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All
of
a
sudden
it
assumed
a
change
.
Its
regular
outlines
became
confused
by
a
quick
transformation
;
the
horse
having
turned
,
and
gone
off
at
a
trot
in
the
opposite
direction
,
though
still
with
his
heels
against
the
sky
!
The
spectre
had
become
alarmed
,
and
was
retreating
!
Calhoun
,
half
palsied
with
fear
,
would
have
kept
his
ground
,
and
permitted
it
to
depart
,
but
for
his
own
horse
;
that
,
just
then
shying
suddenly
round
,
placed
him
face
to
face
with
the
explanation
.
As
he
turned
,
the
tap
of
a
shod
hoof
upon
the
prairie
turf
admonished
him
that
a
real
horseman
was
near
--
if
that
could
be
called
real
,
which
had
thrown
such
a
frightful
shadow
.
"
It
's
the
mirage
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
with
the
addition
of
an
oath
to
give
vent
to
his
chagrin
.
"
What
a
fool
I
've
been
to
let
it
humbug
me
!
There
's
the
damned
thing
that
did
it
:
the
very
thing
I
'm
in
search
of
.
And
so
close
too
!
If
I
'd
known
,
I
might
have
got
hold
of
him
before
he
saw
me
.
Now
for
a
chase
;
and
,
by
God
,
I
'll
grup
him
,
if
I
have
to
gallop
to
the
other
end
of
Texas
!
"
Voice
,
spur
,
and
whip
were
simultaneously
exerted
to
prove
the
speaker
's
earnestness
;
and
in
five
minutes
after
,
two
horsemen
were
going
at
full
stretch
across
the
prairie
--
their
horses
both
to
the
prairie
born
--
one
closely
pursuing
the
other
--
the
pursued
without
a
head
;
the
pursuer
with
a
heart
that
throbbed
under
a
desperate
determination
.
*
*
*
The
chase
was
not
a
long
one
--
at
least
,
so
far
as
it
led
over
the
open
prairie
;
and
Calhoun
had
begun
to
congratulate
himself
on
the
prospect
of
a
capture
.
His
horse
appeared
the
swifter
;
but
this
may
have
arisen
from
his
being
more
earnestly
urged
;
or
that
the
other
was
not
sufficiently
scared
to
care
for
escaping
.
Certainly
the
grey
steed
gained
ground
--
at
length
getting
so
close
,
that
Calhoun
made
ready
his
rifle
.
