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The
muster
on
this
morning
was
greater
than
on
the
preceding
day
--
even
exceeding
the
strength
of
the
searching
party
when
supplemented
by
the
soldiers
.
Though
all
were
civilians
,
there
was
one
portion
of
the
assembled
crowd
that
could
boast
of
an
organisation
.
Irregular
it
may
be
deemed
,
notwithstanding
the
name
by
which
its
members
were
distinguished
.
These
were
the
"
Regulators
.
"
There
was
nothing
distinctive
about
them
,
either
in
their
dress
,
arms
,
or
equipments
.
A
stranger
would
not
have
known
a
Regulator
from
any
other
individual
.
They
knew
one
another
.
Their
talk
was
of
murder
--
of
the
murder
of
Henry
Poindexter
--
coupled
with
the
name
of
Maurice
the
mustanger
.
Another
subject
was
discussed
of
a
somewhat
cognate
character
.
Those
who
had
seen
it
,
were
telling
those
who
had
not
--
of
the
strange
spectacle
that
had
appeared
to
them
the
evening
before
on
the
prairie
.
Some
were
at
first
incredulous
,
and
treated
the
thing
as
a
joke
.
But
the
wholesale
testimony
--
and
the
serious
manner
in
which
it
was
given
--
could
not
long
be
resisted
;
and
the
existence
of
the
headless
horseman
became
a
universal
belief
.
Of
course
there
was
an
attempt
to
account
for
the
odd
phenomenon
,
and
many
forms
of
explanation
were
suggested
.
The
only
one
,
that
seemed
to
give
even
the
semblance
of
satisfaction
,
was
that
already
set
forward
by
the
frontiersman
--
that
the
horse
was
real
enough
,
but
the
rider
was
a
counterfeit
.
For
what
purpose
such
a
trick
should
be
contrived
,
or
who
should
be
its
contriver
,
no
one
pretended
to
explain
.
For
the
business
that
had
brought
them
togther
,
there
was
but
little
time
wasted
in
preparation
.
All
were
prepared
already
.
Their
horses
were
outside
--
some
of
them
held
in
hand
by
the
servants
of
the
establishment
,
but
most
"
hitched
"
to
whatever
would
hold
them
.
