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His heart swelled with a ar-fever as these thoughts passed

through his brain Then the darkness began to creep over the plains;

it came softly and as rerew upon the savage The horsemen in the sky had come nearer to

the earth; soh the dusk, till

they stood directly above his head; and he fancied that several of

the figures had lowered the dusk he could not observe what they were doing They

at last actually reached the earth;--and three giants stood before

his horse

"Mon Dieu," shrieked the terrified creature, and his hand lost

control over the reins His pony did not heed the spectres, but

walked straight on Nay, he passed so close to one of the dread

things that the Indian's aroblin Its touch was hard

Theof his

heart fell to the ground When he arose, he found that the spectre

was not from the sky; but only a tall prairie poplar

Pray, readers, do not laugh at the unreasonable terror of this

untutored savage I have seen some of yourselves just as unreasonable