get b'low," suggested Henri. "Voilà!" he added, pointing

with his finger towards the plain; "dere am a lot

of wild hosses."

A troop of about thirty wild horses appeared, as he

spoke, on the brow of a ridge, and advanced slowly

towards them.

"Hist!" exclaimed Joe, reining up; "hold on, lads.

Wild horses! my rifle to a pop-gun there's wilder men

on t'other side o' them."

"What mean you, Joe?" inquired Dick, riding close