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Calhoun
had
not
waited
for
the
wind-up
of
this
characteristic
speech
.
On
the
instant
after
recognising
the
tree
,
he
had
struck
the
spurs
into
the
sides
of
his
chestnut
,
and
gone
off
at
a
gallop
,
leaving
old
Zeb
at
liberty
to
secure
the
coveted
skin
.
"
Geeroozalem
!
"
ejaculated
the
hunter
,
glancing
up
,
and
noticing
the
quick
unceremonious
departure
.
"
It
do
n't
take
much
o
'
a
head-piece
to
tell
why
he
air
in
sech
a
durned
hurry
.
I
ai
n't
myself
much
guv
torst
guessin
'
;
but
if
I
ai
n't
doggonedly
mistaken
it
air
a
clur
case
o
'
jellacy
on
the
trail
!
"
Zeb
Stump
was
not
astray
in
his
conjecture
.
It
was
jealousy
that
urged
Cassius
Calhoun
to
take
that
hasty
departure
--
black
jealousy
,
that
had
first
assumed
shape
in
a
kindred
spot
--
in
the
midst
of
a
charred
prairie
;
that
had
been
every
day
growing
stronger
from
circumstances
observed
,
and
others
imagined
;
that
was
now
intensified
so
as
to
have
become
his
prevailing
passion
.
The
presentation
and
taming
of
the
spotted
mustang
;
the
acceptance
of
that
gift
,
characteristic
of
the
giver
,
and
gratifying
to
the
receiver
,
who
had
made
no
effort
to
conceal
her
gratification
;
these
,
and
other
circumstances
,
acting
upon
the
already
excited
fancy
of
Cassius
Calhoun
,
had
conducted
him
to
the
belief
:
that
in
Maurice
the
mustanger
he
would
find
his
most
powerful
rival
.
The
inferior
social
position
of
the
horse-hunter
should
have
hindered
him
from
having
such
belief
,
or
even
a
suspicion
.
Perhaps
it
might
have
done
so
,
had
he
been
less
intimately
acquainted
with
the
character
of
Louise
Poindexter
.
But
,
knowing
her
as
he
did
--
associating
with
her
from
the
hour
of
childhood
--
thoroughly
understanding
her
independence
of
spirit
--
the
braverie
of
her
disposition
,
bordering
upon
very
recklessness
--
he
could
place
no
reliance
on
the
mere
idea
of
gentility
.
With
most
women
this
may
be
depended
upon
as
a
barrier
,
if
not
to
mésalliance
,
at
least
to
absolute
imprudence
;
but
in
the
impure
mind
of
Cassius
Calhoun
,
while
contemplating
the
probable
conduct
of
his
cousin
,
there
was
not
even
this
feeble
support
to
lean
upon
!
Chafing
at
the
occurrences
of
the
day
--
to
him
crookedly
inauspicious
--
he
hurried
back
towards
the
spot
where
the
pic-nic
had
been
held
.
The
steeple-like
tree
guided
him
back
to
the
trail
of
the
manada
;
and
beyond
that
there
was
no
danger
of
straying
.
He
had
only
to
return
along
the
path
already
trodden
by
him
.
He
rode
at
a
rapid
pace
--
faster
than
was
relished
by
his
now
tired
steed
--
stimulated
by
bitter
thoughts
,
which
for
more
than
an
hour
were
his
sole
companions
--
their
bitterness
more
keenly
felt
in
the
tranquil
solitude
that
surrounded
him
.
He
was
but
little
consoled
by
a
sight
that
promised
other
companionship
:
that
of
two
persons
on
horseback
,
riding
in
advance
,
and
going
in
the
same
direction
as
himself
,
upon
the
same
path
.
Though
he
saw
but
their
backs
--
and
at
a
long
distance
ahead
--
there
was
no
mistaking
the
identity
of
either
.
They
were
the
two
individuals
that
had
brought
that
bitterness
upon
his
spirit
.
Like
himself
they
were
returning
upon
the
trail
of
the
wild
mares
;
which
,
when
first
seen
,
they
had
just
struck
,
arriving
upon
it
from
a
lateral
path
.
Side
by
side
--
their
saddles
almost
chafing
against
each
other
--
to
all
appearance
absorbed
in
a
conversation
of
intense
interest
to
both
,
they
saw
not
the
solitary
horseman
approaching
them
in
a
diagonal
direction
.
