IS MIGHELEKWOT WIR

In id Waktrig eent gnohna neter secules, ni yars, ni saats. Eent gnohna neter prev ni future, herghi, present se confus con abad. I sesi qui befolkeer id Waktrig ne gnohr duren, ed ia aziyats os oumer au id baysa dia mohrt im eent proaiwo sparn. I Perennians – eet ghi id nam quod sib dahr – se pieydrwn in id plenitude os yuwent yant ir gnahsa kay naiweti gerasce. Quanti it kwohkeer conserve uniform-ye id sam oumer aun oin ex i hieb aiwo daumen quayta yars el hieb ja gwiven. Her, in id centre ios Ardh, in tod rewos ex aqua, piurn ed rock quod formit id kerd ios planete, Wakt hieb remant proaiwo still. Ep tod still Wakt regnit Chronalia, mater ios Waktprince ed ias Waktprincesse. Chronalia, Waktrayn, quam ays dohlgs vahr kyukes altro, do alyo dimension. Un nov regne inkapiet pro iam, bet in uno mund quod ne esiet tod gnoht ab ays purts. Quoter succeddiet Chronalia ep id thron ios Waktrig ? Maghses oiter aysen purts. Kad oitri bihiet betrust id Abadscepter, symbol ios royal magh. Bet kay accedde tod supreme honor, quar missions tehrbient ses parkwohrn ep id surface ios Ardh. Ta quar missions consisteer lures ein Waktmessager prisoner im menscen. Quar Messagers in hol, spehdihn do Ardh kay intervene do id historia os menscgenos, quar messagers qui hieb ka task hehlpe i menscens ad triumphe contra barbaria ed aunieusia. In id Waktrig, multa legends reliet ia megil wehrgs tim exceptional Perennians qui hieb acceptet riske id gwit pro id service im menscen. Ir ghi gwit ar sei nimen mohr in id Waktrig, sei Abad eet cadanghens lot, quelgvonc, bayna i Perennians, decis oistighes do id surface ios Ardh smyohr tun id menscenbeurt : el bihsit merti. Ir gwit hieb ja i purts ias Waktrayn bo risct khalassend-ye Gayok iom Suner, karcerbohndt in ia rlaus os Gouttard, swamen os Malgrâce, dind Hensock iom Alokad quom i hieb lurt ex id bodroum quer is eet kaydunibohnden in id buxianxu poli la Bastille. Hatta un revolution hieb est tohrpt kay lures iom miser Hensock, victim uns diabolic gakwehros. Quoter hieb kamyapto ta dwo missions ? Is brater ? Ia swester ? I hieb chidto de to, bet ir mater hieb vitohmen : id stahal bieygh i bo egal-ye; id trit mission kikyunggiawiet tik iro rivalitat. Tod rivalitat eet gnoht ab quantens, in id Waktrig; albatta, i hieb gnaht perfecti dwins, ir samkwehkia eet hallucinant, bet tant jects separeer i quem ir mult faydhs hiebeer biht legendar. Id liubh i spruv dia mutu ne eet yed minter real, ed kun i decis reconcilye-se gnahsit tun inter i tod tem particular ed tem profund schirkat quem tik druv dwins kwohkeer ghehde kheisstum. Irghi dwo preter missions hieb esn successwent, bet i tohrb restighes do id surface os Ardh kay tente parkwehre id trit. Chronalia, ir mater, hieb gwehmiht bo do id Grotte os Mensdeh, ep ia oupers ios Sept Clartaten Lac. In id deubst tos lac, ia ghianshieks ios centre ios Ardh brohneer med aunstop furors qua hatta aqua khiek sutes, ed ia sept colors os universe gwohl it ex ia dubes, colornd id surface med irisat flamboyments. Id aqua ios Sept Clartaten Lac diffus uno mliak ed constant wierme quod spohr do id hol Rig, penetrend ia petra eminences etagen do clins, in quom kerdo dub drabs samt rockstieupens. Id Grotte os Mensdeh hieb est namt it ob id particular energia quod skiep ia minerals quommed idsa stenas eent formen. Tod energia composen med dabron wands oistimulit ia kresbungsa ed favorisit mental tanek. Do tod loc eet gwohmen ad medite de id meinyun ios mund, terschi Chronalia kiemit mimehne de ia megil decisions ia dohlg eme pro id sell ios Rig, hatta iosswo Ardh. Seddend ep sien thron, Chronalia dohrj in sien hands id Abadscepter, symbol sienios magh. Tod scepter quod is brater au ia swester dakiet maghses sem dien ka mizdo sienen wehrgs. Levter quem

Chronalia stahr Gayok is Suner ed Hensock is Alokad, ies dwo messagers i hieb khalasst ye id end iren dwo prever aventures.

Gayok gweupiet proaiw ep sien lige id trace iom ordeils is hieb subiht ep Ardh, bet Hensock, punor, kwohk fresch, kamadet. Ye tod ker iter, ia mater im dwins hieb maung jects ad sayge im.

- Mien purts, iey Chronalia preimend-ye i do id Thronsall, ho prohgen Gayok iom Suner ed Hensock iom Alokad ke ses present menxu vos expliesiem id buhsa os vies trit mission. Ir mensdeh ed experience vos hehlpsient ad meis suaghabe quo exspectems ud vos. Woidte preter od tod mission vos bringhsiet ep id american continent, do ia Uniet Stats, baygh exact-ye.

- Vahms likes cowboys ed indians ? sprohg i dwins per scherz.

Ir mater pau prihsit ir jocs, lakin, ed ia glaz bo alian-ye quo ens ir nughs.

- Vidsiemos an yu sessiete likav kun yu sessiete ter, mlu Chronalia med un siuk ton. Yu vahte arrive do un land in weir, un swesgengven weir quod oppont id Sud ei Nord, un weir quod id future uns hol continent, ed id lure au persclaven millionen wiren ed gwenen depende. Woidte kathalika od id nam ios Messager yu tehrpsiete lures est Oclock is Sell...

Ye tod ker, i dwins druve-ye neti wohn glihes. Oclock is Sell, prisoner im menscen ? Tod khabar consternit i. Meis ghi quem ceter hieb Oclock stahalt sien lakab : is eet is incarnation os sellt ed ielg eysen actions bohr id mark os eys nestrakible generositat. Tik kerd ed atmen maflouki creatures maghient pighres dia iom kafi kay dare prisoner iom.

- Oclock hat wighskwt pro id lure im Indians ed im aydokwen sclavs ep Americas land, declarit Gayok is Suner, is hat volt ke swesgenmenos uperwehndt barbaria, bet is est tuntos captive im Suders, tim qui se meist-ye forakwtnent kay tines sclaverie.

- En-ye se presentet id situation, nabahsit Chronalia. Oclock is Sell hieb preter fortrohct kay pites bringhes sien hehlp im Indians victim ios invasion blanken colons. Api, oik munts – kay bahe id menscenlingua – pos eys arriven do ia Uniet Stats, plur Sudstats hant secess. Un armen conflict hat sohkwt contra ia Nordstats. Id land hat esen tun separen in dwo : in id sud, i Confederats – est id nam i Suders sib dahnt - , in id nord, i Yankis – it sont namen i Norders. Oclock is Sell hat fauran chusen id yanki camp...

- Ed is hat agen prabh, hencalstin ! exclamit Hensock is Alokad. I suders sont ignoble persclavers ! Est un dohlg wighes i !

« Hencalstin » : id milen rughat os Hensock iom Alokad gohn uno ninsmeih ep Chronalias lipps, bet ia Waktrayn rebihsit serieus ed glaz iom strehng-ye ob interrumpus iam. Hensock tun clih sien contrite protiokwo.

- Bim ghi Suders, nabahsit ir mater, i Aydokwi, wirs, gwens, magvi, sont sclavs im Blanks. Kay katue protie tod barbaria hat Oclock is Sell ambact do tod conflict. Qualg forme hat emen tod ambact ? Woidam neid de. Io imagine difficil-ye Oclock iom Sell armes in hand, est un pior mliak ses. Quodkwe bih to, is hat esen prisonerihn ab iens Confederats, smos yakin de. Quetos tod yakinia ? sprehcsiete yu. Mi est impossible vos revele to, smos sure de to, est hol. Vies ghi trit mission consistsiet lures Oclock. Ne gnohms quer is wehst, id

saul ighnosinkapem quod ghehdmos vos dikes est id nam uns apache poti quom is hat contact yant sien arriven ep id surface ios Ardh, ep id territorium Arizona. Id nam tos poti est Hashkala ed is bayght id Albhghyor teut. Id territorium im Albhghyor Apachen lyehct tik oik mayls dalg ud id territorium quetro yuswo arrivesiete. Yu tehrpsiete gwahe nordworts dind sehkwe un paund ep id flank uns buland ghyor. Dind... Vos sessiet zaruri aunstehge Hashkala. Quoter kamyapsiet retrehve id trace os Oclock iom Sell ed lures iom ? Tu, mien dugter ? Au tu, mien son ? Ne gnohm. Yu habte carte blanche kay duce kamlibt vies mission iawod id sia successwent. Tod success dependt meg ia radhs vahm vos dahe. Also, suakleute me.In ia Uniet Stats yu dehlcsiete bahe englisch, quo vos porcsiet neid difficultat ighi Perennians ghehde assimile vasya bahsas; id englisch nudt in America est eti ne difficil euctu : est un baygh summar bahsa quod comprindt tik oik centens vocabulen ed un rudimentar grammatic. Ekwi ed armes hant ter meis importance quem werds. Armes, smad tolke de, lakin prefero linkwes ad Gayok iom Suner id kaur de vos dahe dayir to deikens lasim viesi surviven.

- Aundwoi habte yu haben id waurmen unte ir mission in Paris ghesore gvonds, iey tun Gayok. Bet ia pistols ios XVIIIt secule hant neid ad diles con ia revolvers yu vahte dehlge salge folossie nuntos. Ta revolvers hant kondaks qua mathmoune six glonces, quetos id nam “sixstrehl” dahn tibs gvonds. Kay vinces un duschman unte un revolverduell, tehrpt ses sagven ziele, albatta, bet est kathalika essential ses el meis oku quoter udholstert.

- Way, khacsiemos vos dadwe gvonds, nabahsit ir mater, yu dehlcsiete aunstehge sems per vosswo au kaupe sems. Pro to, yu tehrpsiete denars, yani dollars, id rawaj tos land. Bet neschi hams dollars, vos est zaruri vos procure sems.

- Yu tehrpsiete kathalika vos procure ekwens, hencalstin ! intervenit Hensock is Alokad. Ekwi in id west sont important quem revolvers, sigwra !

Iter, Chronalia skizzit uno smeih dind rebihsit serieus.

- Yu ghehdsiete ep id surface ios Ardh ye gsieji anno 1863 ios menscenwakt, nabahsit ia, yani dien 21 jun.

- Ma tod tarikhe ? sprohg ir purts samt un legitim curiositat. - Mae woidskwte pior, antwohrd siuk-ye ir mater, sont mysteirs qua ne poitto

vos aunkehlder. Dien 21 jun 1863, pon exact-ye tri yars habsiet Oclock is Sell arriven isswo ep id territorium Arizona. Id wi-ye saygen wir inter Suders ed Norders hat inkapen ye wer 1861. Kun vies aventure startsiet, id conflict habsiet naken sien apogee ed id gwit os Oclock iom Sell sessiet tohrcter quem aiwo. Wakt vos sessiet tun contet. Senst ject, bad. Oclock, pre fortrehce, hieb chusen wides id pseudonym John Goodman. Subghi tod nam is habsiet-se presentet yant sien arriven do America. Vos ho saygen quanto yu tohrb woide. Ho neid alyo addeihtu ploisko yu dehlcsiete, kam unte ir preceddent missions, bevide mensdeh, courage, generositat ed intelligence sei yu volte habe sem chance os primes ud mien hands id Abadscepter, symbol os mien magh.

- Ed mae keuncte strehle ka preters, hencalstin ! exclamit Hensock is Alokad simulend udholster un revolver. Ah, ia mier aykwsa ios West ! nabahsit is med un nostalgic ton, id heul im coyotes ye glau ed id ninsosule im ghyamenvipers ep ia chald petras ios desert... Kam maung vos hamrahskwo !

- Kheptenn ! interrup siuk-ye ir mater, habsient kafi ad diles con Americans, inutil im cree idafi kaurs !

Vexen, Hensock swigh menxu un payn kwahim smeih wierdh ep ia lipps os Gayok iom Suner. Indifferent dia tod incident, i dwins prefereer tankes de id tasko quod exspectit i. Idghi moment os fortrehce do id menscenmund hieb gwohmen pro i. Id air hieb stayg bitwohrn ant Chronalia ed bo Messagers. Ir silhouettes troubleer-se ed swohnd ye meis crohsc ant ia okwi’m dwins un sorte os immaterialo globe : un Telegeosphere hieb just wardhen, tod phenomen os hydro- au aerokinetic centrifugal energia quod permiss linkwes id Waktrigo kay entre id menscenmund.

Id Telegeosphere vulbhit bo dwins, ed i khiss id nerce ios dewer dreidribhes i exter id Thronsall.

- Gwahte, mien purts, ed beurt vos estu ryowkhow, murmurit ir mater ka khuda hafiz.

Mox, i dwins buir abniht kyid ouper ios Sept Clartaten Lac. I hieb ja gwiwt un solg safer edghi spruv neid apprehension kun id Telegeosphere mers do id lacwed. I ann leur-ye, quaque taiper ir caps eent enderwed, ed i vis tun ia sept clartats ios universe confundes-se do un blindend luce; kam ye alter kers, vertigo lambh i, un karakhisses spohr lyt ed lyt do ir hol corpsa; im bihsit alnos impossible motione, i hieb id pondos os ses paralysen, petrifien. Is Waktprince khiss confus-ye od is swohbh dalger ud sien swester, dind, brusk-ye, quanto dusk ed is mers do temos.

