among a thousand! A buffalo calf! Ha! git on with
ye!"
This last part of the remark was addressed to his
horse, and was followed by a whack that increased the
pace considerably.
The space between two such riders was soon devoured.
"Hallo! Dick--Dick Varley!"
"Eh! why, Marston, my boy!"
The friends reined up so suddenly that one might
have fancied they had met like the knights of old in the