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Nor even in the days of prosperity that visited the Great Wheat Ranch of "Fall and Foster" did he ever tell his secret to his partner. I don't suppose that his progenitors ever gave him that name, or, indeed, that it was a NAME at all; but it was currently believed that as pronounced "See UP" it meant that lifting of the outer angle of the eye common to the Mongolian.
This to the cook, who came, taking steps as long as his legs would let him, and swinging a damp dishcloth in one moist red hand. "Riley, here's a man claims he's the sheriff and that he's got a warrant to search the ranch. I don't believe a word of it, and I've ordered him off the place. I wouldn't for the world resist an officer of the law put your hands up a little higher, Mr.
She would have been glad to escape stopping at the Peckham ranch over the third night; but she could not get beyond that point the wagon now being heavily laden; nor did she wish to remain out on the range at night without a shelter tent. The hold-up at the ford naturally made Frances feel somewhat timid, too.
But you go up the canyon and throw the packs off them mules and bring me Old Walker to ride. I ain't crippled; I'm all right, but this leg is sure hurting me and I believe I'll take a chance. Saddle him up and we'll start for the ranch."
He proved that his appetite was as vigorous as ever, and was eager to reach the ranch with the least possible delay. Hank promised him no time should be wasted. A lookout was kept for Bill Tozer, the boys remaining in the cavern, where they could not be seen.
"Well, you needn't go to Slow Down Ranch to find her. She isn't there, and you won't find him there either, for I saw him come by the Lark River Trail into Askatoon as I left, and a lady was with him. He booked this morning for the sleeper of the express going East to-night; so, if I were you, I'd turn my horse's nose to Askatoon, Mr. Mazarine.
It was a solid unit, this Cornish ranch, fenced away with mountains, watered by a river, pleasantly forested, and obviously predestined for the ownership of one man. Vance Cornish, on the porch of the house, felt like an enthroned king overlooking his dominions. As a matter of fact, his holdings were hardly more than nominal.
In the same report, submitted a year before the "Quarterly Journal" article, and almost a year before his study of psychology began, Carl wrote: "The manager and part-owner of the ranch is an example of a certain type of California employer.
WHEN one finds on his ranch the carcasses of two cows on the same day, and both are skinned, there can be only one conclusion.
An abundance of wood was at hand for heating the branding-irons, and every little detail to facilitate the work had been provided for. Giving notice that we would receive every morning on the open prairie only, we declined an invitation to remain at the ranch and returned to my wagon. In the valley the grass was well forward.
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