Ne meis quem unte sien preceddent safers do id surface ios Ardh hieb is Waktprince id minst idee ios itner id Telegeosphere hieb ghohden kwehre kay wehghe iom do id menscenmund. Kam ye alter kers, kun is disbayaldissit, is lyohg brous in un grotte muzlim-ye beluct ab diewo. Eys okwi mic, is tyohr sien lids, ed gohr lyt ed lyt, kamsei is habiet just esen rohven ex un gwaur ed aundrehm swehpen. Id Telegeosphere hieb taiper disparihn. Is ghohd iter move leur-ye ed oistahsit ub lent-ye, siena muscles dar karakht. Lakin, is retrohv jaldi sien hol ment ed aun difficultat sien adic uriende. In sien hast os revide id waurn ed id surface ios Ardh, is trohc tem oku quem is ghohd kyid diewo quod entrit lyt-ye dalger unte un weur ghyahsa. Id swol eet nisbatan platt ed ei ne buit pior difficil gwahe perodh. Enos eet taiper ye id entrat ios grotte. Dat is sielgit xep, diewokweitert ei kwohk preter nestehmim, bet is oiswohd tod sensation ed wois id ne durit diu. Oika ghi instants serter, eys okwi hieb viswohdt luce ed is dyi tun... un desolationspectacle... Is yed-ye tant ghaws retrehve ia landspects ios Ardh ! Way, ia beauteits ios desert os Arizona hiebeer pau charm kun strohc sub solpreus... roigs omcadavers ! Quayt eent ? Dec ? Dwodem ? Dwogim ? Is wois neid de ed pau importit. Un hol convoyo hieb it esen attaquen ed nayvs transbaurt med isus lyohg ep id petreus grund au in ia disloquet carcasses woghen.

Saul surviver : un seddeln ekwo, still, kam indifferent dia id tragedia, ed qui kwohk observe med un pensive protiokw i gwulturs ja kmehnend i victims, miraculeus pitancye adbohrn ibs appetitts im necrophags in tod aunfin ariditat baren perwnts. Sub id schock, is Waktprince remien aunmov unte un khvil, dind bad gwahsit perodh kya etiloikwa ios caravan. Pleist mortus eent wirs bet is contit kathalika oikens gwens ies hajoumers ne hieb gahaben. Ia isus dik nett-ye ies stiftors ios attaque : Indians, shayad Apaches. Id arriven ios Waktprince sturb i akbabs qui abvic protievol, credeihnd vide in iom un heunghernd rival. Yeji id stand iom nayvs, id massacre hieb mutten nediuper. Okwivid-ye neideti meis ghohd ses kwohrno pro ti misers, ploisko im fodde decent sepultures. Lakin is Waktprince ne hieb kafi prist pro to, ed gohder eet aye id situation med uno meis practic angule : eighi waurmen eet dahn kay sib procure mult fuschwians qua ei esient necessar in id druna os eys mission. Uperwehndend sien dusconscience de widuves it cadavers, isghi decis ghende quo is wien. Prest-ye, iom ekwo; un chul ed un lasso eent diehn eysi seddel. Dind, is trohv un yeusmen samt holster, un sixstrehl Colt revolver (caliber 44) samt 48 patrons, un penkdemstrehl Henry carabine (caliber 44) ed penkdem patrons ed idso danxiow, un kardi, un kibritcutia, un plehn gourde, 118 dollars ed 75 cents.

Is Waktprince hieb neid difficultat pro trehve povestis sekwent sieno mege. Isghi bifiengh uno maurblou pantalon, un glend-ed-glehb careit coton camiss, un sword halstuck, un vest ex kara lieter, un pair bauten samt sperens ed un Stetson kay se protege ud sol. Enos eet tuntos dun swod cowboys. Tid eet, taiper, kwehre itner kyid Albh Ghyor kay pites retrehve Hashkala, iom apache poti qui solliet dehe iom ep id ighnos kye Oclock iom Sell. Spehnd-ye ke ies Indians iom ne kwehndeihient un beurt samlik tei im misers qui lyohg ambh iom...

Is Waktprince bieft ambh sien lendv id yeusmen quei eet pact id holster in quod is oisnig sien « sixstrehl ». Is dehsit do sien geps ia patrons ios revolver, id kibritcutia

ed ia dollars. Do ia dwo litern sacks hangend ud id seddel ios ekwios, is ardehsit id kardi, id jlampohngourde ed ia patrons ios carabine pos diehnus senter ei pomel, chung ubtro ed parat ei neud. Is taiper birid ed trohcit kye ghyors quom ambhriss is enderkwit in id piern. Ter aundwoi is trehviet id apache teut quos poti eet Hashkala. Kay ne pior-ye strakihes sien ekwo, is contentit-se med trehte perodh sub id gwaurod sol ios desert. Gverehsit. Tant quem is khissit swoidghutts oisrues engwn sien skolfas ed in sien regv. Naiw is eekekwohnd un tem uperkwehlmend gvrens ed tod prest contacto con id US West hieb wakea neid khauris. Ye perodher is rid, id landspect se modificit. Mesas, ta hoga clins samt verticala flanks ed platt akro, stieur ambh iom, austere ed silent, kam mohrn polis. Id bare swol eetetect-se med vegetation, cactus, buska, oik schajras samt sword ed vrohncta trunks, kam torturet ab id gvrens. Eys perodhreiden bihsit meis difficil ob ia xentis qua se multiplier sub ia kaphs ios ekwios ed quom ghehrsend ozda skohn iom. Is wir ed is biest ieg perodh it unte un wassime distance, dind bistigh ia oras uns ghyormassif. Un pwolhor serter, circa, is dyohrc ia tipis uns indian waun. Is Waktprince gwohm proscher : id camp hieb esto dohmt ep un plateau inter dwo ghyors. Is trohd ghom ed trohcit kyun Indian qui spohc iom arrive med uno mistreusend wultu. Eys mistrust eet solg, kay sayge ver, quem is siz un tomahawk hangend ud sien yeusmen ed swohng id med un tehrgend geste.

Samt ghyanen hands, pams wohrten kyom Apache, is Waktprince stahsit still kay dikes is ne hiermskwit iom. Lyt rassuren, is wir clih tun sien tomahawk, bet aun rehange id sieni yeusmen. Is dar eet nastraj.

- Quod vols tu ? sprohg is Indian in englisch. - Ho gwohmen baygh dalgtos kay vide Hashkala, vies poti, declarit is

Waktprince.

Is Apache kwohk surpris.

- Hashkala hat joint sien atavia ja penk menots pre, antwohrd is. Eno ghi eet id khakst khabar quod ghohd ei ses mohldt ! Quosmed woide quod hiebit bihn Oclock is Sell sei Hashkala hieb mohrt ? Tik is ghohd bringhes iom Waktprince ep eys ighnos. Id deception is oispruv se manifestit tem nett ep eys lige quem is Indian kwohk emot ab to.

- Quod iskwst tu ud Hashkala ? interrogit is. - Sprehge iom an is wois quetro mien prient John Goodman hat fortrohcen,

antwohrd is Waktprince spehnd-ye od isswo hieb gnohn Oclock iom Sell. - John Goodman ? Mayns iom Mighelekwot Wir ?

Tod stragno lakab intrigit iom Waktprince, bet is strohngit-se ad ne sines id prehpe.

- Quanti gnohnt iom Mighelekwot Wir her, nabahsit is Apache. Sei is est tien prient, tun, sdi sellgwohmt.

Is Indian, ye id megil rehmen ios Waktprince, rehieng sien tomahawk sieni yeusmen.

- Mien nam est Rudh Cougar, mohld is, ed is Mighelekwot Wir eet kam un brater pro me. Gwehm, vahm te duce bi Klayoka, iom medicinner. Is ge woid quetro tien prient hat fortrohcen.

Is Waktprince likwit sien ekwo ye id entrat ios waun ed sohkwit Rudh Cougar, rohmen. Eys baysas eent taiper sut : is medicinner solliet woide tem quem Hashkala de Oclock iom Sell. Oik instants serter, Rudh Cougar stopit ant un hog delt quod uperkihsit id waun. Un schischmav ed raflatic Apache, seddend ghomi, sien cap fallus ep sien xiongbu, gwup ids entrat. Kun is Waktprince gwohm pri iom, is oisneudus Indian spohc ub.

- Semject tehrpt ses daht ad Moll Urx kay entre, mlusit is med un deub voc. Moll Urx keupt diafa.

Rudh Cougar ei tun antwohrd in apache bahsa med un ton quod kwohk aunjawab ei Waktprince. Moll Urx lakin vols kye tom ed spohc iom med un emovant protiokwo.

- Ne has tu un smulk 10 dollars banknote pro Moll Urx ? Un lytil 10 dollars banknote ?

Isghi Waktprince ei dahsit ta 10 dollars. Rudh Cougar iom penetrih dind id delt os Klayoka, iom medicinner. So khayatsess ep id swol : eet un geront samt vrink ed pergamenliko cuit. Starnd, samt still corpos, is kwohkit kam uno mumia. Prest-ye, is tengicit ne vidus iom Waktprince, bet menxu Rudh Cougar ei tolkit in apache med un ton pleno med un intense respect, is veut Indian wohrt lent-ye sien cap kye tom ed

dyi iom med un attentive ok. Kun Rudh Cougar swigh, Klayoka observit un long silence aun zaspehce iom Waktprince. So khiss lyt bfuyow, deursend neter move ni bahe. Bad id braungh ed deub voc ios medicinner lud. Is wohkwit iom in englisch.

- Also, es is prient ios Mighelekwot Wir ? Te credeihm. Tien spect est sincere.

Klayoka sieyg tun oik werds ad Rudh Cougar qui sielg fauran id delt, dind is vols iter kyom Waktprince.

- Apaches pau kame blanks, nabahsit is veut brukh, bet is Mighelekwot Wir ne eet un blank kam alters. Is ne iskwit age weir contra nos, is ne iskwit lambhnes nies territoria. Is ge eet pleno med karam ed zajidiel kay gnohmos justice. Dind sem dien is hat fortrohct kya lands quer sol weust.

- Ne hat is sayct quetro is gwahsit ? sprohg is Waktprince samt speh. - Ma sont i blanks semper tem impatient ? kwohster Klayoka. Sine mi id wakt os

parlehge mien narn....

Is Waktprince tun tieyc spondend-ye neti interrumpes iom.

- Pre fortrehce, is Mighelekwot Wir hieb betrust un secret ad Hashkala, nies poti. Tod secret mi buit revelet af Hashkala ye eys ajal.

Med uno muhim effort, is Waktprince abstohm iskwes id minst werd, ib is veut Apace irritiesc. So remien silent unte un dakika, dind is oiskizzit uno smeih.

- Curiositat praeddt te, iey is bad, bet tu has sagven uperwaldhe id. Gohd. Is Mighelekwot Wir hat likwt un message is hat tracen med sien hand ed quos gnohsa tik semanghen ex eys race poittsiet dake. Tod message hat is betrusen ad Hashkala.

Ye tod ker, is Waktprince neti resistit, is tohrbit po cada pris woide meis.

- Som ex eys race ! exclamit is, dehlgo lises tod message ! Quer est id ? - In Hashkalas tumbh, declarit is medicinner. Bet pre tib sayge meis, volo ses

yakin od bayghs id folk ios Mighelekwot Wir. Quis es tu ed quetro tu ? - Som is Waktprince, son as Chronalia, ed mien rig est id centre ios Ardh,

antwohrd is ei brukh.

So smih ed spohc iom samt dabronia.

- Io suawois tu ees sincere, iey is med un swadh voc. Hashkala mi hat revelen od is Mighelekwot Wir gwohm ex id centre ios Ardh, quer regnet Chronalia. Es ghi druve-ye ex eys race. Tun, kludi quo vahm tib sayge.Hashkala conservit id message ios Mighelekwot Wir in id stolg siens khandjar, nabahsit is veut Indian. Sekwent id vol nosters poti, id khandjar buit skladen pod eys grabh, do un cavitat perbohrct med un taungh petra.

- Ed quer wehst Hashkalas grabh ? sprohg is Waktprince. - Ep id flank uns ghyor, in id tolp : Passivitt – Montgayo. Hashkala keiht in id

bund uns balma quod ghehdt ses access unte un angh pertu. Way !...

Klayoka zatolkit. Is Waktprince intizar, samt batend kerd : tod “way” presieyg neid gohd...

- Way ! Tri menots pre, i blanks hant construct un village in Passivitt-Montagayo ed ant id pertu quod duct ei sepulture os Hashkala staut nun id dom quetro est gwohmen ad drehnke id piurnwed.

- Yu maynte id saloun ? - Todghi nam ei dahnt i blanks. Id entrat ios balma quer Hashkala keiht lyehct

sub id “Rock ios Jenchi”. Est kalen it id uperhang quod leudt just uper : dalgtos, id kwehct kam id profil uns Apache. Kad est dar possible accedde id balm unte id bud ios “saloun”, kam tu saycs. Sei ghehds tetro, vidsies un taungh petra quod marct id tolp os Hashkalas grabh. Sub tod petra ho ioswo kohlen id khandjar quos stolg arehct id message ios Mighelekwot Wir. Lyt pre sien mohrt, Hashkala mi hieb kassamiht revele id existence ed id kulk tos message tik tei au tay quoter gwehmiet ex id aungrundrig quer Chronalia est rayn. Chronalia est tien mater, also hiebst tu meis quem ceter id rect os woide. Reidend-ye westworts, enderkweitsies mox un buland ghyor. Id “Rock ios Jenchi” staut ye midhoge tos ghyor.

Is veut brukh swigh, kam kay dahe ei Waktprince id prist os mehne de id difficultat ios taskios quod exspectit iom. Yadi is habiet ghohden arrive pre id construction tos balstohmt saloun ! Quel wois kwe id pertu kyid balma hieb esen definitive-ye obstrugen ?

- Bet pre fortrehcs, nabahsit Klayoka, saycskwo tib dar semject. Aundwoi ne hiebst tu aiw aurt name tom quom tu paurscs “iom Mighelekwot Wir”. Wey hams daht ei tod nam.

