heart thumped against his ribs, every muscle thrilled
with a gush of conflicting feelings, and he
hurled
himself
over the score like a cannon shot, full six inches
ahead of the little chief!
But the thing did not by any means end here. Tarwicadia
pulled up the instant he had passed. Not so
our Canadian. Such a clumsy and colossal frame was
not to be checked in a moment. The crowd of Indians