This Corporal Hal saw in his one swift glance, as the outfit went by like a whirlwind.
What he didn't see the soldier boy didn't even stop to guess.
"Let go, Claxton!" he shouted, snatching the bridle from the orderly's hand.
All in a twinkling Hal was up in saddle and urging the magnificent cavalry animal forward.
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
SCORES of brave, quick-witted men in uniform were leaping forward to use their sweeping arms to divert the runaways. But Corporal Hal's swift glance forward as he bent over the neck of the cavalry horse and urged it forward showed that these soldiers could not possibly save the woman and girl in the victoria.
To whichever side the horses might be forced into dodging, the wild, snorting animals would still run over blocking soldiers and bring up in a confused tangle of wreckage among the guns.
"On—on with you!" roared Corporal Hal, beating the horse's flank with one hand and cudgeling with his heels.