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Without
hesitation
,
he
rode
after
;
soon
disappearing
at
the
same
place
,
and
in
a
similar
manner
.
It
was
a
longer
interval
before
the
third
and
hindmost
of
the
horsemen
approached
the
pass
that
led
through
the
chapparal
.
He
did
approach
it
,
however
;
but
instead
of
riding
into
it
,
as
the
others
had
done
,
he
turned
off
at
an
angle
towards
the
edge
of
the
timber
;
and
,
after
leaving
his
horse
among
the
trees
,
crossed
a
corner
of
the
thicket
,
and
came
out
into
the
opening
on
foot
.
Keeping
along
it
--
to
all
appearance
still
more
solicitous
about
something
that
might
be
in
his
rear
than
anything
that
was
in
front
of
him
--
he
at
length
arrived
at
the
shadowy
turning
;
where
,
like
the
two
others
,
he
abruptly
disappeared
in
the
darkness
.
An
hour
elapsed
,
during
which
the
nocturnal
voices
of
the
chapparal
--
that
had
been
twice
temporarily
silenced
by
the
hoofstroke
of
a
horse
,
and
once
by
the
footsteps
of
a
man
--
had
kept
up
their
choral
cries
by
a
thousand
stereotyped
repetitions
.
Then
there
came
a
further
interruption
;
more
abrupt
in
its
commencement
,
and
of
longer
continuance
It
was
caused
by
a
sound
,
very
different
from
that
made
by
the
passage
of
either
horseman
or
pedestrian
over
the
prairie
turf
.
It
was
the
report
of
a
gun
,
quick
,
sharp
,
and
clear
--
the
"
spang
"
that
denotes
the
discharge
of
a
rifle
.
As
to
the
authoritative
wave
of
the
conductor
's
baton
the
orchestra
yields
instant
obedience
,
so
did
the
prairie
minstrels
simultaneously
take
their
cue
from
that
abrupt
detonation
,
that
inspired
one
and
all
of
them
with
a
peculiar
awe
.
The
tiger
cat
miaulling
in
the
midst
of
the
chapparal
,
the
coyoté
howling
along
its
skirts
;
even
the
jaguar
who
need
not
fear
any
forest
foe
that
might
approach
him
,
acknowledged
his
dread
of
that
quick
,
sharp
explosion
--
to
him
unexplainable
--
by
instantly
discontinuing
his
cries
.
