The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02

queer II the chap wc left at the double gates
like. q wild Indian and, waving his saddle bian.
ket,r replied tho doubling gentleman.
tho others explained.
This put another face on tho matter, and the
before anything else could be said, the young
man II 9 1UuSG 1dSIn, came me gnalloPinE up; n.,'
had no need to inquire. Their attitude and the
uneasy movements of their horses showed, un.
way did II go T. was the next question. TRccrna
was no need to make reply. The direction in
s TSsiSsd a ahS snGts%Sn which, SifSn SSy It fy Vent. second
Lets get out OF here, y said the young man N
tho next breath; And there was no nocd TO make
consent. and as, by one impulse, horses md men
started for the bars at 2 rapid trot. When tho
Each one was put carefully back in its proper
place, for though this was but a slight barrier to
Black Thing, yet 1t was something.
Once in the road they felt moro at case-not
seemed that the night had suddenly trailed it "a
dark mantle westward.
or "p i'd you nc, notice; said idd the you ESoTn tL man Tn who VA:
was riding the Thing had no head r.
,h "I do SG55itf@ipTl HcI had that !. appearance" replied
young ns mani %%s' II" TIT came N so SoU close o. to iP mo that M {
ular that the Thing on tho back of the Thing
didn't have no sign Of head. no more than my
The. exaggcration OF tho young man was I'm.
blushing, IL the Thing had come within ten
yards Of him he would have fallen off his horse
And what was you doing all that timer
George, Gossett inquired. His tone implied Q
O"1rying to get away from that part Of tho
the same hoss that got after us that night, tho
young man continued. 81 knowed ii by tho
blaze in his eyes and the red on the inside Of his
cigar by holding it close to his eyes"
"I know how skecry you arc. said George
took time to notice ali these things. YOU
"Skcer'd!" exclaimed the other; why. that
mir mind Was ''s sEeer ed and not ad my eyes ~. an You nG ca ny
help seeing what's right at you. can you T.
nth This frank f1ankness took the HE'S. edge of any criticism
which the young man gave loose reins to his in.
%vention, which was happy enough in this in
a place for in the minds OF his companions.
but it was all the simplest thing in the world.
and the Black stallion. The Son Of Ben Ali had
decided that the interval between the first faint
venient time to give Timoleon his exercise and
to tit him in some sort for the vigorous work he
Aaron had hit upon that pafticuiar morninr 10 :;
begin the training of the Black Stallion. and
had selected the pasture as the training ground.
the double gates behind the fox hunters, but it
was such a, queer one that Little Crochet
.ohS ~ tHt "a SoAhS ~ he : "uth
he heard about 1t.
Aaron's version of the incident was SO entirely
who heard both would be unable to recognize in
them an account Of the. same affair from
knew it the incident was as simple as it could
be. AS he was riding the horse along the lane
behind at the st1biei. fTimoleon gave a snort and
iftei his head higher than usual;
men sS and 0 strange nen A horses nc the Their soe sme IS i hos en
the air. Some OF them are the men that went
tumbling about the pasture the night you babe
Not at this hour, Grandson OF Abdallah.' re-
piled Aaron.
Tam not smelling the hour. Son Of Ben Ali, but
the men: II we find them, shall l use my teeth r.
Wei! not see the men. Grandson OF Abdal-
But il we find them. Son of Ben Ali r. per-
sisted the Black stallion.
save your teeth for your corn. Grandson Of
Abdallah. was the response.
As they entered the double gates. which Aaron
was 81 to find ,S open; Iim ,9hlseo g gave a Sc
ing. What did l tell you. Son OF Ben Ali.i
Look yonder! There is one; the others are gall
looping further on"
II am wrong and you are right, Grandson Of
Aaron had folded a large blanket he found hang
ing in the stable and was using IL in place OF q
Group. seized the blanket with his left
hand, and, holding it by one corner. shook out
any one, his sole idea being 10 use
the blanket to screen himself from observation.
pursuit he would be compelled to lead his pur-
suers into the Abercrombie place. or along tho
public road. and either course would have been
embarrassing. II he was to be pursued at all,
he preferred to take the risk OF capture in the
wide pasture. As u last resort he could slip
word to use both teeth and heels.
And this was why the fox hunters saw the ae
partition OF n black horse and n headless rider.
shall | ride him down, Son OF Ben Air
the Black stallion.
Bear to the right, bear to the right, Grand.
son OF -Abdallah,' was the reply.
And SO the apparit!on fitted past the young
man who had left the double gates open. and
past his companions who were waiting for him
near the bars that opened on the big road. fitted
past them and disappeared.
Finding that there was no effort made to pur.
sue him Aaron checked the Black Stallion and
He heard the men let down the bars
and put them up again. and by that sign ho
knew they were not patrollcrs.
Later on in the day the doubling gentleman,
returning from the fox hunt, called by the Abcr.
cromhie plnce and stopped long enough TO tell
the White Haired Master of the queer sight he
saw in the pasture at dawn.
The boys were badly scared, y" he explained 10
Abc-cromhie. and l tell you il gave me
feclinG-a feeling that / can best de-
by saying that if the earth had opened at
feet and u red flame shot up. il wouldn't
have added one whit 10 my amaZement. That's
the honest truth
Mr.. Aoercrombie could give him no satisface
ton. though. he might have made a shrewd
guess. and Little Crotchctt. who could have
solved the mystery, had to make an excuse 10
out OF the way. so that he might have
And Aaron. when he came to see tho Little
Master that night, knew for the first time that no
had scared the hunters nearly out of their wits.
To be continued.