THE-:- HORSE 



jacent bluff. The cowboys, accustomed to 

 feats of horsemanship, thought no more of 

 the matter and went about their business. 

 The next morning, however, when a certain 

 concern for Ramon's health was beginning 

 to be felt, his much-bedraggled figure ap- 

 peared at the bunk house. It was nearly a 

 week before the cowboys succeeded in find- 

 ing the horse which had last carried Ramon, 

 and several weeks afterward a few remnants 

 of the saddle were found where they had 

 been left by the coyotes. 



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