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Many hard words, and blows, too, he had dealt cowboys for being brutal. "What'd he do?" "Look at Spottie's mouth." The rancher's way of approaching a horse was singularly different from his son's, notwithstanding the fact that Spottie knew him and showed no uneasiness. The examination took only a moment. "Tongue cut bad. Thet's a damn shame. Take thet bridle off.... There.
A bullet had grazed the rancher's head, ploughing a little furrow as it passed, but there was nothing more. Had Tad not reached him in time no doubt he would have been killed. Getting water from the chuck wagon, Tad bathed the wound and dashed water into the rancher's face until signs of returning consciousness were evident. After a little while Mr.
Sundown, anticipating more turkeys, slid from his horse without delay. He stalked stealthily toward the quivering dog. Then, dropping the reins, he ran to Corliss, knelt beside him, and lifted his head. He called to him. He ripped the rancher's shirt open and felt over his heart. "They killed me boss!
She didn't see the joke, but the mule and I did. Grand Canyon life was too exciting for her, so she left us. A quaint little person was the rancher's wife who brought fresh eggs and vegetables to us. She wore scant pajamas instead of skirts, because she thought it "more genteel," she explained.
She may know how to prepare or comfort you I hope so. Cora is a noble woman, but the secret which kept my thoughts in such a whirl has held us apart. "You did what I asked. You found a place for Rancher's waiter in the volunteer corps. Surprised as you were at the interest I expressed in him, you honored my first request and said nothing.
The action might have deceived one of his own sex, but Helen, who wondered what his motive was, grew piqued as well as curious. "I've been worrying over things lately," continued Savine. "There was one of the rancher's hired men in and he told our folks a mixed story about a sluice gate bursting. You never mentioned it to me.
This offer not only caught the popular fancy north of the Rio Grande, but it likewise had an effect on the other side of the river, for on the very next day General Luis Longorio set out for Romero to investigate personally the rancher's disappearance.
This was a maxim of Buck Daniels, and Buck Daniels knew a great deal about women, as many a school marm and many a rancher's daughter of the mountain-desert could testify. Also Buck Daniels said of women: "It ain't what you say to 'em so much as the tune you put it to." Now he sat this day in O'Brien's hotel dining-room.
Now I will make you an offer." Nasmyth considered it gravely. As it happened, he was feeling sorry for the rancher's daughter, and it was this fact chiefly which led him to come to terms with the man, since it seemed to him that there were tasks the girl must shrink from tasks of which he could relieve her.
No, I don't think there will be any buying and selling between us, George Iredale." "Then what do you propose? We may as well come to a definite arrangement." The rancher's tone was peculiar. "We'll run this thing for all it's worth. Hang to it as long as there's a cent to be made." Hervey helped himself to more whisky. His self-satisfaction was immense.
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