United States or Norfolk Island ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The horse drank greedily and nickered reproachfully when the man informed him that he must cool off before being allowed to drink his fill. For an hour the man sat on his saddle and smoked; then, after drawing several cans of water for the horse, he spread the saddle-blanket on the ground and poured thereon a feed of oats from a meager supply cached on the saddle.
Good-bye, Gray Leg, and you two poor horses that have to carry the packs. Don't stay away all winter." Lorry swung up and started the pack-horses. At the edge of the timber he turned and waved his hat. Dorothy and her father answered with a hearty Good-bye that echoed through the slumbering wood lands. One of Bronson's horses raised his head and nickered. "Chinook is saying 'Adios, too.
As they stepped out to the veranda, the horses recognized Cheyenne and nickered gently. "Going south?" queried Bartley. "That's me. I got the silver changed to bills and some of the bills changed to grub. I reckon I'll head south. Kind of wish you was headed that way." Bartley bit the end from his cigar and lighted it, as he gazed out across the morning mesa.
But when she reached the gate herself, she saw her standing over a boy asleep on the grass of the opposite bank. Abdiel, lying on his bosom, watched her with keen friendly eyes. Clare was dreaming some agreeable morning-dream; for a smile of such pleasure as could haunt only an innocent face, nickered on it like a sunny ripple on the still water of a pool.
As the reverend gentleman went on, it darkened into the expression of perfect torture; he gasped and started as if every word uttered had given him a mortal stab; his keen old eye nickered with scintillations of unnatural and turbid fire, until the rebuke was ended.
"I'll sing him Mountain Lad's song," Dick bullied, a whimsical sparkle in his eyes. He stamped his feet, pranced, nickered a not bad imitation of Mountain Lad, tossed an imaginary mane, and cried: "Hear me! I am Eros! I stamp upon the hills!" "The Acorn Song," Paula interrupted quickly and quietly, with just the hint of steel in her voice.
The abandoned horse nickered lonesomely and then began to graze on tufts of grass, moving slowly to favor his foot. The two moons rode the sky as the hours advanced, their beams fighting the shadows. Travis felt reasonably safe from any attack at ground level, depending upon the coyotes for warning. But he held them all to a steady pace.
John Paul Jones had been comfortably housed in the little stable nearby. He nickered affectionately as his master came up and led him out. The young officer stood a few moments looking at the splendid horse, and with the look came a flood of memories so painful that he bowed his head in the saddle. When he looked up Jack Bracken stood by his side: "I don't much like this, Cap'n Tom.
He drew her close in his arms, united at last in complete understanding. The brown saddler, left free, wandered away indifferently; but Pat remained beside them, and presently they felt the tender touch of his beautiful head, as if in comprehension and blessing. Their hands went out to him, and Pat nickered softly at the love in their caress.
As we approached, the donkey nickered; and as its family is famed for reticence, such proof of friendliness made me yearn to possess the deserted little beast. But its legs were very thin, its hoofs exceedingly small, and the thought of loading so frail a structure with the great packs that held my camping kit seemed a barbarity.
Word Of The Day