CHAPTER IV.
SOMETHING YELLOW The crowd laughed again at the excitement of Morgan, and Silent's mirth particularly was loud and long.
"An' if you're still bent on charity," he said at last, "maybe we could find somethin' else to lay a bet on!" "Anything you name!" said Morgan hotly.
"I suppose," said Silent, "that you're some rider, eh ?" "I c'n get by with most of 'em." "Yeh--I suppose you never pulled leather in your life ?" "Not any hoss that another man could ride straight up." "Is that so?
Well, partner, you see that roan over there ?" "That tall horse ?" "You got him.

You c'n win back that hundred if you stick on his back two minutes.

D'you take it ?" Morgan hesitated a moment.

The big roan was footing it nervously here and there, sometimes throwing up his head suddenly after the manner of a horse of bad temper.

However, the loss of that hundred dollars and the humiliation which accompanied it, weighed heavily on the saloon owner's mind.
"I'll take you," he said.
A high, thrilling whistle came faintly from the distance.
"That fellow on the black horse down the road," said Lee Haines, "I guess he's the one that can hit the four dollars?
Ha! ha! ha!" "Sure," grinned Silent, "listen to his whistle! We'll see if we can drag another bet out of the bar-keep if the roan doesn't hurt him too bad.