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So I saw that though he kept his vigorous body clean when he could, he cared nothing for it in the face of his mission. How the foreman and his wife relished being turned out during a week for a missionary and myself was not my concern, although while he and I made ready for supper over there, it struck me as hard on them.
"There'll be more of them presently, sticking up all along every side." "Will there? How many of those sticks will there be?" "Oh, I don't know; more than fifty, I should think." "A cat with fifty tails." And the little boy laughed. "Did you ever see a kitty with fifty tails?" "All sticking straight up in the air!" said the foreman. "That would be funny. She'd look like a porcupine."
Great delight of the juniors, for Blyth had been one of the chief rioters. "Well," said he, "perhaps I was a little slack." "Who was in charge of the shop at the time?" "The prisoner and another workman called Flounders." "And pray were they `slack, too, as you call it?" "Yes they were no good at all." "Were you present when the proper foreman returned?" "Yes, I was."
In an incredibly short time the whole consignment was delivered; and the men departed with a douceur for each, given through their foreman, which made them effusive in their thanks. Then we all went to our own rooms. There was a strange confidence over us all. I do not think that any one of us had a doubt as the the quiet passing of the remainder of the night.
So Ned Bannister told his story once more, and out of the alcove came the happy foreman and Nora to listen to the tale. While he told it his sweetheart's contented eyes were on him. The excitement of the night burnt pleasantly in her veins, for out of the nettle danger she had plucked safety for her sheepman.
The wrecking train's speed rapidly closed the gap of miles separating us from our reservation, and when at last at about supper time we entered upon our own section, we noted a satisfied sparkle in Foreman McDonald's eyes, when the cars, which had heretofore been lurching like ships at sea, spun with hardly a perceivable motion over the well attended road bed.
With a curse the foreman turned and the men clumped out to the yard. "He's right," said Corliss. "We'll wait." They stood around talking and commenting upon Sundown's defense of the Mexican. "'Course we could 'a' got him," said Shoop, "but it don't set right with me to be stood up by a tenderfoot. Sundown's sure loco." "I don't know, Bud. He's queer, all right, but this is his ranch.
The spokesman of the trail cutters met Flood's invitation to dinner with excuses about the pressing demands on his time, and urged, if it did not seriously interfere with our plans, that he be allowed to inspect the herd before crossing the river. His reasons seemed trivial and our foreman was not convinced.
"Yes," said Ted. "and while you're about it see if you can't find that foreman of the Running Water Ranch, and have him round up his boys or a few good fellows who will back us up if it comes to trouble. I don't know what his name is, do you?" "Yes, his name is Andy Bowles, an' he's as good as three ordinary men." "Then fly. There's no telling what's coming off."
In addition to the promised horses, Forrest's saddle hung in the sod stable, while two extra ponies aroused the wonder of the questioning boys. "I just brought these two along," explained the foreman, "as their backs were galled during a recent rainy spell. You can see they are unfit for saddle, but with a little attention can be cured I'll show you how.
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