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He
found
means
of
exit
at
the
back
,
by
pulling
one
of
the
horse
hides
from
its
place
,
and
squeezing
himself
through
the
stockade
wall
.
Once
outside
,
he
skulked
off
under
the
shadow
of
the
trees
.
He
had
not
gone
far
when
a
clump
of
dark
objects
appeared
before
him
.
There
was
a
sound
,
as
of
horses
champing
their
bitts
,
and
the
occasional
striking
of
a
hoof
.
He
paused
in
his
steps
,
screening
his
body
behind
the
trunk
of
a
cypress
.
A
short
observation
convinced
him
,
that
what
he
saw
was
a
group
of
horses
.
There
appeared
to
be
four
of
them
;
no
doubt
belonging
to
the
four
warriors
,
who
had
turned
the
mustanger
's
hut
into
a
gaming-house
.
The
animals
appeared
to
be
tied
to
a
tree
,
but
for
all
that
,
their
owners
might
be
beside
them
.
Having
made
this
reflection
,
he
was
about
to
turn
back
and
go
the
other
way
;
but
just
at
that
moment
he
heard
voices
in
the
opposite
direction
--
the
voices
of
several
men
speaking
in
tones
of
menace
and
command
.
Then
came
short
,
quick
cries
of
affright
,
followed
by
the
baying
of
a
hound
,
and
succeeded
by
silence
,
at
intervals
interrupted
by
a
swishing
noise
,
or
the
snapping
of
a
branch
--
as
if
several
men
were
retreating
through
the
underwood
in
scared
confusion
!
As
he
continued
to
listen
,
the
noises
sounded
nearer
.
The
men
who
made
them
were
advancing
towards
the
cypress
tree
.
The
tree
was
furnished
with
buttresses
all
around
its
base
,
with
shadowy
intervals
between
.
Into
one
of
these
he
stepped
hastily
;
and
,
crouching
close
,
was
completely
screened
by
the
shadow
.
He
had
scarce
effected
his
concealment
,
when
four
men
came
rushing
up
;
and
,
without
stopping
,
hastened
on
towards
the
horses
.
As
they
passed
by
him
,
they
were
exchanging
speeches
which
the
Irishman
could
not
understand
;
but
their
tone
betrayed
terror
.
The
excited
action
of
the
men
confirmed
it
.
They
were
evidently
retreating
from
some
enemy
that
had
filled
them
with
fear
.
