Bayard, grasping Bobby's hand.

"O, never mind, sir;" and Bobby blushed just as he had blushed when the
young lady spoke to him.

"We shall never forget you--shall we, father?" added Ellen.

"No, my child; and I shall endeavor to repay, to some slight extent,
our indebtedness to him. But you have not yet told me how you were
saved."

"O, I merely stopped the horse; that's all," answered Bobby, modestly.

"Yes, father, but he placed himself right before Kate when she was
almost flying over the ground. When I saw him, I was certain that he
would lose his life, or be horribly mangled for his boldness,"
interposed Ellen.

"It was a daring deed, young man, to place yourself before an
affrighted horse in that manner," said Mr. Bayard.

"I didn't mind it, sir."

"And then he flourished a big club, almost as big as he is himself, in
the air, which made Kate pause in her mad career, when my deliverer
here grasped her by the bit and held her."

"It was well and bravely done."

"That it was, father; not many men would have been bold enough to do