RANGER WALLACE 
W ALLACE, the ranger, dismount¬ 
ed, drawing the bridle reins over 
his pony’s head, and allowing 
them to trail upon the ground as a “blind 
halter.” Then, as rapidly as the roughness of 
the going permitted, he made his way through 
the timber, toward the point where O-Go 
lay. The trip consumed at least ten minutes, 
although the distance travelled was not much 
over two hundred yards; for the hillside was 
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