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He
had
no
idea
of
enduring
it
,
as
an
ordinary
man
would
have
done
.
If
he
could
not
escape
from
the
disgrace
,
he
was
determined
to
revenge
himself
upon
its
author
;
and
as
soon
as
he
had
recovered
from
the
apprehensions
entertained
about
the
safety
of
his
life
,
he
commenced
reflecting
upon
this
very
subject
.
Maurice
,
the
mustanger
,
must
die
!
If
not
by
his
(
Calhoun
's
)
own
hand
,
then
by
the
hand
of
another
,
if
such
an
one
was
to
be
found
in
the
settlement
.
There
could
not
be
much
difficulty
in
procuring
a
confederate
.
There
are
bravoes
upon
the
broad
prairies
of
Texas
,
as
well
as
within
the
walls
of
Italian
cities
.
Alas
!
there
is
no
spot
upon
earth
where
gold
can
not
command
the
steel
of
the
assassin
.
Calhoun
possessed
gold
--
more
than
sufficient
for
such
a
purpose
;
and
to
such
purpose
did
he
determine
upon
devoting
at
least
a
portion
of
it
.
In
the
solitude
of
his
sick
chamber
he
set
about
maturing
his
plans
;
which
comprehended
the
assassination
of
the
mustanger
.
He
did
not
purpose
doing
the
deed
himself
.
His
late
defeat
had
rendered
him
fearful
of
chancing
a
second
encounter
with
the
same
adversary
--
even
under
the
advantageous
circumstances
of
a
surprise
.
He
had
become
too
much
encowardised
to
play
the
assassin
.
He
wanted
an
accomplice
--
an
arm
to
strike
for
him
.
Where
was
he
to
find
it
?
Unluckily
he
knew
,
or
fancied
he
knew
,
the
very
man
.
There
was
a
Mexican
at
the
time
making
abode
in
the
village
--
like
Maurice
himself
--
a
mustanger
;
but
one
of
those
with
whom
the
young
Irishman
had
shown
a
disinclination
to
associate
.
As
a
general
rule
,
the
men
of
this
peculiar
calling
are
amongst
the
greatest
reprobates
,
who
have
their
home
in
the
land
of
the
"
Lone
Star
.
"
By
birth
and
breed
they
are
mostly
Mexicans
,
or
mongrel
Indians
;
though
,
not
unfrequently
,
a
Frenchman
,
or
American
,
finds
it
a
congenial
calling
.
They
are
usually
the
outcasts
of
civilised
society
--
oftener
its
outlaws
--
who
,
in
the
excitement
of
the
chase
,
and
its
concomitant
dangers
,
find
,
perhaps
,
some
sort
of
salvo
for
a
conscience
that
has
been
severely
tried
.
While
dwelling
within
the
settlements
,
these
men
are
not
unfrequently
the
pests
of
the
society
that
surrounds
them
--
ever
engaged
in
broil
and
debauch
;
and
when
abroad
in
the
exercise
of
their
calling
,
they
are
not
always
to
be
encountered
with
safety
.
More
than
once
is
it
recorded
in
the
history
of
Texas
how
a
company
of
mustangers
has
,
for
the
nonce
,
converted
itself
into
a
band
of
cuadrilla
of
salteadores
;
or
,
disguised
as
Indians
,
levied
black
mail
upon
the
train
of
the
prairie
traveller
.
One
of
this
kidney
was
the
individual
who
had
become
recalled
to
the
memory
of
Cassius
Calhoun
.
The
latter
remembered
having
met
the
man
in
the
bar-room
of
the
hotel
;
upon
several
occasions
,
but
more
especially
on
the
night
of
the
duel
.
He
remembered
that
he
had
been
one
of
those
who
had
carried
him
home
on
the
stretcher
;
and
from
some
extravagant
expressions
he
had
made
use
of
,
when
speaking
of
his
antagonist
,
Calhoun
had
drawn
the
deduction
,
that
the
Mexican
was
no
friend
to
Maurice
the
mustanger
.
Since
then
he
had
learnt
that
he
was
Maurice
's
deadliest
enemy
--
himself
excepted
.
