 | Joseph Mills Hanson - 1909 - 548 strani
...him within ten feet. They were rushing along the foot of the little bluff. Their aim was so directed in the line of the flying battalion that Porter's...was a terrible one. One supreme effort and, half in his saddle, the dusky charger bore away his master like the wind. He gained the full seat, and lying... | |
 | Clement Augustus Lounsberry - 1919 - 838 strani
...presence was unnoticed. He was unarmed and his powerful black horse reared and plunged as if he were mad. Porter saw the fate that was in the immediate...was running a gauntlet where the chances of death were a thousand to one. The Indians were quick to see the lone rider, and a storm of leaden hail fell... | |
 | Zena Irma Trinka - 1920 - 468 strani
...saddle seemed a forlorn effort. Leap after leap he made with the horse quicker than he. It was only a brief ordeal, but in the face of death it was a terrible one. With a supreme effort he half got into the saddle and the dusky charger bore him off, with the Indians... | |
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Pioneer-Prus. 293 left his lost patient and led his horse to the embankment that protected the woods. He was startled by Indians dashing by him within ten feet. They were rushing along the foot of the little bluff. Their aim was so directed in the line... 