XXXVI.--THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE

XXXVII.--THE PIEBALD

XXXVIII.--THE CHALLENGE

XXXIX.--THE STORM

XL.--THE ARROYO

XLI.--THE FALLING OF NIGHT

XLII.--THE JOURNEY INTO NIGHT




THE NIGHT HORSEMAN




CHAPTER I

THE SCHOLAR


At the age of six Randall Byrne could name and bound every state in the
Union and give the date of its admission; at nine he was conversant with