IN COWBOY LAND. 247 



was something either half human or half devil, 

 some great goblin-beast, abandoned every- 

 thing but his rifle and struck off at speed down 

 the pass, not halting until he reached the bea- 

 ver meadows where the hobbled ponies were 

 still grazing. Mounting, he rode onwards 

 through the night, until far beyond the reach 

 of pursuit. 



