The Scalp Hunters : Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico 1
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I was on the point of changing my tirade into the apostrophic fonn — and at the same time ordering the man out of my sight — when something: in his look influenced me to remain silent. I could not tell whether he had heard, or understood to whom my abusive epithets had been applied ; but there was nothing in his manner that be- trayed his having done so. I observed only the same look that had at first at- tracted me — the same expression of deep melancholy. Could this man be the hardened and he...artless villain I had heard of ? the author of so many atrocities ? 114 THE SCALP-HtlNTERS. " Sir," said he, seeing that I remained silent, " I deeply regret what has happened you. I was the involuntary cause of your mishap. Is your wound a severe one?" " It is not," I replied, with a dryness of manner that seemed somewhat to discom- pose him. " I am glad of that," he continued, after a pause. " I came to thank you for your generous interference. I leave Santa Fe in ten minutes. I must bid you farewell." He held forth his hand.
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