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Rh went the wagon over rocks and decaying tree trunks.

"Whoa!" shouted Matt. "Whoa, Billy, whoa! You have left the road, old boy! Whoa!"

But now a blinding flash of lightning lit up the scene, and then came another crash of thunder, even louder than before. Billy reared up, and then came down with a leap. On the instant he was off, like a rocket, over bushes, logs and rocks, dragging the swaying and creaking wagon after him!