Moreover, it was uttered with a yell that would

have done credit to the fiercest of all the savages.

"Crusoe!" he shouted, while at the same moment he

brought his whip heavily down on the flank of his little

horse, and sprang over the prairie like an arrow.

One of the approaching horsemen was far ahead of

his comrades, and seemed as if encircled with the flying

and voluminous mane of his magnificent horse.

"Ha! ho!" gasped Marston in a low tone to himself,

as he flew along. "Crusoe! I'd know ye, dog,