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LaveHING Boy 245 A A A A A A A A A A A A AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AA ens sight of him it began walking as it grazed, then, seeing him draw slightly nearer, broke into a trot, and thus all morning, matching its pace to his, kept a quarter of a mile between them. He tried to edge it towards the left, but it seemed to guess his intention, taking advantage of a butte that prevented heading off to break sharply right and gallop furiously a mile in the direction of the rail- ® road. It was never panicked, never too hurried, expending always just enough effort. As he pursued, Laughing Boy admired. The chestnut stallion was coming into its strength, | cleaming, round quarters, bunched muscles at the ~ ‘uncture of the throat and chest, a ripple of high- ight and shadow on the withers, arched neck, ~ oricked small Arab ears, bony head, eyes and | -ostrils of character and intelligence. It was one | -{ those ponies, occasionally to be found, in which | ne reads a page of the history of that country; a | arowback to Spanish Conquistadores and dainty- | -ooved, bony-faced horses from Arabia. | Midday was warm, sandy dust rose from the | ail in clouds. Laughing Boy munched raisins 1 22d chocolate as he rode, remembering when the L —en on the posse had offered him the same ra- | =-ns. That girl, she was a whole war-party in ~zerself! The stallion balked at the railroad tracks, | =:nsidered, and cleared them with a nervous leap.

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