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FORREST.
Dick dashed after the fugitive, but he had disappeared utterly, and the dense bushes impeded the pursuer.

He was hot and angry that he had been deluded so cleverly, but then came the consolation that, after all, he had won in the fistic encounter with an antagonist worthy of anybody.
And after this came a second thought that caused him to halt abruptly.
He and Woodville had fought it out fairly.

Their fists had printed upon the faces of each other the stamp of a mutual liking.

Why should he strive to take young Woodville before Colonel Winchester?
Nothing was to be gained by it, and, as the Mississippian was in civilian's garb, he might incur the punishment of a spy.