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Later on , as he neared the fence and was establishing his last points within the field , a horseman with a gray moustache came galloping up along the stretch of barb wire . He nodded , inquired if the engineer was named Bryant , and announced that he had half a dozen injunctions to serve . `` I expected something like this ; glad you did n't arrive any sooner , '' Lee remarked . `` Well , I was away from town , or I 'd have been here by noon , '' the horseman , an American , stated . `` The injunctions cover all these places between here and the river . You and any one you hire must keep off the tracts specified until the cases come up before the judge . '' `` All right , sheriff .