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It
did
not
disturb
his
tranquillity
to
see
a
horseman
ride
out
from
the
chapparal
on
the
opposite
side
,
and
proceed
onward
across
the
open
plain
.
He
knew
of
the
road
that
was
there
.
Some
traveller
,
he
supposed
,
who
preferred
taking
advantage
of
the
cool
hours
of
the
night
--
a
night
,
too
,
that
would
have
tempted
the
weariest
wayfarer
to
continue
his
journey
.
It
might
be
a
planter
who
lived
below
,
returning
home
from
the
village
,
after
lounging
an
hour
too
long
in
the
tavern
saloon
.
In
daytime
,
the
individual
might
have
been
identified
;
by
the
moonlight
,
it
could
only
be
made
out
that
there
was
a
man
on
horseback
.
The
eyes
of
the
ex-officer
accompanied
him
as
he
trotted
along
the
road
;
but
simply
with
mechanical
movement
,
as
one
musingly
contemplates
some
common
waif
drifting
down
the
current
of
a
river
.
It
was
only
after
the
horseman
had
arrived
opposite
the
island
of
timber
,
and
was
seen
to
pull
up
,
and
then
ride
into
it
,
that
the
spectator
upon
the
housetop
became
stirred
to
take
an
interest
in
his
movements
.
"
What
the
devil
can
that
mean
?
"
muttered
Calhoun
to
himself
,
as
he
hastily
plucked
the
cigar
stump
from
between
his
teeth
.
"
Damn
the
man
,
he
's
dismounted
!
"
continued
he
,
as
the
stranger
re-appeared
,
on
foot
,
by
the
inner
edge
of
the
copse
.
"
And
coming
this
way
--
towards
the
bend
of
the
river
--
straight
as
he
can
streak
it
!
"
Down
the
bluff
--
into
the
bottom
--
and
with
a
stride
that
shows
him
well
acquainted
with
the
way
.
Surely
to
God
he
do
n't
intend
making
his
way
across
into
the
garden
?
He
'd
have
to
swim
for
that
;
and
anything
he
could
get
there
would
scarce
pay
him
for
his
pains
.
What
the
old
Scratch
can
be
his
intention
?
A
thief
?
"
This
was
Calhoun
's
first
idea
--
rejected
almost
as
soon
as
conceived
.
It
is
true
that
in
Spanish-American
countries
even
the
beggar
goes
on
horseback
.
