THE RUINED TEMPLES Ned revived and sat up.

Cold water which Obed had brought in his hat from the river was dripping from his face.

At his feet lay a huge black animal, terrible even in death.

There was one wound in his head, where Ned's bullet had gone in, and another through the right eye, where Obed's had entered, reaching the brain.

Ned's strength now returned fully and the color came back to his face.