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"Did I have it? the buck ague?" he earnestly inquired. "You had symptoms of it," answered Sargent, resaddling his horse. "Whenever a hunter tries to shoot an empty gun, or discharges one into the ground at his feet, he ought to take something for his nerves. It's not fatal, and I have hopes of your recovery." The two turned homeward.
If I could only reach the ranch and secure my own horse, I felt that no power on earth could chain me to the scenes of my humiliation. The horses decided me to return. Resaddling at an unknown hour, I rode for the ranch. The animals were refreshed and made good time.
Nothing seems to be left in here for you to eat, but I'll take a little breakfast myself." He did not relight the fire, but contented himself with cold food. Then resaddling, he left the grove and rode northward again until he came to a hill, or, rather, a swell, that was higher than the rest. Here he stopped his horse and took a glance at the sun, which was shining with uncommon brilliancy.
Two hours later they stopped again at the edge of the Santa Cruz wash, two miles from the Rocking Chair Ranch. It was while they were resaddling that Collins caught sight of a cloud of dust a mile or two away. He unslung his field-glasses, and looked long at the approaching dust-swirl. Presently he handed the binoculars to Leroy.
The smoke vanished, the vast silence closed upon the passing echoes of the rifle as the ocean closes upon a ship's wake. Nothing moved; yet McTeague bestirred himself sharply, rolling up his blankets, resaddling the mule, getting his outfit together again. From time to time he muttered: "Hurry now; hurry on. You fool, you've done it now. They could hear that miles away. Hurry now.
The Prince Imperial started with Lieutenant Carey of the 98th, and six men of Bettington's Horse, on a reconnoitring expedition, and reached a kraal some ten miles from the camp. Here they unsaddled their horses and rested for an hour. As they were in the act of resaddling, a party of Zulus suddenly sprang out.
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