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But
they
pretended
it
to
have
been
a
joke
--
a
travestie
;
and
as
there
was
proof
of
the
others
being
at
home
--
and
Diaz
dead
drunk
--
on
the
night
of
Henry
Poindexter
's
disappearance
,
their
statement
satisfied
those
who
had
been
entrusted
with
the
inquiry
.
As
to
the
Connemara
man
,
it
was
not
thought
necessary
to
put
him
upon
trial
.
If
an
accomplice
,
he
could
only
have
acted
at
the
instigation
of
his
master
;
and
he
might
prove
more
serviceable
in
the
witness-box
than
in
the
dock
.
Before
the
bar
,
then
--
if
we
may
be
permitted
the
figure
of
speech
--
there
stands
but
one
prisoner
,
Maurice
Gerald
--
known
to
those
gazing
upon
him
as
Maurice
the
mustanger
.
There
are
but
few
present
who
have
any
personal
acquaintance
with
the
accused
;
though
there
are
also
but
a
few
who
have
never
before
heard
his
name
.
Perhaps
not
any
.
It
is
only
of
late
that
this
has
become
generally
known
:
for
previous
to
the
six-shot
duel
with
Calhoun
,
he
had
no
other
reputation
than
that
of
an
accomplished
horse-catcher
.
All
admitted
him
to
be
a
fine
young
fellow
--
handsome
,
dashing
,
devoted
to
a
fine
horse
,
and
deeming
it
no
sin
to
look
fondly
on
a
fair
woman
--
free
of
heart
,
as
most
Irishmen
are
,
and
also
of
speech
,
as
will
be
more
readily
believed
.
But
neither
his
good
,
nor
evil
,
qualities
were
carried
to
excess
.
His
daring
rarely
exhibited
itself
in
reckless
rashness
;
while
as
rarely
did
his
speech
degenerate
into
"
small
talk
.
"
In
his
actions
there
was
observable
a
certain
juste
milieu
.
His
words
were
alike
well-balanced
;
displaying
,
even
over
his
cups
,
a
reticence
somewhat
rare
among
his
countrymen
.
No
one
seemed
to
know
whence
he
came
;
for
what
reason
he
had
settled
in
Texas
;
or
why
he
had
taken
to
such
a
queer
"
trade
,
"
as
that
of
catching
wild
horses
--
a
calling
not
deemed
the
most
reputable
.
It
seemed
all
the
more
strange
to
those
who
knew
:
that
he
was
not
only
educated
,
but
evidently
a
"
born
gentleman
"
--
a
phrase
,
however
,
of
but
slight
significance
upon
the
frontiers
of
Texas
.
