This is the end of
this adventure. Where's Norris? We want that magpie horse which we won."
The men dispersed after this speech, which closed with a ringing cheer
from the broncho boys and the cow-punchers and other friends of Hatrack.
But Norris could not be found. He and the horse and the jockey had
disappeared. Ted rounded the boys up, and all were present except Kit.
"Where's Kit?" he asked.
"Don't know," said Bud. "He was around here a few minutes ago. Reckon
he's somewhere about."
The crowd having dispersed uptown, a search was made for Kit, but he
could not be found.
"I wonder if some of that gang hasn't got square with us by some foul
play on Kit," said Ted. "It would be like the coyotes. Kit was the
smallest of the lot, and naturally the cowards would pick him."
"Kit's small, all right," said Stella stoutly, for she and Kit were
great friends, and Stella was always one to stick up for those she
liked. "If they pick Kit for his size, and think they have got an easy
thing, they will find that they have gathered up a red-hot Chile pepper.
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