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Some
are
on
horseback
;
and
remain
in
the
saddle
--
their
curtained
cotton-bonnets
shading
their
fair
faces
from
the
glare
of
the
sun
;
others
are
still
more
commodiously
placed
for
the
spectacle
--
seated
under
white
waggon-tilts
,
or
beneath
the
more
elegant
coverings
of
"
carrioles
"
and
"
Jerseys
.
"
There
is
a
spectacle
--
at
least
there
is
one
looked
for
.
It
is
a
trial
long
talked
of
in
the
Settlement
.
Superfluous
to
say
that
it
is
the
trial
of
Maurice
Gerald
--
known
as
Maurice
the
mustanger
.
Equally
idle
to
add
,
that
it
is
for
the
murder
of
Henry
Poindexter
.
It
is
not
the
high
nature
of
the
offence
that
has
attracted
such
a
crowd
,
nor
yet
the
characters
of
either
the
accused
or
his
victim
--
neither
much
known
in
the
neighbourhood
.
The
same
Court
--
it
is
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
district
,
Uvalde
--
has
been
in
session
there
before
--
has
tried
all
sorts
of
cases
,
and
all
kinds
of
men
--
thieves
,
swindlers
,
homicides
,
and
even
murderers
--
with
scarce
fourscore
people
caring
to
be
spectators
of
the
trial
,
or
staying
to
hear
the
sentence
!
It
is
not
this
which
has
brought
so
many
settlers
together
;
but
a
series
of
strange
circumstances
,
mysterious
and
melodramatic
;
which
seem
in
some
way
to
be
connected
with
the
crime
,
and
have
been
for
days
the
sole
talk
of
the
Settlement
.
It
is
not
necessary
to
name
these
circumstances
:
they
are
already
known
.
All
present
at
Fort
Inge
have
come
there
anticipating
:
that
the
trial
about
to
take
place
will
throw
light
on
the
strange
problem
that
has
hitherto
defied
solution
.
Of
course
there
are
some
who
,
independent
of
this
,
have
a
feeling
of
interest
in
the
fate
of
the
prisoner
.
There
are
others
inspired
with
a
still
sadder
interest
--
friends
and
relatives
of
the
man
supposed
to
have
been
murdered
:
for
it
must
be
remembered
,
that
there
is
yet
no
evidence
of
the
actuality
of
the
crime
.
