Sunset Ranch: A Story of a Boy's Adventures in the West — page 123: what you’re looking at

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Horse Thieves. 113 along the ground at the heels of an Indian pony. Somewhat battered and on the verge of fainting from the shock, Cuthbert felt himself snatched up by a strong arm and placed before a rider—then the exultant yells of the successful marauders died away, even the steady thumping of horses’ hoofs close to him became like the murmur of a fretful stream, and for the first time in his life Cuthbert Lee swooned fully away. Comiclboe® ‘S C©