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When she reached the open she saw Bo alround Here Helen did not need to urge herso fast that Helen would have screaht if she had not been breathless

Her horse had the bad luck to cross soft ground He went to his knees and Helen sailed out of the saddle over his head Soft s and wet grass broke her fall She was surprised to find herself unhurt Up she bounded and certainly did not know this new Helen Rayner Her horse was co, and he had patience with her, but he wanted to hurry Helen made the quickest mount of her experience and somehow felt a pride in it She would tell Bo that But just then Bo flashed into the woods out of sight Helen fairly charged into that green foliage, breaking brush and branches She broke through into open forest Bo was inside, riding down an aisle between pines and spruces At that juncture Helen heard Dale'sinto still more open forest, with rocks here and there, she saw Dale dis with fore paws upon the tree-trunk, and then high up on a branch a huge tawny colored lion, just like Tom

Bo's horse slowed up and showed fear, but he kept on as far as Dale's horse But Helen's refused to go any nearer She had difficulty in halting hi her bridle over a stu all over, up to her sister and Dale

"Nell, you did pretty good for a tenderfoot," was Bo's greeting

"It was a fine chase," said Dale "You both rode well I wish you could have seen the lion on the ground He bounded--great long bounds with his tail up in the air--very funny An' Pedro alht up with him That scared me, because he would have killed the hound Pedro was close to him when he treed An' there he is--the yellow deer-killer He's a rown"

With that Dale pulled his rifle from its saddle-sheath and looked expectantly at Bo But she was gazing with great interest and admiration up at the lion

"Isn't he just beautiful?" she burst out "Oh, look at hiht fall off"

"He sure does Lions are never sure of their balance in a tree But I never saw onethere"