"Let us ride on." "First," he suggested, "I must tell you that before I left Elkhead I heard a hint of some remarkable story concerning a man and a horse and a dog.

Is there anything--" But it seemed that she did not hear.

He heard a sharp, low exclamation which might have been addressed to her horse, and the next instant she was galloping swiftly down the slope.

The doctor followed as fast as he could, jouncing in the saddle until he was quite out of breath..