...Bluff. "Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky. ... In a second or two it becomes a horse and rider, rising and falling, rising and falling — 90 growing more and more distinct . . . nearer and still nearer, and the flutter of the hoofs comes...

...COMES!" Every neck is stretched further, and every eye strained wider. Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against...a horse and rider, rising and falling, rising and falling—sweeping toward us nearer and nearer—growing more and more distinct, more and more sharply...

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...comes!" Every neck is stretched further, and every eye strained wider. Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against...second or two it becomes a horse and rider, rising nearer — growing more and more defined — nearer and nearer, and the flutter of the hoofs comes...

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...R3: Every neck is stretched further, and every eye strained wider. R4: Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky, and it is plain that it moves. Well, l should think so! R5: ln a second or two it becomes a horse and rider, R6: rising and falling, rising...

...his book Roughing It: [A] cross the endless . . . prairie a black speck appears against the sky ... In a second or two it becomes a horse and rider, rising and falling . . . nearer and nearer still, and the flutter of the hoofs comes faintly to the ear — another instant...

...Roughing It: Every neck is stretched further, and every eye strained wider. Away across the endless . . . prairie a black speck appears against the sky, and it is plain that it moves. ... In a second or two it becomes a horse and rider, rising and falling, rising and falling— sweeping...