so strangely still on the ground. Why 

 did he not come? And those two crea- 

 tures whose smell they feared — why did 

 he stay so near? 



They took a few steps nearer and 

 again waited, eyes and ears and uplift- 

 ed hoofs asking the question, " Why 

 doesn't he come? Why does he let 

 those dreadful creatures go so close? " 

 Then, as we bent over their fallen hero, 

 they knew he was forever lost to them, 

 and fear sent them speeding out of sight. 



1V.^ 



