They were helpless to aid in diverting the mass of maddened animals that swung toward them, and galloping their horses to a point of safety, they turned in their saddles and viewed the strange sight.
Lighted by the almost continuous flashes of the lightning, the bellowing, thundering herd crashed by....

Far behind it, and in safety, were the white figures of the men who had caused the panic, sneaking off into the night.

They had been seen by the Star Circle riders, but there was no time to think of them now.

At the head of the herd, Whitey could see two men, their horses set at a mad run.

Buck Milton was one, and the other a dare-devil young fellow named Tom, who was Buck's closest friend.
And as Buck and Tom rode, Whitey could see them firing their guns almost in the faces of the foremost maddened steers.