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Just as Benny closed the gate with a slam the runaway horse reached it and stopped short, trembling in every limb. The girl in the buggy was as pale as a ghost. Two or three men came running up, and Benny suddenly found himself a hero. He had fallen to the ground as the gate swung to, and had struck his head so that his temple was bleeding slightly. Little Alice was crying that Benny had knocked her down, and Mrs. Bentley came running from the house.
She had seen the accident from the kitchen window, and without losing her hold on her little girl, whom she tenderly picked up, she clasped Benny in her arms as he staggered to his feet.