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"
I
accept
your
gift
,
sir
;
and
with
gratitude
,
"
responded
the
young
Creole
--
for
the
first
time
prominently
proclaiming
herself
,
and
stepping
freely
forth
as
she
spoke
.
"
But
I
have
a
fancy
,
"
she
continued
,
pointing
to
the
mustang
--
at
the
same
time
that
her
eye
rested
inquiringly
on
the
countenance
of
the
mustanger
--
"
a
fancy
that
your
captive
is
not
yet
tamed
?
She
but
trembles
in
fear
of
the
unknown
future
.
She
may
yet
kick
against
the
traces
,
if
she
find
the
harness
not
to
her
liking
;
and
then
what
am
I
to
do
--
poor
I
?
"
"
True
,
Maurice
!
"
said
the
major
,
widely
mistaken
as
to
the
meaning
of
the
mysterious
speech
,
and
addressing
the
only
man
on
the
ground
who
could
possibly
have
comprehended
it
;
"
Miss
Poindexter
speaks
very
sensibly
.
That
mustang
has
not
been
tamed
yet
--
any
one
may
see
it
.
Come
,
my
good
fellow
!
give
her
the
lesson
.
"
Ladies
and
gentlemen
!
"
continued
the
major
,
turning
towards
the
company
,
"
this
is
something
worth
your
seeing
--
those
of
you
who
have
not
witnessed
the
spectacle
before
.
Come
,
Maurice
;
mount
,
and
show
us
a
specimen
of
prairie
horsemanship
.
She
looks
as
though
she
would
put
your
skill
to
the
test
.
"
"
You
are
right
,
major
:
she
does
!
"
replied
the
mustanger
,
with
a
quick
glance
,
directed
not
towards
the
captive
quadruped
,
but
to
the
young
Creole
;
who
,
with
all
her
assumed
courage
,
retired
tremblingly
behind
the
circle
of
spectators
.
"
No
matter
,
my
man
,
"
pursued
the
major
,
in
a
tone
intended
for
encouragement
.
"
In
spite
of
that
devil
sparkling
in
her
eye
,
I
'll
lay
ten
to
one
you
'll
take
the
conceit
out
of
her
.
Try
!
"
Without
losing
credit
,
the
mustanger
could
not
have
declined
acceding
to
the
major
's
request
.
It
was
a
challenge
to
skill
--
to
equestrian
prowess
--
a
thing
not
lightly
esteemed
upon
the
prairies
of
Texas
.
He
proclaimed
his
acceptance
of
it
by
leaping
lightly
out
of
his
saddle
,
resigning
his
own
steed
to
Zeb
Stump
,
and
exclusively
giving
his
attention
to
the
captive
.
The
only
preliminary
called
for
was
the
clearing
of
the
ground
.
This
was
effected
in
an
instant
--
the
greater
part
of
the
company
--
with
all
the
ladies
--
returning
to
the
azotea
.
With
only
a
piece
of
raw-hide
rope
looped
around
the
under
jaw
,
and
carried
headstall
fashion
behind
the
ears
--
with
only
one
rein
in
hand
--
Maurice
sprang
to
the
back
of
the
wild
mare
.
