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Priest reined in his horse, and not having wasted cartridges in the open-air shooting, returned the compliment until he emptied his gun. By this time every officer in the town was throwing lead after us, some of which cried a little too close for comfort. When there was no longer any shooting on our flanks, we turned into a cross street and soon left the lead behind us.
Presently they came to a patch of ground that had been broken by the wind or the rain, or perhaps both together. The shadows so fell that the travellers did not realise the treacherous nature of the soil until they were right in the middle of it. Cumshaw's horse floundered and would have fallen on its knees had he not reined in sharply. This caused him to cannon into his companion's mount.
A cloud of dust was visible at the debouchement of the Medellin road. It appeared to hang over a small body of troops upon the march. The sun was just setting, and, as the cloud lay towards the west, I could distinguish the sparkling of bright objects through its dun volume. The guerilleros had reined up their horses, and were eagerly gazing towards the same point.
At this moment two horsemen rode up and reined in their horses to witness the fray. They were father and son, and the instant the eyes of the elder fell upon Archie he exclaimed to his son: "This is good fortune. That is young Forbes fighting by the side of the outlaw Wallace. I will finish our dispute at once."
The girl reined in beside him, and her hand went out to his, and he found himself gazing deep into her eyes. "For what you have done, Brian," she said simply, "thanks. Now let us ride back, for I think there is work before us, and we shall see the Dark Master soon enough." "I am not minded to wait his coming," quoth Yellow Brian darkly, and they returned.
I assumed my old rôle of writing the names of the wounded, but when, at nine o'clock, the 10th Maine regiment a fragment of the proud column which passed me in the morning returned, I hailed Colonel Beale, and reined with him into a clover-field, the files following wearily.
The others, the blind and the maimed, had crawled away to their dens. Except this grim motionless man, there was no one squatting upon the ground. Shere Ali reined in beside him, and bending forward in his saddle spoke in a low voice a few words of Pushtu. The hooded figure did not move, but from behind the blanket there issued a muffled voice.
The old man was astounded, stood still, while Maria Nikolaevna chuckled, and put her mare into a gallop. 'Do you enjoy riding so much? Sanin asked, as he overtook her. Maria Nikolaevna reined her mare in once more: only in this way could she bring her to a stop. 'I only wanted to get away from thanks. If any one thanks me, he spoils my pleasure.
"I thank you, Miss Huston," he acknowledged, gravely, handing back her card-case. "Will you signal the driver to stop?" she requested. They were now driving through the western part of Washington. When the driver found himself signaled he reined up, then came to the cab door. "You know where to go?" she said. "Yes," nodded the man. "Drive there, then."
Perhaps only Frank and I thought of it; but I saw a merry snap in Frank's eyes, and kept silent. Kitty had hidden behind the pine tree. Lawson, astride Jones' pack horse, a crochety animal, reined in just abreast of the tree, and leisurely threw his leg over the saddle. Kitty leaped out to the extent of her chain, and fairly exploded in a frightful cat-spit.
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