettlement.Everymorningtheysetoutinastraightlinetowardtherisingsun,andwentonwithouttheleastdeviation.Moreover,itmusthavestruckThalcavethatinsteadofbeingtheguidehewasguided;yet,withtrueIndianreserve,hemaintainedabsolutesilence.Butonreachingaparticularpoint,hecheckedhishorsesuddenly,andsaidtoPaganel:

           "TheCarmenroute."

           "Yes,mygoodPatagonian,"repliedPaganelinhisbestSpanish;"theroutefromCarmentoMendoza."

           "Wearenotgoingtotakeit?"

           "No,"repliedPaganel.

           "Wherearewegoingthen?"

           "Alwaystotheeast."

           "That’sgoingnowhere."

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