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Clasping
the
rim
of
the
hat
that
fitted
tightly
to
the
temples
--
Zeb
endeavoured
to
take
it
off
.
He
did
not
succeed
.
The
head
was
swollen
so
as
almost
to
burst
the
bullion
band
twisted
around
it
!
Holding
it
in
its
natural
position
,
Zeb
stood
for
a
time
gazing
tenderly
on
the
face
"
Lord
,
O
Lordy
!
"
he
drawlingly
exclaimed
,
"
what
a
present
to
take
back
to
his
father
,
to
say
nothin
'
o
'
the
sister
!
I
do
n't
think
I
'll
take
it
.
It
air
better
to
bury
the
thing
out
hyur
,
an
say
no
more
abeout
it
.
"
No
;
durn
me
ef
I
do
!
What
am
I
thinkin
'
o
'
?
Tho
'
I
do
n't
exackly
see
how
it
may
help
to
sarcumstantiate
the
chain
o
'
evvydince
,
it
may
do
somethin'
torst
it
.
Durned
queery
witness
it
'll
be
to
purduce
in
a
coort
o
'
justis
!
"
Saying
this
,
he
unstrapped
his
old
blanket
;
and
,
using
it
as
a
wrapper
,
carefully
packed
within
it
head
,
hat
,
and
all
.
Then
,
hanging
the
strange
bundle
over
the
horn
of
his
saddle
,
he
remounted
his
mare
,
and
rode
reflectingly
away
.
On
the
third
day
after
Maurice
Gerald
became
an
inmate
of
the
military
prison
the
fever
had
forsaken
him
,
and
he
no
longer
talked
incoherently
.
On
the
fourth
he
was
almost
restored
to
his
health
and
strength
.
The
fifth
was
appointed
for
his
trial
!
This
haste
--
that
elsewhere
would
have
been
considered
indecent
--
was
thought
nothing
of
in
Texas
;
where
a
man
may
commit
a
capital
offence
,
be
tried
,
and
hanged
within
the
short
space
of
four-and-twenty
hours
!
His
enemies
,
who
were
numerous
,
for
some
reason
of
their
own
,
insisted
upon
despatch
:
while
his
friends
,
who
were
few
,
could
urge
no
good
reason
against
it
.
Among
the
populace
there
was
the
usual
clamouring
for
prompt
and
speedy
justice
;
fortified
by
that
exciting
phrase
,
old
as
the
creation
itself
:
"
that
the
blood
of
the
murdered
man
was
calling
from
the
ground
for
vengeance
.
"
