And beside them the lantern-jawed cowpuncher held the bridle of the piebald mustang.

He busted that hoss in-a little piebald mustang, tougher 'n iron-andthat was why I didn't catch him till we hit Eldara.

In a few seconds more, the body rose in sight; and then the thighs and legs, with a large piebald mustang between them.

"Did he," asked Steve, "ride a piebald mustang?"

"All I know is that the feller who used to own that piebald mustang is pretty mad and cusses every time he thinks of him."