Sammel tolkend, is veut Apache ghens ex un lietern sack un substance quos buhsa is Waktprince ne gnohsit : eet un sorte os doigho quod kwohkit kam loid ed quetos lur-se un aker odor. Med lenta gestes, is biknedit tod doigh inter sien finghers dind sklied id do id bund uns bol ex terracotta. In un kantun ios deltios gluhr geuls. Klayoka brigh id bol prosch ia. Is blahsit tun kya geuls ed mox flammes lud. Is brukh schohnk dind un liquid do id bol is pos ep id ogwn.

- Hashkala hieb daht ad tien samogni un ekwo, nabahsit is Indian, un tem bell, tem slanc, tem akster ekwo quem quan is galoppit is tengicit kam un mighelnebh pusct ab id wind. Itak ei hieb est daht id nam “Mighelekwo”. Bet is xih dar meis quem beauteit ed velocitat. In eys okwi eet un flamme quod animit eys spect. Eet kamsei id ansu ios ekwendiv se hieb incarnen do iom. Tien ghi samogni hat bihn is Mighelekwot Wir. Sem dien, is hat abridt ep sien ekw ed naiweti hams vis iom. Way ! Is ekwo hat mohrt, baygh dalg hetos. Bet rassure-te, eys ekwot dar gwivt.

- Quosmed woid yu an is ekwo hat mohrn ? stieun is Waktprince. Kwe John Goodman... mayno is Mighelekwot Wir isswo vos hat mohldt to ?

- Oh no. Io woid od is ekwo hat mohrn eysghi ansu me hat visiten ka sogn. Is hat nohct sub ia cutts bestohmen sieni poti, salvend it eys gwit.

Un dum lud taiper ex id bol quod mathmounit id mixture preparen ab iom brukh. So ghens tun id bol ed dohrj id ant se. Warmend-ye, id mathmoun ios recipient hiebit

spohrn do id delt un subswadh odor quod lambh eys ment. Id dum tug menxu ia flammes xubh ep id glaugh lige ios veut Apache uno movend clartat.

- Tien safer sessiet difficil, nabahsit Klayoka, bet tien kerd est pur ed id ansu ios Mighelekwios wakhsiet uper te.

Kun is brukh swohr tod wekwos, is Waktprince khiss un vertigo lahe iom ed is vis hayran wardhe in id dum leudend ex id bol un preter nekwiten forme quod se metamorphosit lyt ed lyt do id silhouette uns ekwios.

Id apparition bihsit semper netter ed mox is hieb id pondos os vide un druv ekwo samt albh terkat fohe ant iom. Stragn-ye tod onir gohn in iom Waktprince neid baysa,

is oispruv punor uno megil walses ed un khisses os securitat, kamsei so immaterial ekwo ghohd protege iom ud vasya dangers.

- Io woid quo tu khiss, iey tun Klayoka quos lige hieb quasi disparihn apter id dumptilo, bet mae rhalt de to : ia periles qua te exspectent sont baygh real ed is Mighelekwo khact preserve te ud ia. Is punor ghehdt hehlpe te in id druna tiens aventure deikend-ye dwis id kwehrtu itner quando paurscsies tien route. Tib sessiet kafi pro to pohe oin slung ios liquid mathmounen in tod bol ed vidsies tun iom Mighelekwo galoppe kyid direction tu tehrpsies sehkwe. Bet zinhaar : mae aiwo sine cupiditat invade tien atmen ar, in tod fall, is ekwo tib deikiet id dusitner. Gweup un sincere kerd ed naiwo myehrs id noblesse tiens mission.

Id silhouette ios albh ekwios oiswohnd lyt ed lyt menxu Klayoka schohnk pauk ex id liquid quod id bol mathmounit do uno smulko lietern gourde is ei anac. Is Waktprince ghens id ed ardehsit id kaur-ye do sien gep.

- Tib ho saygen quanto tu dohlcst woide, declarit is medicinner. Ne meis mi etileikwt quem tib vansche vinces ia dangers qua te waite. Retrehv iom Mighelekwot Wir, tien samogni, ed salv iom. Kheisso ghi is est in megil perile bet gwiv ed aundamn. Gwask idi, kem id message is tib hat likwt te duct tiel iom.

Is Waktprince lyt-ye dar dusiesc, bet is khiss perfect-ye wal, sieno ment baygh sakwner ed meis confident quem kun is hieb arriven.

- Chunke yu xeihte id magh os kyukes iom Mighelekwo, ne ghehdiete yu sprehge iom quer wehst eys poti ? interrogit tun is Waktprince.

Klayoka smih kamsei is oismeihiet uni magv.

- Ed chunke xeihs id magh os safer ex id Ardhinster hetro, neschi ghehdies tu ludes do hava tiel id meun ?

Enum antwehrd pleno med commun sense sollit incite iom Waktprince ad meis mehne pre iskwes inconsiderat werds. Eet tid os oisranse iom veut Apache qui nukit kyom Waktprince ka adieu pre remerge do id stilltat sienios meditation. Is Waktprince abstiup stump-ye, kay ne trouble eyso silence, ed sielg id tipi.

Menxu is Waktprince uperghieng id entrat ios delt, is piwon Apache qui hieb kamyapt convinces iom ad ei dahe 10 dollars ghyien uter ok, emergend ex sien swohdic swehpen.

- Kun anghen est sell dia Moll Urx, Moll Urx bevidt genereus.

Sammel, is traxit ex oin gep siens vester uno smulk oblong object vulbhen in un sukno schtuk.

- En un talisman, declarit is piwer Indian, est un chuff om keghyekdrighs. Tib sessiet util sem dien, Moll Urx tib presayct to.

Is Waktprince chohx id objecto quod is Apache ei pors : id drighenchuff eet beschnurn in id sukno schtuk ed is dieum ya qua virtuts tod pretenden talisman ghohd xihes. Med un automatic geste, is oisnig id do oin om sien geps ed dienkit Moll Urx aun megil conviction pre kwohrye itner.

Is Waktprince hiestit-se ad recupere sien ekw ed likw id apache waun eustworts, kam Klayoka hieb ei recommandet. Id sol descens lent-ye apter iom menxu is rid in id torpor ios desert. Hoyd, dien 21 jun, eet id longsto dien ios yar, bet eet quasi fayront kun is hieb arrivet ep id surface ios Ardh ed in dwo hors, meist-ye, noct habiet gwohmen. Id buland ghyor is medicinner hieb ei dict ne eet meg piern, bet id wegho quod duxit ei Rock ios Jenchi eet skarp ed id steighen difficil, kun is bad ghohd in vid ios village Passivitt-Montgayo, eys ekw eet exhaust ed is Waktprince hielt unte oik instants ana id via kay sines iom retrehve annem. Id village lyohg circa oino maylquardel ed is enderkwit id rock in forme os Apache profile quod uperkihsit id saloun. Passivitt-Montgayo compris tik oik doms construgen ep uter gon ye id leizd uns precipice ed ep alter sub id schalasch ios Rock ios Jenchi.

Id stet kwohk sakwn; is dyohrc wirsilhouettes quoy tolkeer sub un porche, un ekwo dieht ant un dom ed oik passants qui stohmb unte id magno strad. Id stet quer is

Waktprince hieb halten wohs lyt hoger quem id village, quo ei permiss repere facil-ye id fassade ios saloun in quos budo tup id passage kye Hashkalas grabh. Id sol na-declinit, xeubhend un cuperluce ep id ghyor samt flanks torturen ab ia secules ed id wind. Is lakin-ye ne hieb wakto kay nadyies id landspect.

Is Waktprince imaginit un simple plan : esiet kafi stajer un kamer in id saloun kay upernocte ter. Kun quanti swehpsient, is peitsiet tun aunstehge id passage quod duxit ei balma quer Hashkala hieb esen begrabhen. Med lyt nassib, is Waktprince solliet kamyabe aun pior difficultats. Isghi kwohryit itner ed oik instants serter prohp do Passivitt-Montgayos magno strad. Gospotis eent rar her ed eys arriven ne buit nedyohrct. Is khiss ia spects trehce kyom ed narid perodh prosch id saloun. Khiek ses saygen od id urb eet meg chepran : kwohk od eys weikers oispenseer meis wakt tolkend-ye ed rahatend-ye quem kwehre quodgvonc opos. Gvrens, aundwoi... Arrivet ant id saliun, is Waktprince trohd ghom, dieh sien ekw ei galender previs pro to, dind puscit gwaukan-ye id double plabdwer quod dahsit access intro id xitu. Id atmosphere quod regnit in id mier bedumen locanda constrastit con id sakwnia ios strad, yeji id numer im consummers, kwehkiet kamsei id hol urb hieb mulakat her. Vasya mejas eent maschkhoul med cowboys samt pau khauris enokwa ed id bar ei eet kohlt ab un roig om clients samt taurpletwsa. Oin ex iens, un druv coloss, knigv olan-ye ant un botel quos wostia is dier kamsei is biey an id buit klohpten ud iom. Gleimens, cries ed interjections blanseer-se do un bfuyi kwalay nuktet ab id kleuyt interschockten glasen. Id dumnnebh quod stagnit uper ia mejas aggress id gurgule ios Waktprince ed oistinxit eys okwi. Is gwohm prosch id contor menxu ia spects convers kyom. Is ieur oika gleimens qua bfuyowihr iom : isghi khiss is eet goilen. Apter id contor is barman plehsit glasa. Kun is Waktprince arrivit ant iom, so eet exchangend sem werds con iom coloss is hieb repern yant is hieb gwohmen in.

- Sellamat, habiete yu un kamer pro id noct ? sprohg is iom barman.

Is coloss tun vols kyom Waktprince, dyi iom unte oin instant silent-ye, dind iliey.

- Un kamer ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Est pior lyt aus kay se cumbhes, tarnien ! exclamit is. Eti, ne tengies strak ! Spehcte ghi, karls, nabahsit is volgend-ye kyid locanda, spehcte iom tenderped, is kwehc’ salge un nursery !

- Danseih iom, Bulky ! cricit un voc, tenderpeds adore dans ! Sure is preihsiet Bulky Joes orkester ! na-sieyg is coloss udholsternd-ye sien revolver. Bulky Joe som ego, precisit is ei Waktprince.

Strax i clients qui wohs prokwem iom abvic ed is namdeht Bulky Joe bistrohl zielend id swol ant ia bauts ios Waktprince, obligend-ye iom ad lives sien peds in cadence kay vergihes ia glonces. Sammel, alyo cowboy hieb salgiht un harmonica ex sien gep ed kien oik notes ka musical hamrahsa.

Nespekent id khisi is eet subeihnd, is Waktprince decis conserve sien sakwnia ni aggrave jects. Isghi “nadiens” taat-ye hina Bulky Joe strakiesc de sien leik. Kun ia strehls bad oistopeer, is Waktprince smih weur-ye, kamsei tod smulk scherz hieb iom zalissto tant quem i clients ios saloun.

- Es un sell musician, Bulky Joe, mlusit is ei coloss, ho baygh gairn dansen pro te, ed nun eiskwo stajer un kamer pro id noct, nabahsit is volgend-ye kyom barman.

- Soghi tenderped est un auncourage aborto ! bieub tun Bulky Joe. - Un druv anateinawent ! exclamit alyos. - Ne kammos gehlb lyekwrnts in Passivitt-Montgayo ! mlusit un trit. - Vante katran ed ptors, karls ! wohl Bulky Joe. Entrim, bringhte un blanquet, ke

hams lyt glewos.

Plur cowboys precipiteer-se fauran ep iom Waktprince ed immobiliseer iom. Oin instant serter, semanghen gwohm con un immense blanquet quod buit skatert ep id swol. Is Waktprince buit tun xubhen do id centre ios blanquet menxu un pwoldouzen cowboyen siz ids leizda ies trieg brusk-ye, ayrend-ye iom ghomtos. Is buit dind ne meis quem un leuyk inter ir hands : ies oiskandihr iom ep id blanquet kam un ball, ed semper hoger hina is buit lambht ab nauseas. Id ordeil durit unte un longo moment ed bihsit oku muschkil.

- En katran ed ptors ! iey stayg un voc.

Is Waktprince buit kwehndiht un sensto skac dind eys palachi consenteer bad mukes id blanquet. Kun is oistahsit tsay, is buit lambht ab vertigo ed spruv serieus difficultats kay mantines sien tula.

- Nun, suakleu, gehlb lyekwrnt ! iey Bulky Joe. Tib dahmos un sens’ chance : sei payghs un general rund, te linkwmos sakwn, sonst te volveihmos do katran ed ptors, te salgeihmos id urb ed naiweti poittsies trehde tsay in Passivitt-Montgayo ! Ghaps tu ?

- Nimen me volveihsiet do katran ni ptors, ed mansiem her tan eiskwsiem ! clamit is Waktprince mynder-ye. Es un halwghen, Bulky Joe, ed tid est od chwoys existe !

Is Waktprince udholstrit sien revolver ed vigvohn sien duschman. Hihn katel-ye, Bulky Joe colliepsit pod iom. Tod sigh hayranih quantens : quel habiet ghohden mayne od un “tenderped” kam is habiet ghohden upergihes un talg “sixstrehl” virtuoso. Is Waktprince buit taiper meg meis respecten ed is barman ne pnohs iom stajerihes un kamer.

- Dwer adadh 3, prest etage, levter, balbiel is ei porgend-ye id cleich med sien tremblant hand.

Is Waktprince ei dahsit ia dwo dollars tod kamer costit dind oistigh id drab sub ia bayasen spects iom cowboys quoy swigh hin is hieb disprohpen ex ir vidcamp.

