"Gone."
"Dead?"
"No, somebody stole him while I was up in a tree looking over the situation."
"That's too bad. I know you set a store by that horse."
"I wouldn't lose him for a thousand dollars,—no, not for five times that amount," replied the young major, earnestly.
And Deck meant what he said. To him the loss of faithful Ceph meant more than any of his comrades in arms could understand. He wondered if he should ever set eyes on the noble animal again.