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An
eagle
,
scared
from
its
perch
on
a
scathed
Cottonwood
,
with
a
scream
,
soars
upward
into
the
air
.
Startled
by
the
outbreak
of
angry
passions
,
it
has
risen
to
reconnoitre
.
A
single
sweep
of
its
majestic
wing
brings
it
above
the
glade
.
There
,
poised
on
tremulous
pinions
,
with
eye
turned
to
earth
,
it
scans
both
the
open
space
and
the
chapparal
that
surrounds
it
.
In
the
former
it
beholds
that
which
may
,
perhaps
,
be
gratifying
to
its
glance
--
a
man
thrown
from
his
horse
,
that
runs
neighing
around
him
--
prostrate
--
apparently
dead
.
In
the
latter
two
singular
equestrians
:
one
a
woman
,
with
bare
head
and
chevelure
spread
to
the
breeze
,
astride
a
strong
steed
,
going
away
from
the
glade
in
quick
earnest
gallop
;
the
other
,
also
a
woman
,
mounted
on
a
spotted
horse
,
in
more
feminine
fashion
,
riding
towards
it
:
attired
in
hat
and
habit
,
advancing
at
a
slower
pace
,
but
with
equal
earnestness
in
her
looks
.
Such
is
the
coup
d'oeil
presented
to
the
eye
of
the
eagle
.
Of
these
fair
equestrians
both
are
already
known
.
She
galloping
away
is
Isidora
Covarubio
de
los
Llanos
;
she
who
approaches
,
Louise
Poindexter
.
It
is
known
why
the
first
has
gone
out
of
the
glade
.
It
remains
to
be
told
for
what
purpose
the
second
is
coming
into
it
.
After
her
interview
with
Zeb
Stump
,
the
young
creole
re-entered
her
chamber
,
and
kneeling
before
an
image
of
the
Madonna
,
surrendered
her
spirit
to
prayer
.
It
is
needless
to
say
that
,
as
a
Creole
,
she
was
a
Catholic
,
and
therefore
a
firm
believer
in
the
efficacy
of
saintly
intercession
.
Strange
and
sad
was
the
theme
of
her
supplication
--
the
man
who
had
been
marked
as
the
murderer
of
her
brother
!
She
had
not
the
slightest
idea
that
he
was
guilty
of
the
horrid
crime
.
It
could
not
be
.
The
very
suspicion
of
it
would
have
lacerated
her
heart
.