Is penetrit uno smulko kyal meublet med un summar bet nisbatan comfortable crovat, med un schkaf, un table, dwo stuls ed un beauteitstable ep quod lyohg un tingire quod dieughit ka lavcabinett. Is kieup sib yaschi un chifan quod ei buit brighen do id kamer. Bad pos plur hors viswohnd id torubohu quod regnit in id saloun, deikend od id xitu hieb kenclientasct. Is Waktprince tohrb dar intizare unte un wassime moment pre buit in id dom total silence. Taiper vahsit is maghe salge ed tente aunstehge id entrat ios sepulture os Hashkala. Is ghien kaur-ye id dwer ed bighieng do id dikhliz. Is

dohlg stehmbe mae crackihes id podloga sub sien peds ed is ghohd silent-ye tiel id drab is oistighit ghom samt id sam lentor. Id mekhtab, exo, diffus uno muzlim luce quod ei permiss repere-se aun pior difficultats. Is tohr id tuich locanda prosch uno smulk dwer gadabiht in id budmur. Noroc-ye, is ne eet andamt ed is uperghieng id kay entre uno smulko kyal quer eent laghern butts. Pos zaghyanus id swer apter se, is diegh un kibrit : is tun dyohrc un pelita hangend kata id ghem tavan. Med alyo kibrit, is dyohg id fitil ios pelita ed dishieng id. Is ghohd, ithan, chehxe id kyal. Is preter constatit od ne eet separtionsmur inter id caud ios dom ed id ghyorstena protie quod id hieb esto struct. Tod aunstehgen giughinit iom : id kawernt quod dahsit access kyid balma quer kih Hashkala dohlg wehse prokwem. Un roig butten miesk tiel id midhoge id bare surface ios rock. Aundwoi apter ter wohs id ghyahsa is pieursk. Dehrjend id pelita med rect brakhs, is chohx id rockic sten ed enderkwit mox pos oino iom butts petras om different tieunghes qua hieb okwivid-ye daughto kay obstrue un circa penk peds weur torm. Kwe leitiet de id fameus kawernt ? Is se hiest ad desplace id butt ed giowe ia petras. Ta ne eent cementet, sontern mer-ye kowpt, ed unte pau wakt, is ghohd lures id entrat uns angh pertu. Pelitaghesor, is dub tun do id kawernt unte un corto distance, bught regv, nastraj ok, spehnd wauste... Ya ! En un vaster rewos ! Is oistieu tsay, id liv sien pelita uper sien cap kay meis-ye suabeluces id stet ed is enderwieurg muschkil-ye un joycrie : is eet in id balma !

Is Waktprince spruv in tod loc un stragno pondos os walses, kamsei uno mysterieus force vulbh iom med un protector cocon. Id balm eet mier ed cada blosk is kwohr eet amplifiet ab id echo in ia dubes is khiek enderkwites med id saul kweitert siens pelita. Tadbir, is oistohmbit perodh sub id akmen ghehrsend med stalactites : is hieb id khisses od eysa stieups eent guidet kyid preciso stet quetro is dohlgit gwahe. Isghi tohrb tik oik instants kay aunstehge id taungh petra quod Kloyoka, is medicinner im Albhghyor Apachen, hieb ei describen. Sekwent eys deikens, is Waktprince volvihsit id petra edghi vis just ender id un cavitat in quod un khandjar hieb est perbohrct. Is pos id pelita ghomtro, nieb se, ed ghens delicate-ye id khandjar is chohx. Eet ghi un weben makht ab Blanks, aundwoi un prise – we kwe kad Oclock is Sell hieb ei dahn id ? In quant fall, is Waktprince ne kung pre aunstehge od id dreun stolg hieb esen kaulen, dind cluden med uno metallic capak quod ne sis tarke id existence tos micri rewos, kafi mier lakin kay perbehrge ter uno smulko plohcto genpian. Samt batend ker, is Waktprince ghohd extrage tod papier is disvolvih. Emoven, is tun lis id texte quod Oclock is Sell hieb inscripto ter neudend-ye id code quod permiss im Waktmessagers communie quan i wohs bayna menscens, aun od senters ghohd prete quo i hieb scriben. Is Waktprince brigh id genpian prosch id pelita ed lis ta werds :

Tei au tay quoter gwehmsiet ex id Waktrigo kay assiste me we persehkwe mien task. Id weir inter id Nord ed id Sud hat esen declaren. Linkwo hoyd i Indians quim

payttens ho tenten rehme. Acskwo taiper kay sclaverie stopt. Weighskwo con i partisans os lure. Way – au noroc-ye – ne ho id atmen os un soldat. Also ho io

gwaukanascen hehlpe i Norders ye mien weidos : spionend-ye i Suders pro i. Ho kamyaben bihe beprient ab General Herbert Wayward qui iemer Fort Montgayo, oik

mayls dalg hetos. Wayward est un eminent askari, ois Memphis, Tennessee. Kun tod Stat hat ralliet id Secession, is general hat chusrn istife ex sien wals os fort

commander kay serve id Suder Confederation. Mi etileikwt ne meis quem scribe tod werd kay warne od fortrehco con iom : isghi mi hat engaget ka hofmayster siens dugter, Samantha. Manend-ye in eys nitia, spehm ghehde kwahe malumats qua

sessient util ibs Nord armees. Is general weict 30, University Street, Memphis, Tennessee. Tetro is me duct. Reidsiemos unte tod hol safer. Also, mi niet ses zaruri me separe ud mien derv “Mighelekwo” quom i Indians mi hant daht. Siem io ghehde contribue id sigh im Norders ? Ne gnohm. Ke magha lure triumphe con au aun me. Betreuso tod message ad Hashkala, poti’m Albhghyor Apachen, ei revelend-ye id

secret miens origin. Gnohm is est wirtic os gnohe id ed od is uperdehsiet ta lignes tik semqual miens folk. Klewos ei Waktrig, mien action estu persohkwt sei mohrt

interrumpt mien drahsa.

Oclock is Sell (30 juno 1861, Menscenwakt)

Is Waktprince dyisit emoven id genpian ep quod, taiper quasi dwo yars pre, Oclock is Sell hieb tracen tod message. Quod hiebit bihn pon tod tarikhe eyso samogni ? Is wois neid de, ploisko od eys ekwo hieb est nict ed od isswo eet prisoner semloc bi iens Suders. Id presto ject is hieb kwehrtu fauran eet gwahe ausst-ye Memphis, do id hem os General Wayward. Ter, is peitiet retrehve id ighnos ios Waktmessager. Is vahsit dehlge kwehre un baygh long itner ed is tehrbiet se haste. Eti, id moment hieb gwohmt os linkwes id balma. Ob respecto dia Hashkalas memoria, is Waktprince redehsit id khandjar do id stet quer is hieb aunstohct id, dind is volvihsit id petra do alyo sense kay replace id do idso tienjien stand. Quayque eet impossible im menscims desciffer id samdih quosmed Oclock is Sell hieb redact sieno message, is Waktprince prekieur de aydhe id genpiano med id flamme siens pelita. Surer eet schiawkiene cada trace iom revelations ta lignes mathmouneer. Pre abgwahe, is oistahsit still unte un instant, dyeind id bud ios balm in quod Hashkala kih; is Waktprince khiss tun gnahe in se un seh os un stragn intensitat : is buit stayg yakin od ne eet pior sert : Oclock is Sell eet gwiv, esiet kafi age med rapiditat ed akel kay kamyabe salve iom. Lent-ye, is ghens ub sien pelita, dind gir kay salge id balma.

Is Waktprince wohs mox in id smulko kyal quer eent laghert butts. Pre linkwes id saloun, is restuppit,med ia petras qua obstruxeer id, id entrat ios sepulture os Hashkala kay enfalliet ad nimen najisse id. Is Waktprince gwes dind sien pelita ed rehieng id ei tavan. Is rik tun id desert locanda ed sielg id saloun unte oino iom fallgiam fenstern. Eys ekwo hieb manen quer is hieb likwn iom. Is Waktprince abrid fauran ex Passivitt-Montgayo.

Is sohkw id paund quod stighit ghom id flank ios ghyor ed iendh un wassime decen maylen in id noct pre halte bad kay emr lyt rahat. Is oiswohp schalascht ab un perwnt pre roidye eustworts, aun meg suawoide quod eet id gohdst itner kye Memphis.

Id saul jecto quod is Waktprince wois de tod urb eet od id lyohg ana id Mississippi, in id Stato Tennessee. Is wois kathalika od id eet baygh dalg ud Arizona ed od is tehrbiet wakto kay nake id. Wakt ! Kad enum eet eys khiterst peind, quel is habiet vinctu ka preter. Unte tod moment, is rid ye gohd speud in id desert quod oistrohc eustworts. Ta aunfin rewsa quer ne prohp el minstis menscsilhouette hieb semject beangstend : is hieb unte instants id pondos od ta arid lands hieb neid limites ed iom aunstohm do un perpetual khalwa. Kam kay contradice ta sombre brens, un duilnebh lud stayg ex id detour uns rockic eminence ed is enderkwit mox un stegat carretta tragen ab un ekwo. Un wir kufyet med un curieus rund hato dohrj ia oulers. Kad eno vahsit ei dikes id kwehrtu itner kay nake Memphis. Isghi Waktprince galoppit kyid

carrett ed, oik instants serter, is buit kafi prokwem id kay lises ta werds oiscript ep id stega :

JONATHAN QUACK POTIONS – DECOCTIONS – REMEIDS GARANTIET SCHIFA UD QUANT SIUGES

ZAYFIAS – SAKATIAS

Is rundhat wir spohc iom Waktprince gwehme samt uno mistreusend protiokwo. Is eet okwivid-ye parat ad alege : kay rassure iom, is Waktprince ei smih weur-ye.

Is wir stopit sien carrett ed protiokwit iom.

- Quod kwehndte yu ? sprohg is. Ghehdo schife quanto sei id pris ei est dehn. Ho redaht sieune ad senil politicians – ed sont kathire -, ad foll savants, ad scriptors persecut ab ir editors, som appellen in hol America ed tiel Europe, yani, kay sayge hol med pauk werds, sei siuge gugheirt vos, wehkwte Jonathan Quack !

- Mien sieune est excellent, antwohrd is Waktprince med uno maedwn ton, mer-ye gnohskwo id gohdst itner kay gwahe Memphis, Tennessee.

Jonathan Quack tun dyi iom med un incredule protiokwo; rund okwi, gheisdend, is kwohkit kam paralysen ab stupor. Bad, is brovit suspecend-ye iom.

- Yu reidskwte do Memphis ? interrogit is med un stump voc. - Toghi eiskwo. - Ed yu pretendte ne ses sieug ? Pon kamdiu reidneute yu in plen diewo ? - Minter quem oin hor, ed dehlgo gwahe Memphis meist oku. Unte tehrbo io

rides ?

Is rundhat wir remien perplex unte un instant. Med un sehgner protiokwo, is observit iom Waktprince silent-ye.

- Pos hol, ma ne ? vi-sieyg is. Kay gwahe Memphis, yu tehrpte gwahe unte Albuquerque, yu habte oin chance os arrive tetro hovesper sei vies ekwo kanrint. Dind, yu nareidsiete westworts tiel id Pecos rivier. Tetos, yu nacsiete id grance os Texas unte oin long dien. Poskwo, yu dehlcsiete tehre id territorium im Comanchen, dar eustworts, kye Dallas. Oins kun yu habte arrivet tetro, nareidte tiel id Mississippi, tehrte id dind gwahte Greenville quer yu ghehdsiete eme id train kye Memphis. Hassa, mae gwahte unte Vicksburg, id urb est belaghern ab iens Norders, yu remansiete blockt unte io nr woid kamdiu. Sei i Indians, ies desperados ed ia heirs om bo camps vos sine prigwahe, yu ghehdsiete ses in Memphis in nev diens, bet yu tehrpsiete galoppe bfuyi ex octent do soleurehp. Ye mieno mayn, yu khacsiete. Yu habsiete ses nicen prever. Dayir to, ho sem remeids ad vos propones agar yu esiete tik vurnen...

Eno bariem eet semquis optimiste ! Jonathan Quack stahsit taiper ub ud sien sedd ed vien intro id carrett un diek pleht med flaskens, meklemms ed divers decoctions.

- Enum, iey is, eni kafi kay schife vasya siuges ed vurnsa quod yu habsiete ad kwehnde in id druna os voster safer. Id saul ject khako kwehre est vos oiscrisces quando yu habsiete esen nicen. Bet tando vos siet reste oin gwitannem, mien potions sient realise miracles ! Hol to po un joking-ye ghem pris, yughi mi est maedwn.

Is wir tun anac sien products ei Waktprince. So kieup sachet os gahack om Mexico blets.

- Enum est judicieus ! exclamit Jonathan Quack. Mexican blets sont souverain contra strieke ed dank tod preparation quos recept mi buit betrust ab un kalugher retiret do id Sierra de la Madera. Yu swehpsiete kam un gli ed gehrsiete fit !

Is Waktprince snig do sien gep id smulk sachet quod mathmounit id precieus gahack spehnd-ye id obkwehcsiet util unte eyso safer.

Dind is kieup un phial mathmounend cactus attir.

- Bravo ! exclamit Jonathan Quack, ghehdo tik bevide homage viesi akel. Taiper, yu neti tehrpte baye scorpins ed Div woid brynt in id region ! Cactus attir schiawkient unte oin schtoss vasya effects irs iad. Un mexican brukh descendant ud i Athtecahs mi hat dahn tod recept !

- Dank, iey is Waktprince ardehnd-ye tod phial do sien gep. - Kay joine Albuquerque, emte id direction ios nordeust tiel id stet quer yu

vidsiete dwo riviers comsrues. Tun nareidte eustworts. Spehm yu sessiete in Albuquerque hovesper. Spehm yu habte ghenden con vos meriendes ?

Med un impedihno smeih, is Waktprince antwohrd negative-ye. Isghi mohn ghehde trehve sem pieut en route. Is rundhat wir spohc tun waurntro kwehsternd-ye.

- Quod un inconscience ! exclamit is. Ah, ghehdt ses sayct yu druve-ye habte nassib ob incontrevs me !

