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Having
secured
her
in
the
chapparal
where
he
had
halted
,
he
walked
on
--
along
the
track
taken
by
Calhoun
.
Two
hundred
yards
farther
on
,
and
the
jungle
terminated
.
Beyond
stretched
an
open
plain
;
and
on
its
opposite
side
could
be
seen
the
hacienda
of
Casa
del
Corvo
.
The
figure
of
a
horseman
could
be
distinguished
against
its
whitewashed
façade
--
in
another
moment
lost
within
the
dark
outline
of
the
entrance
.
Zeb
knew
who
went
in
.
"
From
this
place
,
"
he
muttered
,
"
I
kin
see
him
kum
out
;
an
durn
me
,
ef
I
do
n't
watch
till
he
do
kum
out
--
ef
it
shed
be
till
this
time
o
'
the
morrow
.
So
hyur
goes
for
a
spell
o
'
patience
.
"
He
first
lowered
himself
to
his
knees
.
Then
,
"
squirming
"
round
till
his
back
came
in
contact
with
the
trunk
of
a
honey-locust
,
he
arranged
himself
into
a
sitting
posture
.
This
done
,
he
drew
from
his
capacious
pocket
a
wallet
,
containing
a
"
pone
"
of
corn-bread
,
a
large
"
hunk
"
of
fried
"
hog-meat
,
"
and
a
flask
of
liquor
,
whose
perfume
proclaimed
it
"
Monongahela
.
"
Having
eaten
about
half
the
bread
,
and
a
like
quantity
of
the
meat
,
he
returned
the
remaining
moieties
to
the
wallet
;
which
he
suspended
over
head
upon
a
branch
.
Then
taking
a
satisfactory
swig
from
the
whiskey-flask
,
and
igniting
his
pipe
,
he
leant
back
against
the
locust
--
with
arms
folded
over
his
breast
,
and
eyes
bent
upon
the
gateway
of
Casa
del
Corvo
.
In
this
way
he
kept
watch
for
a
period
of
full
two
hours
;
never
changing
the
direction
of
his
glance
;
or
not
long
enough
for
any
one
to
pass
out
unseen
by
him
.
Forms
came
out
,
and
went
in
--
several
of
them
--
men
and
women
.
But
even
in
the
distance
their
scant
light-coloured
garments
,
and
dusky
complexions
,
told
them
to
be
only
the
domestics
of
the
mansion
.
Besides
,
they
were
all
on
foot
;
and
he
,
for
whom
Zeb
was
watching
,
should
come
on
horseback
--
if
at
all
.
His
vigil
was
only
interrupted
by
the
going
down
of
the
sun
;
and
then
only
to
cause
a
change
in
his
post
of
observation
.
When
twilight
began
to
fling
its
purple
shadows
over
the
plain
,
he
rose
to
his
feet
;
and
,
leisurely
unfolding
his
tall
figure
,
stood
upright
by
the
stem
of
the
tree
--
as
if
this
attitude
was
more
favourable
for
"
considering
.
"
