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She was being pursued by an Indian buck, armed with a rifle. The buck seemed savagely determined to overtake the girl. He was mounted on a larger, and evidently a fleeter, horse, for at every stride he came a shade closer.

“Is thet ther ceremony o’ ther fastest hoss, Buffler?” queried the startled Nomad. “Ef ther buck ketches ther gal, will she marry him? Hey?”

“That isn’t the ceremony of the fastest horse, Nick,” answered the scout. “The buck wouldn’t be shooting at the girl if it was.”

“Mebbyso he was jest shootin’ ter skeer her.”

“It’s not the right way to win a bride—or a Cheyenne bride. As near as I can make out, those two are Cheyennes.”

“Ther gal’s a Cheyenne, but at this distance I take ther buck fer a Ponca.”

“I reckon you’re right, Nick. The buck is a Ponca and the girl a Cheyenne. There’s a good deal of bad blood between the Cheyennes and the Poncas just now, and we can’t overlook the fact that the under dog, in this case, is a squaw. We’ll save her.”

“Shore we’ll save her!” averred Nomad. “I knowed ye’d be fer doin’ thet all along. We’re jest fixed right ter slide down this hill and sashay in between ther two.”