Tem strax, is vien ex id bund uns kist un crustepateit is pors ei Waktprince ed quod so ardehsit do sien seddelsack.

- Adieu ! mlu Jonathan Quack. Ke warwn, mien remeids ed tod crustepateit vos protege ud ia dangers ios desert ! Ego vahm tente mien chance in id west !

Is oiscussit sien oulers med un siuko cutt kay age sien ekwo perodh ed znieyc ei Waktprince ye un senst ker med sien hando menxu eys carrett abwohgh westworts.

Is Waktprince tohrb circa tri hors kay ghehde do id stet “quer dwo riviers comsruent”, sekwent Jonathan Quacks lexis. Minter quem riviers, lit anter de tursen alvs qua dub inter sanghie clins. Is sohkw id levter rivier, kam is rundhat wir hieb ei hieb diken, reidend perodh ye stieupkadam. Idghi swol eet sanscha ed eys ekwo riskit kwehlpe gwahnd-ye pior oku. Tod arid landspect samt oker ed naranji colors kwohk gnahus con idswo Ardh, remanend immuable unte aiwa, kam un vestige iom presten tids. Id sol eet tem preusend, tem gwayder quem id dahsit id pondos os attrage kye se id

holo planete kam kay guraghe id do sien furnace. Id gvrens quod regnit her eet implacable, obseddant, id gwenmien iom Waktprince lyt ed lyt samt un wild crueltat. Is pohsit lyt jlampohn eys gourde mathmounit. Yeji id solstand, sollit ses circum oindem saat ios aghyern.

Tod solgwahsa, esdi id hol wehrg eet kwohrt ab eys ekwo, exhieus iom Waktprince ed is wohn rahate unte oik instants. Lyt dalger, is dyohrc un anfractuositat in id flank uns clin, quer is ghehdsiet lyehge schalaschen ud id sol. Isghi stighit ghom sien ekw ed gwahsit endergwehme tetro. Eet ter khulder quem exo ed is ne kung pehde do swehpen. Un bragv swehpen, lakin, unghi horquardel serter circa is gohrit spreudend-ye : un yun pwarn kufyet med un sombrero od is eet obsokend eysa geps. Vidend od is Waktprince gohr, is mwaungsousit fauran, skans kyep sien ekw ed disprohp. Is tun bedyohrc tei hieb est id wakt os klehpte ud iom id dwodel iom dollars is possess ! Furor lambh iom Waktprince, is klieup ub ed... fiell tsay ghom ! Ar, previdend is ghehdiet gehre pre is hieb enso sien besoyn, eys fur hiebit prekaurn de behnde eys glesens med un strangh. Ob id tuge om sien bauts, is Waktprince hieb khissen neid ed hieb naswohpen menxu is sombrebo pwarn kyim iom it. Med sien khandjar, is Waktprince ghohd tehme sien diemens ed birid na sien fur.

Is Waktprince credih dyehrce un duilnebh in id piern ed galoppit in tod direction. Id plor, lakin, eet baygh sanscha ed eet difficil eysi ekwi gwahe tem oku quem eys poti viensch. Oik instants serter, id duilnebh hieb disprohpt. Audwoi is sombrero pwarn hieb tourt apter oino iom kathire clins qua stieu perambh. Is tun arrivit ad un viacruce ed hielt : quar Indians oistahr ye ia quar wangwls tos crucen. Still, ies kwohk ne vidus iom Waktprince ed so dieum quod is dohbh kwehre.

Bad, med un timid voc, is oisprohg iens an ies hieb viden un yun reidend pwarno mwaungsoue unte oino iom weghs qua cruceer mutu ye tod stet. Ies Indians ei ne antwohrd, we anter ies ei antwohrd sekwent ir weidos : med gestes. Ielgo ghi ex iens, med oiter au bo hands, ei dahsit un znayco quod mieyn aundwoi semject, bet is Waktprince ne wois quod. Is chus id dwot itner ed quod ei duxit sudworts. Ye meist oku galopp, is iendh plur mayls aun dyehrce sien fur. Ye perodher is rid, id swol se texit med un gloghwent vegetation quod difficilerihsit eys progression. Stayg, eys ekwos kwohlp ed fiell do id bund uns torm, bet ghohd conserve sien tula. Buska hieb lakin skohnt eysa jambs ed flanks. Inutil taiper eet curre na iom fur. Ed is Waktprince dohlgit galoppihes sien ekwo meist-ye jaldi kye Albuquerque.

Ye tod ker is sohkwit scrupuleus-ye Jonathan Quacks deikens ed circum quar saat ios posmiddien is mox tohr un forest quod eet amat-ye different ud ia desertic landspects is hieb andhta taiptro. Id safer buit dar long : buit meis quem dec saat ios vesper kun is arrivit bad in vid os Albuquerque. Eysschi ekw eet exhaust. Un wassime tayin koper ed un longo noct rahat ei esient necessar kay eme tsay lyt gwis. Albuquerque eet uno smulk urb quer ne eet pior difficil trehve sien route ed is ne kung repere id saloun quer is upernoctskwit. Is hielt ant id dwer ios xitu, trohd ghom, dieh sien ekwo dind entrit id locanda.

Id clientele ios saloun os Albuquerque ne eet baygh different ud tod is Waktprince hieb gnoht in Passivitt-Montgayo. Is compris meis Mexicans, lakin, ed ep ia mejas, tequila ieg libter claus id traditional whisky. Kun is gwohm prosch id contor kay budes iom barman po un kamer, so glaz iom suspeceus-ye.

- Her est payghen in avance, iey is med un pau maedwn ton. Est dwo dollars pro id noct.

Id pris eet kemall ed is Waktprince ei dahsit ia dwo dollars aun discutte.

- Sellgumt do Albuquerque, gospoti ! mlu tun sem voc in id locanda.

Is Waktprince vols : eet uno smulk siuk wir vehsend un swordo redingote qui hieb just baht. Is wir stahsit ub smeihnd-ye weur-ye ep sien teun lige samt anguleus mant ed fayn kaur-ye glupt moustache.

- Permitte mi me presente, iey is. Som kalt Nimbly Jack, som verslyning.

Is stayg mussafahit kerdwarm-ye con iom Waktprince, dind clieck med sien finghers kyom barman.

- Est mien rund, Will, dahe pohtu ei gospoti ep mien conto.

Tod glas eet sellgwohmen isghi Waktprince meg pohskwit.

- Ed nun, sei leikiemos un smulk partie, nabahsit is namdehno Nimbly Jack kun is Waktprince hieb zapohn sien glas.

- Un partie os quod ? stieun is. - Os poker. Ne tem ops io incontre qualitatsleuds in Albuquerque. Esiet pro me

un megil honor likes con vos. Distractions sont tem rar, in tod urb !- Est ya ver ! approbit semquis in id locanda. Bet ne kleu tom veut mufareb,

gospoti, gwehm anter joine nos, aumos oin partner.

So qui hieb just bahn eet un teguid cowboy samt jovial lige, seddend claus uno meja in hamrahsa unios Mexican ed alyios cowboy, tom long ed maigher, quos bluft wajkho hieb semjecto comic.

- Mieno nam est Oliver, iey is piwon cowboy. Gwehm ghi likes con nos, gospoti, claus nies meja, bariem, nimen farebiet !

- Ne wehno likes, antwohrd is Waktprince. - Yu ne leicskwte ? iey Nimbly Jack samt un bfuxiongo smeih. Aurte yusmee ?

nabahsit is volgend-ye kyid locanda. Eno gospoti ne wehnt glewos ! Bet kad maghiemos habe glewos med iom gospoti ?

- Gohd idee ! approbit oin im clients. Vahms vane un blanquet !- Naam ! Un blanquet ! exclameer plur cowboys. - Pon wassime wakt neti hams valzihn un tarnien, sure ! iey alyos.

Way, jects duswohrt ! Is Waktprince eet saul contra un wassime dwogimtia om meis au minter makhmourens brutes quoy hieb deciden se laabise ye eys expenses. Nib is wohn spende un baygh khak vesper, is tohrb mutadecide ar, quayque handug is eet de ghesore id sixstrehl, is naiwo uperwehndiet tant leuds. Eti, eet inutil sehgne de fuges, ies ne sinient iom passe. Is ghi dohlg accepte likes poker.

- Fin-ye, ho mutamaynt, un gohd poker partie mi esiet sislew, iey is baygh jahar kay quanti ieur iom.

- Enum est seller ! exclamit Nimbly Jack. Yu niete regrete leilkus con me, gospoti !

- Ne kleu iom ! mlusit is teguid cowboy samt jovialo lige. Gwehm anter ad sedde claus nies meja. Wey ne farebiemos !

- OK, antwohrd is Waktprince, io arrive !- Baygh gohd ! mlu Nimbly Jack, okwivid-ye vexen. Chunke yu preferte likes

con tens tri idiots, ste leur de ! Smad spehe yu niete regrete to !

Is Waktprince gwahsit sedde claus id meja ios namdehn Oliver qui ei presentit sien dwo prients.

- En Stan, iey is deikend-ye iom maigher cowboy samt bluft protiokwo, ed is est Pipo, nabahsit is wehrtend-ye sien cap kyom Mexican. Stan, nehm ia cartes !

- Ia cartes ? Bet tu has ia, Oliver, protestit is bulando maigher. - Hay, Stan, ne leik magv, tib ho dahn ia nuper ! insistit is teguid cowboy.

Is ge Mexican remienit niem ed se contentit med motione kye Stans hat. Senter kwohk preter ne fahame. Is Mexican repetih sien geste. Stan giowit tun sien Stetson ed aunstohg id cartenleik, wogwnt in id ubslahn leizdo ios kufya.

- Suavids od io hieb dahn ia tib, iey Oliver. - Mien hat lyohg ep id meja, tu has sollen pones ia uper. - Ed has redehn tien hat aun bedyehrce to. Kam idiot tu es ! kwohster Oliver

leivend-ye sien brakhs waurntro.

Ye id sam moment, un cowboy prighieng apter iom, un long cigare inter sien lipps. Olivers hand hurt tun id incandescent bors ios cigare. Ob id gvol, Oliver stieusit ub med oin klaup ed eyso stehlbend gventer ieyrit brusk-ye id meja quod volvit dreibhend do sien fall ia glasa deht ep id. Nimbly Jack iliey menxu Stan ed is Mexican, ir camiss tohncto med whisky, nuk samt uno mutaassif protiokwo.

- Io vos hieb maunen, gospoti ! mlu Nimbly Jack. Khact ses liken serieus-ye poker con tens tri imbeciles !

Oik instants serter, id meja buit redehn rect ed ia schrabs buir udnot. Id partie vahsit bad inkape. Stan nohm ia cartes ed is Waktprince diek penk ex ia : oin os kerds, fanti os kerds, oct os carreau, sept os pick, quar os treff. Ia dwo preter cartes eent interessant ed is decis gwupes ia, ed exchange alters. Is obtenit tun id fanti os treff, id fanti os carreau ed id dec os kerds. To skip tun un tris om fantis, bet is Waktprince kohns to ne eet kafi kay vinces ed ne volit pande meis.

Itak, is likwit definitive-ye id partie, stahsit ub, bud iom barman ei cleich os sien kamer ed oistigh do id etage.

Pos un comfortable noct, is Waktprince fortrohc ex Albuquerque ed se hiest unte un eustworto drayl, kyid rivier Pecos is tohrb nake pre id noct. Mox, tod drayl se ghiebel do tri different weghs. Is chus id direction ios nordeust. It rid is unte dwo au tri mayls dind tod drayl tour iter eustworts : dat eet un ieun, is neti tohrb swurghes.

Circum dwo au tri saat ios posmiddien is dyohrc in id piern, reidend kyant iom, un ekwot wir qui gwohm ye stieupkadam. Ye proscher, ye gohder is Waktprince enderkwit eyso silhouette : is wir eet clihn perodh, kamsei is knigv ep id boywn siens ekwios. Kun is buit tik centen yarden dalg, is vis iom stayg slides gontro, dind falle gwaur-ye do id duilo ios wegh. Eys ekwo hielt tun ed is Waktprince precipitit-se kay khalasse iom incognito. Trehdus ghom, is clih-se kyom. Is wir eet moribund, cruoro srusit ep eyso skolfa, eys camiss eet kathalika cruorpoik ed eys meg-ye ghyant okwi hieb un hallucinen spect.

- Gold... murmurit is. Gold... Maung gold... Mien gold...

Pos muschkil-ye articulevs ta werds, is incognito takien ed emissit sien ramak pre is Waktprince hieb ghohdt ei iskwes id minst werd. Is chohx eys cadaver bet aunstohg in eysa geps neid quosmed is ghohd istifsare de eys identitat. In id seddelsack os eys ekwo, punor, is trohv pastiurma, dwodem revolverpatrons ed oin sack os koper. Ena ei esient util unte eyso safer. Is Waktprince neti ghohd kwehre ject pro tom miser ploisko sepules iom decos-ye. Un lopat hieng ud id seddel os eys ekw ed is Waktprince decis ei skave un grabh. Nassib-ye, is trohv lyt-ye dalger sem stet quer id swol eet movil ed, oin pwolhor serter, is hiebit begrabhen iom incognito. Bad ghens is ub eys hat quod hieb rollen ghom unte eys fall. Automatic-ye, is Waktprince glaz id ed vis tun, perbohrgen in id kufya, un genpian. Is oiskieter : lit de un plan. Oik werds hieb esto scribelt in un wangwl : “Tod mine bayght me – John Bob Walters.” Id plan kwohkit gross, bet precis : locnams eent diken ter, besonters id urb Santa Fe, norder quem Albuquerque. Un cruce hieb esen tracen nieb un sinueus ligne quod kwohkit kipes un rivier. Duxit tod plan uni goldmine ?

Is Waktprince xubh id genpian ar is dolhg nakwehre sien itner ed niek id ouper ios Pecos rivier just kun id sol eurohp. Is ess lyt pastiurma ios goldpaursker ed foddrit sien ekwo med eys koper. Dind, is lyohgit ghom schalaschen sub un perwnt, ed nierc se sinend-ye lulle ab id mliak pleisker ios rivier quod hamrahsit iom do eys drehms.

