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It was already becoreen trees and grass It appeared so suddenly, and was such an

unexpected oasis aave

vent to a sudden exclaht But that was all Instantly

he perceived nu from out the shrubbery, and he

wheeled his horses to the left, lashing them into a rapid run It was

all over in a li down the rocks, the

din of pursuit dying away behind them The band were evidently all on

foot, yet Ha

turn after turn about the sharp hills, confident that the hard earth

would leave no trace of their passage

Then suddenly the horse he rode sank like a log, but his tight grip

upon the rein of the other landed hihed, in

fiendish

the strea out from behind the shoulder A stray Sioux

bullet had found its led on

until it dropped lifeless; and the braveand

so well bent down and stroked tenderly the unconscious head Then he

shifted the provisions to the back of the other horse, grasped the

loose rein once more in his left hand, and started forward on foot