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By
good
fortune
she
was
not
one
of
those
timid
maidens
who
turn
frantic
at
a
crisis
,
and
drag
to
the
bottom
the
swimmer
who
would
save
them
.
She
had
faith
in
the
capability
of
her
counsellor
--
believed
that
he
knew
what
he
was
about
--
and
,
once
more
spurring
the
mare
into
a
gallop
,
she
rode
off
in
a
direct
line
for
the
prairie
pond
.
At
the
same
instant
,
Maurice
had
given
the
rein
to
his
horse
,
and
was
riding
in
the
opposite
direction
--
back
to
the
place
where
they
had
leaped
the
arroyo
!
On
parting
from
his
companion
,
he
had
drawn
from
his
saddle
holster
the
finest
weapon
ever
wielded
upon
the
prairies
--
either
for
attack
or
defence
,
against
Indian
,
buffalo
,
or
bear
.
It
was
the
six-chambered
revolver
of
Colonel
Colt
--
not
the
spurious
improvement
of
Deane
,
Adams
,
and
a
host
of
retrograde
imitators
--
but
the
genuine
article
from
the
"
land
of
wooden
nutmegs
,
"
with
the
Hartford
brand
upon
its
breech
.
"
They
must
get
over
the
narrow
place
where
we
crossed
,
"
muttered
he
,
as
he
faced
towards
the
stallions
,
still
advancing
on
the
other
side
of
the
arroyo
.
"
If
I
can
but
fling
one
of
them
in
his
tracks
,
it
may
hinder
the
others
from
attempting
the
leap
;
or
delay
them
--
long
enough
for
the
mustang
to
make
its
escape
.
The
big
sorrel
is
leading
.
He
will
make
the
spring
first
.
The
pistol
's
good
for
a
hundred
paces
.
He
's
within
range
now
!
"
Simultaneous
with
the
last
words
came
the
crack
of
the
six-shooter
.
The
largest
of
the
stallions
--
a
sorrel
in
colour
--
rolled
headlong
upon
the
sward
;
his
carcass
falling
transversely
across
the
line
that
led
to
the
leap
.
Half-a-dozen
others
,
close
following
,
were
instantly
brought
to
a
stand
;
and
then
the
whole
cavallada
!
The
mustanger
stayed
not
to
note
their
movements
.
Taking
advantage
of
the
confusion
caused
by
the
fall
of
their
leader
,
he
reserved
the
fire
of
the
other
five
chambers
;
and
,
wheeling
to
the
west
,
spurred
on
after
the
spotted
mustang
,
now
far
on
its
way
towards
the
glistening
pond
.
Whether
dismayed
by
the
fall
of
their
chief
--
or
whether
it
was
that
his
dead
body
had
hindered
them
from
approaching
the
only
place
where
the
chasm
could
have
been
cleared
at
a
leap
--
the
stallions
abandoned
the
pursuit
;
and
Maurice
had
the
prairie
to
himself
as
he
swept
on
after
his
fellow
fugitive
.
He
overtook
her
beyond
the
convergence
of
the
fences
on
the
shore
of
the
pond
.
She
had
obeyed
him
in
everything
--
except
as
to
the
closing
of
the
gap
.
He
found
it
open
--
the
bars
lying
scattered
over
the
ground
.
He
found
her
still
seated
in
the
saddle
,
relieved
from
all
apprehension
for
his
safety
,
and
only
trembling
with
a
gratitude
that
longed
to
find
expression
in
speech
