the train so as to get them all out 

 of the stream, galloped back, Bob- 

 bie with him, to guide the other 

 startled animals safely into the 

 shallows. 



Meanwhile a skilful bit of work 

 was going on in the middle of the 

 stream. Maybell, frenzied and help- 

 less, tied up with loosened ropes, was 

 kicking furiously. Lusk dexterously 

 managed to get a rope around her 

 neck and fastened the other end to 

 his pommel, held her head up, while 

 Sommers struggled to get near 

 enough to cut one of the girths; all 

 three were being swept down stream 

 by the swift current. At last he 

 succeeded, another broke, and May- 

 bell, partially released from her bur- 

 dens, was towed to shore, where by 

 this time all the horses in a dis- 

 organised group, were awaiting. 



Without a word Lusk galloped 

 down stream along the bank keeping 

 track of the floating bundle until it 

 struck against a boulder and lodged 

 there. I was much pleased to see his 

 loyal solicitude for our stuff. 



"It's his bedding, you know," 

 said Charley with a chuckle. "He 



