If the King had not been so keen-sighted, so swift, he would have gone down with a broken leg.

Lucy never in her life had been so furious.
Joel shook his fist at her and yelled, "I'd 'a' got you--on any other hoss!" She did not reply, though she had to fight herself to keep from pulling her gun and shooting at him.

She guided the running horse back into the trail, rapidly leaving Creech out of sight.
"He's gone crazy, that's sure," said Lucy.

"And he means me harm!" She ran the King clear up to the corrals, and he was still going hard when she turned down the lane to the barns.

Then she pulled him in.
Farlane was there to meet her.