Eys trito dien os safer jinkdousit aun notable incident. Is rid tiel id vesper ed niek ithan id grance os Texas ye soleurehp. Dat is eet strak, is Waktprince contentit-se med kusche oik bers, dind se vulbh do sien blanquet ed nierc. Is naudhiet sien hol energia kay enderghende yant octent id tehren os Texas, territorium im mahibe Comanchen !

Id sol hiebit payn wust kun ja is Waktprince kwohryit itner. Is rid seid eustworts, unte un plainen landspect quod disswehdih iom id desert ! Circum aghyernend, is hieb andhen un wassime distance aun incontre id minst obstacle. Way, tod enpace kleiunia ens kun is Waktprince visit surrege ambtos id drayl un wassime douzen om reidend Indians quoy desployeer in pwolcircule ant iom. Comanches !

Oino iom Comanchen gwahsit perodh kyom Waktprince ed wohl iom, in un approximative englisch, sehkwe iens aun resistence. So acceptit ed ies jenchis escorteer iom tiel ir camp, lyehgend oik mayls suder.

Kun is Waktprince arrivit do id camp, wirs, gwens, magvi se precipiteer kyom lancend-ye cries ed exclamations qua hieb neid winlik. Is buit fauran trehdiht ghom ed ducto do id centre os un sorte os meithel delimitet med tipis ornet med poik

motives is habiet kamen dyies in alya circumstances. Bet taiper, is ne kieur de esthetique : dwoghi Comanches dribh iom kyun stolb sehn in id ghom quei ies diehr iom solid-ye. Weidwos, ies hieb sact eys revolver. Oik instants serter, is poti ios teut, un veut Indian samt bistre teint, gwohm perodh kyom Waktprince. In un summar englisch, is ei mohld od vahr torture iom cruel-ye tiel nehco kay venge id mohrt om penkwe comanche jenchis nict perdini ab blanks.

Menxu i Comanches ambikwol med divers garwis pre kwehndihes iom korms, un gwenak lyt-ye stiup kyom Waktprince ed dyi iom insistant-ye. Chunke is tohrb nehce, is tohrb kwehre to samt courage ed is protiespohc iam aun slabasce. Ia vierudh ed spohcit ghom. Sa gwenak eet bell, hatta nraveihnd. Grace, faynia, elegance, neid ex quo ghohd seduce ieu ia ed kun ia spohc iter ub iom, is khiek sib stambhes oismihes ay, speit ia circumstances. Ia gwenak smih ei tsay, dind vols kyom teutspoti ed wohkwit iom in id Comanche bahsa. Nespekent sieno natural ghabo pro gospoti bahsas, is Waktprince khiek prete quo ia sieyg, bet is vis iam inkape con ays contolker un conversation quod sroht lyt ed lyt hina swehne kam un dispute. Alter Indians hieb stayg interrupen ir besoyn ed klu samt un anamnesic silence ia exchanget lafza. Bad, is poti kwohk mehne unte un instant, dind is dahsit un wehlen ed ies dwo jenchis quoy hieb diehn iom Waktprince ei stolb gwohm strax lures iom. Is buit dind bright ant iom veut Comanche qui ei mohld, in un kyopev englisch, od eys dugter iskwit snumbes iam. Surpris, is Waktprince remienit niem daumend-ye quo is dohbh kwehre ! Id prospect unios matrimonial gwit in ia plains os Texas pau nravih iom, bet tod prehscen compris bariem un preihim vantage; id vahsit salve eys gwit !

- Acceptes tu wehde mien dugter ? sprohg tun is poti.

Is Waktprince bud po oin instant reflexion pre antwehrde ed ghens ex sien gep id smulko lietern gourde quod Klayoka hieb ei daht.

- Quod kwehrs tu ? stieun is poti.

Aun antwehrde ei, is Waktprince pohsit sem slung ios liquid quod id gourde mathmounit. Id potion produxit sien effect : un vertigo lambh iom ed is vis prehpe ant se, kam in un drehm, iom Mighelekwo kam is hieb ja vis iom in id tipi ios veut Apache. Bet, per un stragno phenomen, i Indians kwohkeer vide iom kathalika !

Samt meg-ye ghyant okwi, ighi kwohk fascinet ed neti kieur de iom Waktprince. So brug tod moment kay fuges kyun gohrd quer eent parct ekwi. Apter iom, i Comanches eent dar mers do ir dyeia.

Ekwi eent quantloc, vasyen megen ed coloren. Quosmed retrehve sien bayna tod druv churd ? In quant fall is Waktprince tohrb kwehre oku, isghi ieur apter se cries qua ei dik id collective hallucination hieb ens. Is curs bachimien, spehcend po sien reidbiest ed vidyohrc iom lyt-ye dalger, dieht inter dwo tipis. Way, eet pior sert ! Ighi Indians hieb-se precipitet ep iom Waktprince ed periembh iom, impossibleihnd eys fug tuntos. Is hieb lakin id surprise os constate od ir attitude dia iom hieb alnos changen. Ir gestes, ir spects, ir wultus express taiper respect, hatta veneration. Ir poti gwohm iter perodh kyom, bet ye tod ker, is dientowit samt deference pre wehkwe iom med un aunfin-ye maedwner ton quem nuper.

- Kem ansus te blaghent, iey is, te qui has id magh os prehpihes iom Mighelekwo.

- Yu gnohte tom ekwo ? stieun is Waktprince.

- Gnohms eysschi reider. Is Mighelekwot Wir est un ses om sellt, courage ed hidaya.

- Est mien prient, declarit is Waktprince mynder-ye. - Kem ansus protege quelgvonc est prient ios Mighelekwot Wir, iey tun is veut

Comanche.

Oclock is Sell hieb wakea un excellent kleumen bim Indians Americas, kwohkit ghi ! Buit ter un nespehno nassib, lit ghi taiper neti de ei impones quodkwe gham, ni de protiedare iom her. Punor buit redaht ei Waktprince eys ekwo tem quem eys revolver ed escorteer iom tiel id drayl is vahsit dehlge andhe kay nakwehre itner eustworts.

Kun gwohm id vesper, is hieb ridt unte un long distance : is eet tik dwo diens dalg ud Dallas, oino iom principal etapes os sien safer. Quan is hielt kay waune, is foddrit sien ekwo med koper, ed gus lyt id pastiurma ed ia maysplacunts i Indians hieb ei daht. Menxu id glau argbeluc ia vast plains os Texas, is dieum med quod tar kyudos is Mighelekwo hieb ghohdt prehpe im Comanches quayque nel ex i hiebit poht id magic scharabo preparen ab Klayoka. Is Waktprince aundwoi naiwo gnohiet quod hieb druve-ye wakyen bet, in quant fall, is oiskul sien gwit ei apache brukh, tem quem ei ansu ios mysterieus ekwios qui hieb extract iom ex tod difficil situation.

Is Waktprince gohr ye octent : eys ekw eet diehn lyt-ye dalger. Still, is kwohk swehpe, bet gwahnd-ye proscher is Waktprince constatit od eys okwi eent meg-ye ghyanen ed is auncovohr in eyso spect un terror wajkho quod iom intrigit. Is ghieb oku id cause tos stayg paur : un taungh sword scorpion stigh engwn eyso jamb, samt menacend gwelon. Is Waktprince tohrb age oku ! Is disnodit fauran sien halstuck, skieter id ed plieck id baygh mliak-ye protiev id jamb siens reidbiest, just uper el scorpion. Kun tel habiet vitrohdt id wehbh, is ghehdiet med un akster geste forxubhes id halstucko quod el scorpion dar antgreipiet.

Way, el scorpion buit meis oku quem is Waktprince ! Albatta, is hieb kamyaben, med id halstuck, rehve el insect ex id jamb siens ekwios. Afa-ye, lakin, el scorpionis ne hieb remanen prisoner iom diplas ios wehbh, el hieb ghohden stighes tsay engwn id hand ios Waktprince ed oistehnge eys runc !

So schohnk fauran id cactus attir ep id gvolic stohnga. Quayque Jonathan Quack eet un charlatan, tod product hieb real virtuts, ed esdi id ne schiawkienit alnos ia effects ios iad, bariem id limitit ia kwohnden damna.

Pos reghendus sien halstuck, is Waktprince rid ye gohd speud unte ia plains os Texas. Lyt pos middien, lakin, is kwahsit apter se un stump grohm ed hieb id pondos od id swol hieb bitrohmen. Is vols ed dyohrc tun ye minter quem oin quardel mayl un immense churd gombern qui kwohk lambhen ab panique. Centens, maghses tusents gombern rusch ithan kyom, menacend trudes iom. Is fauran ambhspohc, po un schalasch.

Is vis un bebosct eminence, ed galoppih sien ekwo kyid. So curs tem oku quem is niek facil-ye id eminence pre id perigumt ios churd. Serter, pos un nov reiden, is Waktprince hielt pro id noct ed ess un double chifan, menxu eys ekwo gries id gras perambh.

Pos un nov dien reiden, is arrivit bad ye id vesper ad Dallas. Ter, is dohlg pehrne sien gohd ekwo, qui wien rahat, po 20 dollars, pre gwahe hotel. Unte ia dwo sehkwnda diens, is Waktprince tohrb orbate bo oino iom richest pekusuters os Dallas kay gaines kafi denars ed ghehde nakwehre sien safer. Is sib kieup yaschi vesters eleganter quem ta is taiper vohs pro Greenville, pre-senst etape os sien diuv.

Pos un gohd noct, is Waktprince sielg sien Dallas hotel. Tun is constatit od eent plakats eent ep id mur ios nieber dom. Dalgtos, is enderkwit un portrait quod intrigit iom. Bet kun is gwohm proscher, curiositat buit tayt ab hayriene : todghi portrait eet eys ! Eent schohnken 500 dollars mizdo qualgvonc quel ghehdiet capture iom !

Chehxend-ye proscher, is Waktprince bedyohrc odghi eet id cap as eysu swester it bemizdt ! Bet dat eent dwins, id lige kipt ep id plakat eet eysschi. Crazy Jane – eet id nam drucken sub id portrait as eysu swester – eet volt, in id aurdhen ob : ekwen klehpt, armen attaque, maurdh ed noct thambra. Justice iam kup gwiv au mortu ed id population eet maunen ob lit de un extreme-ye dangereus criminal. Quod tar hieb ia ghohden kwehre kay arrive tetro ? Is eet suaplacen kay gnohe od eysa swester ne eet semper suamenos, bet ia ne tohrb ses ayta dangereus... Eno ne eet sislew ei tuntos ghi quanti vahr confundes iom con iam ! Noroc-ye, ia plakats hieb est glimt ye octent ed rar eent i passants qui ja mohm id portrait as eysu swester. Sem precautions imposeer-se, lakin : is dohlg vergihes pior-ye perikwohlta stets ed kaure de perbehrge sien lige slahmend-ye ghom id leizd os sien hat. Sayang od is ne hieb un sombrero ! Is hieb id pondos od vasya okwi stier ad iom menxu is ghieng ub un chepran strad, yed nimen spohc iom. Okwivid-ye, i leuds is incontrit neti hieb viden ia plakats ed ei dahr neid attention.

Is Waktprince kieup un bild pro Greenville – pre-senst etape os sien safer – po un 10 dollars porm. Is siemmel sien roubes ep un blanquet ex quod is kwohr un sorte os welutro quod buit diehn ep id galerie ios diligence con ia gapacks altern passagers. Lakin, is conservit sien carabine con se. Oik minutes serter, id diligence bikwohr itner. Eysi safersokwis eent tri : un quargimtiat gwen, samt siuk ed skeud lige, un samat wir, buchest ed gwiwotic, qui sollit ses ays mann, ed una mukadar sekia, shayad ir dugter. Ia gwen enderglaz honn-ye iom Waktprince : okwivid-ye, eys cowboy apparence desplaisit iam. Lakin, is ne kieur de ed se installit meist comfortable-ye spehnd-ye ghehde rahate lyt unte tod etape. Bet is hiebit payn cluden sien okwi kun un strehl sprohng exo. Xyangend per id dwer, is dyohrc dwo reidend bandits quoy attaqueer id diligence. Oiter zielit iom Waktprince ed so se clih gnabh kay vergihes id glonce quod gwohm ad se wogwne uper id cap ias gwen. Sa emiss un superacut crie ed fiell ghom ep sien genus mutiend-ye un prehgen menxu ays mann spohc iom med un consternat protiokwo kamsei is khiekit credihes quo hieb

just wakyet. Tik ia sekia kwohk habe glewos med to, ays lige smeihnd-ye brusk-ye ob satisfaction. Okwivid-ye, is Waktprince ghohd antruses tik seswo kay drehde id situation, ar yeji id terror wajkho quod deformit taiper eysa traits, is gwiwotic wir hieb aundwoi naiwo dohrjen un gvond inter sien hands. Ia men gwen dohbh ses likwt sienims prehgens; kad ia obkwehkient efficient, quel wois ? Ia de dugter ne biey bet ia eet lyt pior yun kay imdadhe iom. Bad, is cocher khiek smyehre id badv : is eet pior besic med galoppihes sien ekwens meist oku kay pites forluses i bandits.

Protegen ab id dwer ed suaarmen med sien carabine, is Waktprince nic uter bandit ed gwaru vurn alter : itak so likw id katu abgaloppend-ye.

