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"You're not hurt, I hope, miss," said her preserver, respectfully. She looked up at his dark, fierce face, and laughed saucily. YOU'RE NOT HURT I HOPE MISS SAID HER PRESERVER RESPECTFULLY SHE LOOKED UP AT HIS DARK FIERCE FACE AND LAUGHED SAUCILY
cident or design, came in violent contact with the flank of the mustang, and excited it to madness. In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider. The situation was full of peril. Every plunge of the excited horse brought it against the horns again, and goaded it to fresh madness. It was all that the girl could do to keep herself in the saddle, yet a slip would mean a terrible death under the hoofs of the unwieldy and terrified animals. Unaccustomed to sudden emergencies, her head began to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax. Choked by the rising cloud of dust and by the steam from the struggling creatures, she might have abandoned her efforts in despair, but for a kindly voice at her elbow which assured her of assistance. At the same moment a sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb, and forcing a way through the drove, soon brought her to the outskirts. ATURES EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN CAME IN VIOLENT CONTACT WITH THE FLANK OF THE MUSTANG AND EXCITED IT TO MADNESS IN AN INSTANT IT REARED UP UPON ITS HIND LEGS WITH A SNORT OF RAGE AND PRANCED AND TOSSED IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE UNSEATED ANY BUT A MOST SKILFUL RIDER THE SITUATION WAS FULL OF PERIL EVERY PLUNGE OF THE EXCITED HORSE BROUGHT IT AGAINST THE HORNS AGAIN AND GOADED IT TO FRESH MADNESS IT WAS ALL THAT THE GIRL COULD DO TO KEEP HERSELF IN THE SADDLE YET TO SLIP WOULD MEAN A TERRIBLE DEATH UNDER THE HOOFS OF THE UNWIELDY AND TERRIFIED ANIMALS UNACCUSTOMED TO SUDDEN EMERGENCIES HER HEAD BEGAN TO SWIM AND HER GRIP UPON THE BRIDLE TO RELAX CHOKED BY THE RISING CLOUD OF DUST AND BY THE STEAM FROM THE STRUGGLING CREATURES SHE MIGHT HAVE ABANDONED HER EFFORTS IN DESPAIR BUT FOR A KINDLY VOICE AT HER ELBOW WHICH ASSURED HER OF ASSISTANCE AT THE SAME MOMENT A SINEWY BROWN HAND CAUGHT THE FRIGHTENED HORSE BY THE CURB AND FORCING AWAY THROUGH THE DROVE SOON BROUGHT HER TO THE OUTSKIRTS
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