Wade now reached the conclusion that he was being held up by a highwayman, and the best thing for him to do would be to comply with his request, for he knew that these fellows in this country, highwayman or nightrider, were as desperate in character as the most blackened criminal the world holds.
"The Nightrider's Feud"
Walter C. McConnell
George persuaded him back into the track and rode on, guessing that already he had become a genuine phantom for the self-absorbed group awakened out of its ecstasy by the mysterious vision of a nightrider.
"The Roll-Call"
Arnold Bennett