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THE RIDER OF THE BLACK HORSE
"Your horses ? Are they yours?"
"Yes, or at least one of them is, and the other two are more mine than yours. Have you horses here?"
"Yes, back near the road. What are you doing here? Where are your men?"
"I have n't any men. I'm all alone."
"What!" exclaimed Joseph. And then he laughed heartily as he said, "It's a good one on us. We 'll never hear the last of it. But come along and we 'll hear the rest of it. You 're going on now, are n't you?"
