ith his feet and make a loud and piercing whinny. Then, of a
surety, the Lennox man, Hollyhock's father, would come out, and he,
Lightning Speed, would lead him to the scene of danger.

Now there was one fact that both girl and horse forgot. In order to
get out and in Hollyhock had taken pains early in the day to secure the
gate keys of the Palace of the Kings; but both horse and girl forgot
that the gates of The Garden, the beloved home of Lightning Speed,
would be locked until early in the morning. It would be all in vain
for Lightning Speed to try to surmount those high iron gates, in order
to secure the services of George Lennox.

But while Hollyhock thus clung desperately to the narrow ledge of rock,
which was at least twenty feet down from the top of the famous leap,
and forty feet above the roaring torrent of water, Magsie had not been
idle. She wasted no time in waking the house. She concluded at once
that Miss Hollyhock was away, because Lightning Speed was away. In a
flash she guessed why the girl had done no feat that day. She also
felt almost certain where she would take Lightning Speed. For horse
and rider to leap a chasm of twelve feet in the bright moonlight would
be a fine act of courage, a mighty act, just the thing that Miss
Hollyhock would attempt, and Magsie now recalled with dismay certain
hints about the gorge dropped by that intrepid young horse-woman.

It has been said that the Palace of the Kings lay between The Paddock
and The Garden, but if anything it was a trifle nearer to The Paddock
than it was to The Garden. Magsie therefore determined to go to The
Paddock and get the help of Master Jasper and any others she could
find, in the vague and almost forlorn hope of rescuing Hollyhock.

There seemed no hope for her; but Magsie must do her best. How she
blamed herself now for allowing Joey Comfort to bring the horse to
Ardshiel! But it was too late for praise or for blame. All Magsie
could do was to act, and act promptly. Accordingly, flying like a wild
creature, she made for the lodge gates, which, as she had feared, she
found unlocked. Hollyhock had the keys. She soon reached The Paddock,
entered by the smaller gate, and flung gravel at the window of Master
Jasper's room.

In an instant Jasper put out his head. 'Why, Magsie, whatever is
wrong?' he said.

'Why, _all_ is wrong, and mighty wrong,' said Magsie. 'Come along this
minute, Master Jasper, and bring wi' ye a coil o