[A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookA Study In Scarlet CHAPTER II 11/18
Choked by the rising cloud of dust and by the steam from the struggling creatures, she might have abandoned her efforts in despair, but for a kindly voice at her elbow which assured her of assistance.
At the same moment a sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb, and forcing a way through the drove, soon brought her to the outskirts. "You're not hurt, I hope, miss," said her preserver, respectfully. She looked up at his dark, fierce face, and laughed saucily.
"I'm awful frightened," she said, naively; "whoever would have thought that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cows ?" "Thank God you kept your seat," the other said earnestly.
He was a tall, savage-looking young fellow, mounted on a powerful roan horse, and clad in the rough dress of a hunter, with a long rifle slung over his shoulders.
"I guess you are the daughter of John Ferrier," he remarked, "I saw you ride down from his house.
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