Chapter 8
THE BREAKER OF WILD MUSTANGSFOR a few days after the capture of Silvermane, a time full to
the brim of excitement for Hare, he had no word with Mescal, save
for morning and evening greetings. When he did come to seek her,
with a purpose which had grown more impelling since August Naab's
arrival, he learned to his bewilderment that she avoided him. She
gave him no chance to speak with her alone; her accustomed
resting-place on the rim at sunset knew her no more; early after
supper she retired to her tent.
Hare nursed a grievance for forty-eight hours, and then, taking
advantage of Piute's absence on an errand down to the farm, and of
the Naabs' strenuous day with four vicious wild horses in the
corral at one time, he walked out to the pasture where Mescal
shepherded t