- Div hat klut mien prehgens ! scricit tun ia gwen/

Is suatehrbiet nagvehde ar i ne bad eent salwt. Unte ghi id badv, is cocher hieb esen nicen ab un wagglonce ed i paniquend ekwi se hieb forsyrat : ruscheer seid ant se, tragend id diligence quod dangereus-ye xlichit ep id sanscha swol ios drayl. I passagers riskeer ye cada moment uperslahe ed ses quanti gwaru-ye vurnt, hatta fauran xohnt. Isghi Waktprince tohrb eme id initiative os age. Ep id gon ios diligence, un drangh permiss actione id braik. Is ghyien id dwer ed, protiedarnd-ye se med oiter hand, is rexit sien brakh kyid drangh. Eyso stand eet extreme-ye incomfortable : is dohlg mantines sien instable menxu id diligence natakien ye plen speudo zigzaghend-ye. Is dohlg tente plurs pre kamyabe nake id drangh. Kun is bad ghohd, is traxit id kye se ed i ekwi lyt ed lyt nilenteer id speud.

Way, is hieb tohrpto dadwe tant effort quem is neti hieb nerce kay naglehmbe do id diligence. Stayg, is zagrip ed volvit ghomtro menxu id vehicule nakwohr sien elan, minter oku albatta, yed kafi kay eys fall buit gvolic. Id diligence zahieltit lyt-ye dalger ed is Waktprince joinit id hast-ye, pre i ekwi karrarient recurre foll-ye.

Myehrsend cada sirr, ia gwen stighit ghom id diligence ed glieb iom Waktprince menxu ia sekia applaus glanzend-ye iom enliubhen-ye.

- Ste un heroy ! scricit ia gwen. Tik un druv cowboy ghohd parkwehre un solg exploit ! Con Divs hehlp, nabahsit ia, prudent, yungend-ye sien hands waurntro.

- Bravo, yuwen ! mlusit is schischmav mann qui hieb stighto ghom ye sien roig ed swohmbh sien chol med un handchirk. Ne habiem kwohrn gohder ioswo !

- Yughi habte kwohrn khich, Elmer ! jawieb ays gvibh samt honnwultu. - Bet, Thelma, io ne sturpskwim tom yuwen qui suaghesorit id situation. Un

initiative ud me ne habiet esto sellgwohmt...

Is Waktprince nel-ye wohn eti klues ta inutil cheids ed restighih quantens do id diligence isswo vahsit wehghe tiel id niebst manzil quer alyo cocher tayiet iom.

Id reste ios safer jinkdousit aun incident ed, ye id sehkwndo dien, arriveer ad Greenville. Is Waktprince eet ana eno fluv Mississippi, ocolo tod natural grance quod separit id Eust ed id West iom Uniet Stats. Is wohs taiper circa cent penkgim mayls dalg ud Memphis quetro is ghehdiet gwahe auter per train au per nav. Bet pre to, is mutavohs ed xubh sien cowboy povestis qua eent pior murdar. In siena nova vesters, is eet meg eleganter ed maghiet se presente brungos-ye in id dom os General Wayward yant is habiet arrivet ad Memphis. Sam-ye, is pohrn sien carabine, sien lasso, sien blanquet ed sien gourde po 20 dollars ratib. Lakin, is gwup sien kardi ed sien revolver ! Bad, is gwahsit un hotel.

Posdini, is duit hastic-ye, gwahsit id station in fiaker, sib kieup un bild ed stigh do id medio wagon. Id train stiert quasi strax. In id coupee, face iom Waktprince sess un wir qui vohs un bandage ep sien ok ed quos ped eet in plaster. Dwo stakas oistahr prokwem iom. Is wir tengicit os khak dumos ed menxu id train proieg in un kwalay knarnden schrots ed steumstriden, is oispohc ub kyom Waktprince ed un emiss un brohm.

- Spehm niemos bihe attaquen ab tens balstohmt Yankis ! urng is tun. Yu habte vis quo wakyet in Vicksburg ? Mox, controlsient vasya Mississippi Stats ! Ja, kwehrnt ir loy ep id fluv, mox habsient invas quant ! Spehm yu ne ste ep ir gon ? nabahsit is med un stayg suspeceus protiokwo.

- No, no, rassurit is Waktprince. Mien hol familia est ex id Sud.

Tod lugh ei attraxit fauran id maedwnia os eys contolker.

- Quetos yu ? interrogit is med un prientliker ton. - Ex... ex Dallas, antwohrd is Waktprince towsraen. - Ah ! Dallas ! Un bell urb ! exclamit is wir. Bariem ter ne sont Yankis ! Ed

niemos sines iens arrive tetro, credeihte me ! Kam yu me vidte, ho lust uter ok

ed ho risken luses uter jamb weighend-ye tens Norder kwauns. Bet som parat ad bihe disschtukelt sei necessar ! Vincsiemos, ya sure ! Vincsiemos ob hams iens gohdst soldats ed iens gohdst korions ! Lee est is megst general os Nord America, aun conte ceters, Bragg ed Wayward, mathalan !

Id nam Wayward akowsicih iom Waktprince. Herbert Wayward : eys hem vahsit is gwahe yant is habiet arrivet ad Memphis. Herbert Wayward, is wir qui wois quod Oclock is Sell hiebit bihn. Eys contolker hieb kaun id reaction ios Waktprince kun is hieb tolken de General Wayward.

- Gnohte yu Wayward ? sprohg is geront, okwivid-ye interesset. - Est un piern kerab, sigwrit is Waktprince swekwr-ye- Tya ghi ! scricit is klombh. Woid yu od ho wight sub eys wehlens ? Ant wirs

kam iom, i Yankis sont nakis ! Herbert Wayward, is plag iom Norders ! Con iom, neid mercie ! Quel is prisonereiht is executeiht pos id boi !

Tod remarko kreusih iom Waktprince dayir Oclock iom Sell...

- Balstohmt weir ! kwohster eys contolker, quando habsiemos gvohnen tens coyotes, reicsiem oin farm os Tennessee. Ter ho gnaht.

Is Waktprince lakin eet pau interessen ab ia rural projects ios oistakat wir. Is oiswurgh meg meis de id beurt os Oclock iom Sell. Automatic-ye, is wohrt sien cap kyid wagonfenster. Id train wohgh engwn uno smulko lawterblou rivier, quod srusit enpace sub id lientsol. Dalger oistrohc piwernia. Hol kwohk vessel ed sakwn. Ant tod serene landspect, quel maghiet credihes od weiro hierb id land ? Eyso dyeia buit tun interrupt : un gvaltic schock hieb just oiscutten id train. Id wagon in quod is hieb emen place ambivienk, valises fiell ex ia gapacktentels, i mussafers emiss terrorcries, ed un bodereihnd blosk bliend-se stayg ei tumult.

- Ies Norders ! exclamit is klombh seizend sien stakas.

Iesghi Norders hieb sabotaget id railvia disperchinend-ye id ed id locomotive hieb just esen precipiten do id rivier quod inspirit oin instant prever ei Waktprince lyt-ye gwokolic considerations.

Is oistakat wir, brutal-ye xubhen protiev un tabique, mohr fauran pos oiswehrus un ultim rughato de tens “Yanki kwauns”. Is Waktprince buit vurnt; noroc-ye, id railvia compagnie wehghihsit i survivers med diligences do Memphis quer arriveer unte id vesper, samt dwo hors chitay.

Bad, ye id vesper ios 2 jul 1863 eet is Waktprince in Memphis ! Lit taiper-ye pro iom gwahe id 30, University Street, do id dom os General Wayward. “isghi mi hat engaget ka hofmayster siens dugter, Samantha”, hieb script Oclock is Sell in sien brev. Pau shayad eet is general hemi, bet kad is Waktprince trehviet ter eys dugter. Tun ei esiet zaruri obtene ud iam informations qua ei permittient revrehe id trace ios Waktmessager ed lures iom ud iens Suders. Id 30, University Street ne buit difficil trehftu ar un fiaker wohgh iom tetro. Kun is Waktprince traxit id kinkinspartak, is sloug qui gwohm ad ghyane ei – au anter is sclav, eet way id werd quod tohrb ses employen – ei mohld od is men general eet “weiri”. Eys de dugter reikiet ex id safer bad cras vesper dien 3 jul. Eet neid alyis member ios Wayward familia domi, tik slougs – yani sclavs – eent present. Tadbir-ye, is Waktprince revelit neid grund siens visite ed sieyg just is regwehmiet posdini. Is brug tod dien kay rahate in un hotel os Memphis.

Id vetat os General Wayward eet un deluxe albh dom samt colunnade, perambhen med un vast garden samt travplors lizden med drus. Un aydokwo sclav in livree gwohmit ad ghyane ei Waktprince ed entrih iom id grand vestibule. Weidwos, is general eet absent : is ne bad hieb riken ex walus. Punor, Samantha, eys dugter, hieb gwirlayt ex safer. Isghi Waktprince ghehdiet ghate iam pos se mehldeihvs.

Chunke is hieb gwohmt hetro kay kwahe informations, is Waktprince mohn od id gohdst wassila kay kamyabe eet se samihes uni journaliste. Isghi sib hieb exmohnt ex nihilo un adequat identitat : John Robertson, reporter ios Dallas Globe. Is pretensit scribe un article quos theme eet : “id familial gwit om confederat korions”. Flattert od is hieb gwohmt ad interviewe iam, ia dugter ios general acceptit libter os recepe iom. Is sclav duxit iom tun sub un veranda quer Samantha Wayward lyohgit comfortable-ye in un hangmat, menxu un Aydokw ay kien un banjo motive ed alyo sclav in livree ay yis unte instants lyt khuld air med uno mier schaenziu.

- Noroct ob bignohe vos, mlu Samantha Wayward kun ia vis iom Waktprince prehpe. Washington, serve un glas orangeade ad Poti, wohl ia iom sclav maimour med swinde iam.

Is Aydokw in livree se precipitit tun kyun bardak ed ei brigh un glas khuld orangeade. Samantha Wayward hieb seddiht iom Waktprince do un yelk rocking-chair ed is se biwip mliak-ye pohnd-ye sien glas unte smulka slungs. Gwit miegh ses amat in id Sud !

- Yu ge scripskwte un article de me ? nabahsit eys mejbanin.

Un article de iam ? Id impudence tas dehrbhiht purt exasperit iom Waktprince. Is eet interessen ab iom general, ne eys dugter ! Ob diplomatia kaur, is yed vergih mutabides iam. Dat flatterie eet sigwra id gohdst wassila kay obtene malumats, is bitolkit sib dwinghend-ye complimente iam.

- Vies pater est un heroy... inkiep is. - Un heroy, est ver, iom interrup fauran Samantha, bet woidte od ielg eysen

sighs est mienschi ! Esdi ghi som dalg ud iom, remano present nieb iom ep id walu. Pon is hat agen do id front, is mi hat yist decens breven : in ielg ex ia is mi script is preter mehnt de me kun is weight tens Yanki kwauns. Mien mater mohr tri yars pre, is hat ne meis quem me tienxia : som eys wahid dugter.

Sa egocentric piegach inkiep irrite iom aunsam-ye. In oik instants, ia ei expliciet od in druve, ia ge iemer id heiro siens pater !

- Vidskwte yu oiks ex ta brevs ?

Sprohg tun Samantha. Io vos autorise hatta cite passages ex ia do vies article. Ia tun stahsit ub ex sien hangmat, dind duxit iom Waktprince do id dom. Ter, ia proghieng ei do un kyal quod dieughit ka bibliotheque ed gwohm prosch un secretaire quos plab ia ghyien. Kowps breven eent ardehna eni. Ia ghens oino iom maktubs ed lisih iom un passage. Herbert Wayward kwohk in effect spruves dia sien dugter un aunmeido liubh, yeji ia excessive lafza is nud kay expremes ay sien affection. Ta sentimental upertrahens hieb neid interesse pro iom Waktprince, bet is bud nespekent hol Samantha ad poitte lises alya brevs oispehnd-ye aunstehge ter ye tod ker util elements. Ia dugter ios general ne kung : ia ghens oino iom kowps ardeht in id secretaire ed iom invitit ad rikes sub id veranda quer is ghehdiet lises ia comfortabler-ye. Pos seddus tsay ghom do id rocking-chair, is uperlis ia maktubs os General Wayward, menxu is banjo Aydokwo kien uno smulk motive kay distrage sien potnika. Ia nughs qua General Wayward yisit sieni dugter kwohk baygh fastidieus ei Waktprince. Stayg, yed, un jumla attraxit eys attention : “So khayn John Goodman, eet scribe, dacsiet ye gwohmto moment id kyasen is oistahalt.” John Goodman ! Eet id nam quod Oclock is Sell hieb widt in id druna sienios mission ep id surface os Ardh.

- Quis tar est so khayn de quom vies pater tolct in tod brev ? sprohg is med id innocentst ton.

- Yu maynte John Goodman ? So miser ! scricit Samantha samt furor. Is hat kamyapt gaines id trust miens pater menxu in druve is spionit iom pro iens

Norders. Fikert od Papa hieb hatta engaget iom ka hofmayster kay mi doce philosophia lections ! Id philosophia os khianat !

Ei Waktprince buit difficil conserve sien sakwnia : klues it de Oclock iom Sell enfurorit iom, bet is oistrohng-se ad sines neid prehpe de.

- Ed quer wehst taiper so John Goodman ? - Semloc in un bardachenlagher, neti mehmo quer exact-ye. In quant fall, mien

pater mi hat narret eys arrest in oin om sien brevs. - Poittiem io lises tod brev ? sprohg is fauran. - Bah, kay tar ? Est aun importance... Quanto ghehdo sayge est od so John

Goodman sessiet executen dien 4 jul, i dien ios Norder national fest. It hat decis mien pater kay kwehre un exempel.

Dien 4 Jul, yani cras ! Is Waktprince hieb ne meis quem oik hors kay lures iom !

- Ed nun, excuset me, iey Samantha, bet dehlgo abgwahe. Som inviten uni party. Reicte cras, sei yu eiskwte, vos deicsiem alya documents. Jessie vaht wehghe vos viesi hotel, nabahsit deikend-ye med un capznayco iom Aydokwo qui nakien banjo.

Is Waktprince stahsit ub, salutit sienu mejbanin ed trohcit kyid dwer. Is tun wohs vis-a-vis un coloss qui dier in lein un argikwaun.

- Gallio, mien tresur ! scricit Samantha.

