At first no one saw him.

Then a Cossack spied him and sent his horse straight at him.

Fred leaped aside as he saw that the man meant to ride him down, and, shouting, waved his white flag.

He dodged the first assault, but the Cossack spun his pony around in little more than his own length, and waving his dangerous lance, came at him again.

He shouted again, and waved his white flag harder than ever.