Is colosso slebh strax iom argikwaun qui se precipitit do ia brakhs ias gwenak.

- Zenon, gwah prepare Gallios diner, iey Samantha ei coloss. So orm biest heunghert.

- Gohd, Madame, antwohrd is namdeht Zenon pre abstiupes.

So immense wir ed so argikwaun os tem fragil apparence formeer un stragno couple, sammel bfuxiong ed joking. Is Waktprince hieb lakin alya sweurghs in ment : quosmed kwehre kay lures Oclock iom Sell unte un tem corto prist ? Is dieum de to menxu is banjokan duxit iom extro ed oistighih iom do un tilbury quos ghiuruk ne hieb esen tragen. Is sess dind ep id cocherkursiy ed id cabriolett se elien do id allee. Is Waktprince hieb daht ei cocher id adresse os sien hotel, bet is ne kwohk se haste ad duce iom tetro. Is glaz kam impediht iom unte moments, kamsei is tolcskwit ei aun durses kwehre to.

- Hab... habiem vos saycskwn... balbiel is bad. - Ya ? Kwehrte, bahte aun baysa. - Est... est de John Goodman... Is wir se interrup unte oin instant. - Yu gnohsat iom ? sprohg iom is Waktprince. - Ya, weidwos... Est... est un baygh sell wir... Regreto od... od biht execut cras...

Meinyun eet riowkhowo dia iom Perennian : so wir ghehdiet ei ses un precieus hehlp !

- Kad est un wassila kay salve iom, ei antwohrd is Waktprince. - Bet... Quosmed ? General Wayward est... Is kung de nabahe. - Un baygh cruel wir, za-sieyg is Waktprince vice iom.

Jessie kwohk tun rohmen, kamsei is eet yakin taiper od is miegh truses iom.

- Gnohte yu id exact stet quer is est prisoner ? interrogit is Perennian. - No, antwohrd Jessie, bet is general hat tolct de tod lagher in oin om sien

brevs. Id brev lyehct in id secretaire... Ghehd... ghehdiem lasse id cauddwer ghyant, honoct...

- To esiet un baygh gohd idee... approbit is Waktprince. - Ab dec saat, quanti swehpe ed ia dugter ios general aundwoi ne reicsiet pre

midnoct... Bet yu trehpte vos behrge ud Gallio, iom argikwaun... Ed hassa est Zenon... Bet is sessiet con iam potnika. Is ge wehght ays carroce. Sessiet un tienhuy ep id table, prokwem id cauddwer...

Ies hieb taiper arriven ant id hotel : etilikw ei Waktprince ne meis quem skehpte dec saat vesper kun is reikiete id dom os General Wayward kay pites ye cada cost retrehve tod brev. Sei is ghehdiet, kad is kamyabiet parkwehre id impossible. Is dienk Jessie qui abwohgh in id tilbury.

Bad, circum dec saat, is Waktprince rik ant id dom as Samantha Wayward ed snig do id garden. Jessie hieb saygen prabh : quanti swohp ed id cauddwer eet ghyanen. Ye id diken stet, is trohv id tienhuy is diegh sinend-ye aydhe tik uno micri flamme. Id prest obstacle tun surrexit : Gallio is argikwaun hieb nusen eys presence ed rusch kyom. Noroc-ye, enfiell ei Waktprince rege ei animal id chuff om keghyekdrighs quod Moll Urx hieb ei daht in id apache waun. Tod lur un tem pestilent odor quem is kwauno pnus med un disgustfrad. Is Waktprince ghohd ithan stehmbihes iom retro do un dulap in quod is kyalbohnd iom. Id dwer eet ex teug dreu, is khakiet ses aurto stunes.

Poskwo, is Waktprince hieb neid difficultat kay retrehve id bibliotheque ed id secretaire, nassib-ye, ne eet andamt. Is ieug id flamme ios lampe ed bipieursk id brev in quod General Wayward dik id stet quer Oclock is Sell eet karcern. Is tohrb meis quem oin hor leisen kay aunstehge id. Is emiss tun uno mier rehmkwehster leisend-ye bad ia sehkwnd lignes : “Ho surpriso John Goodman menxu is transmiss im Norders istikhbaras de ia movs nosters heir. Ho strax wohlt arreste iom. Is remansiet prisoner in Rottenwood lagher, dec mayls suder quem Tullahoma hina ho emen un decision de iom. Tarko id aytan tu solls khisses mehnend-ye od un talg wir hat ghohdt gwive sub nies crovat...” Id sehkwo ne interessit iom Waktprince, tik contit taiper tod nam : Rottenwood. Is tohrb gwahe tetro taiptos. Is redehsit hast-ye ia brevs do id secretaire dind zaghyien id plab. Aurnd un blosk apter se, is fauran parvols. Samt rehmen is constatit od eet Jessie qui hieb just entren id kyal.

- Ho aunstohgen id brev, ei mohld is Waktprince. Woid yu quer lyehct Rottenwood ?

- Ah, yadi yu ghehdiete salve Poti Goodman ! exclamit Jessie.

Is ei dik tun id sehkwtu route kay nake Rottenwood. Med un dohbrum ekwum, is Waktprince ghehdiet wehse ter ye octent. Ed dohbri ekwi ne mienk in id grajd os

General Wayward ! Is reflex oku de un wassila kay lures Oclock iom Sell ed ei enfiell mox un idee : kafi eet redage un fals orden de leudhern pretenden-ye signen ab General Wayward. Eyso signature hieb is Waktprince vis ep decens exemplaren, eighi ne esiet difficil imite id. Eti, id secretaire mathmounit brevcap papier quod ei permittiet makhe un document os official apparence. Samt lyt deursia ed nassib, eyso stratagem kamyabiet. Jessie pohnd eys idee excellent, bet is hieb dar gohder ad propones : un uniform bayghus Herbert Wayward kun is eet colonel !

Jessie duxit iom Waktprince do idswo kamer ios general ed vien id uniform in un schkaf. Nassib buit con iens : id vester dohbh iom Waktprince daumos-ye. Is habiet esen misayn un suder colonel. Ei etilikwit taiper makhe eys fals orden de leudhern, pro quod ne pior wakt buit tohrpt. Jessie nih iom dind do id grajd ed ei dahsit iom gohdst ekwo. Is Waktprince ghohd abrides taiper, bet un jecto dar beswurgh iom.

- Yu ge vahte ses ayt massoul de quanto hat wakyet, iey is ad Jessie. Ne eiskwo ke yu dehlcte kwehnde ia consequences...

- Mae bayte, antwohrd is. Honoct mwaungsousiem nordworts, tetro quer lure est ijaben im menscims miens race. Naiweti sessiem sclav, to kassamo ant Div !

Miegh is sayge prabh ! Proghi iom Waktprince, id moment os fortrehce hieb gwohmen : un longo noct reiden exspectit iom.

Ia deikens qua Jessie hieb ei dahn eent tem precis quem is Waktprince ghohd trehve Rottenwood lagher kun ia presta soldiutis prohp ep id horizont. Is hieb galoppiht unte id hol noct ed eys ekw eet exhausen, bet is ne hieb slabascen. Apter ia sayps ios lagher ios waun dyohrc is iens bardachens quoy hieb ja staht ub. Ed stayg... Ya ! Eet is ! Ter ! Eet Oclock is Sell ! Gwiv ! Ne eet pior sert !

Kun is visit surrege un confederat colonel, is straj walsen ye id entrat ne kung de sines iom entre. Is Waktprince fauran trohd ghom ed rusch do id bureau ios commander swehngend-ye id orden de leudhern.

Is commander chohx attentive-ye id papier. Id talent os reisser ios Waktprince eet tem quem is hiebit perfect-ye imiten id khat ed id signature os General Wayward.

- Ne ghabo, iey tun is officier, tod papier gwehmt ya ex id ghesor ios general, yed John Goodman dehlgiet ses execut in oik minutes... Bet tamam, chunke General Wayward hat wohlt lures iom, mi est tik zaruri obedihes.

- Is general hat demandet kem ei bringho tsay tom prisoner, sigwrit is Waktprince swekwr-ye, ed dehlgo abrides tsay aun skehpte.

- Baygh gohd, smad kwehre.

Is commander gwehmih tun do sien bureau Oclock iom Sell qui mox recognih iom Waktprince ed kamyieb remane impassible nespekent sien hayriene. Okwivid-ye, is ne intizier bihe lurt. Oik minutes serter, un ekwo buit daht ei Waktmessager ed bo sielg id lagher. Aun sayge werd, bo rid nieb mutu unte plur mayls, dind Oclock is Sell bad bahsit.

- Io druve-ye credihsim od vahsim gnohe mohrt, iey is. Quosmed siem io aiwo ghehde danke vos ?

- Vies lure sessiet mien saul mizdo, antwohrd noble-ye is Waktprince. - Yughi habte trohft id brev io hieb likwn ad Hashkala, iom apache poti ?

Is tun ei narrit sien hol aventure, menxu bo abrid nordworts kye Kentucky.

- Ensmed ho io retrohven iom Mighelekwot Wir, conclus is Waktprince. - Iom Mighelekwo, repetihsit Oclock is Sell med un khayalwultu. Eys leus me

hat tant afflict... General Wayward me hieb surpriden menxu io transmiss istikhbaras ibs norder forces. Is me hat arrestihn, bet ho tentet mwaungsoue. Io mohn is Mighelekwo ghehdiet udrides mien persehkwers. Way ! hant strohlt ep nos ed is ekwo hat tun parvolgen, dind hat fohn kamsei is habiet daughskwn sien corpos ka wall kay protege me ud glonces. Ma hat is act it ? Naiwo woidsiem... Ed kad est dohbrer od sem mysteirs bihnt naiw udkwitert.

Kay vergihes cada misghaben kun ies habient nact ia norder lignes, ies abdehr ud se id ghiton irs uniforms. Is hieb suact ar, oik mayls dalger, incontreer un norder drungin quod desployit ye id leizd uns bosc. Oclock is Sell se gnopihsit ed is officier amernd id drungin ibs explicit tun is hieb ka mission chitaye diu possiblest id perodhia os un suder squadron quod ieg nordworts. Ies Norders intizier renforts, bet ne gnohr quan arrivient. Is hiebit payn zabaht kun un gastrohl sprohng : ies Suders attaqueer ! Pos oik instants, hajoumeer ed un isgur boi inkiep.

Way, ies Suders udnumereer iens Norders quoy mox cess plor.

- Yu tehrpte fuges, Excellence ! it wohkwit is Waktprince Oclock iom Sell.

- No, weighskwo con iens defenders os lure ! antwohrd is seizend-ye un bunduk.

Ei Waktprince etilkwit ne meis quem kwehre lika. Vahsit is falle sub ia peind glonces pos kamyabus tem briliant-ye sieno mission ? To esiet un pior-ye cruel beurt ! Baygh noroc-ye, meinyun rahimiet iom ed mox is ieur ia martial notes uns trembitsa quod swohn id charge : ia norder renforts hieb arrivet ! Ed buir tem staur quem minter quem oin pwolhor serter, ies Suders hisseer id albho flag : is peindo taslimit ! Un norder officier tun gwohm perodh kyom Waktprince.

Is recognihsit id lige tas officier, id ei eet hatta baygh familiar chunke eet tod as eysu swester !

- Kwehko ghi gwehme barwakt ! declarit ia med un lyt ironic ton. Mien kyar brater vahsit mox bihe nicen ! Excellence, it nawohkwit ia Oclock iom Sell, ne sagviem sayge kam noroc io som de vos vide gwiv, eti leur.

- Nun, ghehdies tu mi explie quosmed tib bihsit betrusen id amer uns trupp om norder soldats menxu, oik diens pre in Dallas, tien cap eet bemizdt ob maurdh ed armen attaque ? sprohg is sien swester.

- Ah, gwit daht yando baygh surprises, antwohrd sa, hassa in weirtid. Bet tib siem narre to hol sem dien, sei druve-ye vols. Pro tod instant, gohder est abgwahe meist oku hetos.

Id nespehn intervention as eysu swester hieb albatta salwt eys gwit, bet is naspruv sem bittert. Isghi tohrbit realise od lures Oclock iom Sell habiet daughen ka sei is habiet sollt nices sub ia glonces iom Suders. Eysghi swester smyohr eyso success ed eni wohs iter egal in sighs. Etilikwit tik oin mission kay kyuses el victor !

Existit in id nord os Tennessee un grotte unte quod eet possible joine id Waktrig ed i tri se hiest ad gwahe tetro.

- Ies Suders hant amalan lust id weir, iey im Oclock is Sell unte iro reiden kyid grotte. Hant lust ghes in Gettysburg, ed ir capitulation in Vicksburg est ne meis quem un question om hors. Ke tod land os America gnoht bad pace ed lure pro quantens. Habsiem kwohrn in quant fall mien possiblest kay contribue to. Io hieb gwohmen tetro kay pites khalasse i Indians : circumstances me hant brighen ad wighes sclaverie. Regreto lakin od mi buit dwighen bihe spion : skulkes ne est mien megst talent, bet bariem, habsiem it meg servicet id norder cause.

Kun arriveer bad ant id grotte, i tri penetreer tetro, bet un hingol udcliengh tun apter i. Med un sam mov, i vols : is Mighelekwo hiebit prohpt ant ir okwi, kam in un drehm. Eys hingol swohn kam un joy crie : kwohkit kam is habiet iskwt im expremes sien noroc de vide Oclock iom Sell gwiv ed leur.

- Id senst salut ios Mighelekwios, murmurit so. Tien ansu gwahtu in pace, tu qui has salven mien gwit maulend-ye tien. Kad revidsiemos mutu sem dien, in alyo mund...

Un nov hingol, kam un joyeus crie, lud in id hava ed id silhouette ios ekwios forswohnd. I tri stahr still unte un dakika dind dub do id grotte. Mox reikient id Waktrig, bet naiwo myehrsient id kwiter ios Mighelekwios gwehmus ad sayge im un senst adieu.