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The true stockrider thinks himself just as good a man as his boss, and inasmuch as "the boss" never makes any money, while the stockman gets his wages, the stockman may be considered as having the better position of the two. Sheepmen like to think that they know all about cattle, and could work them if they chose.
"Missus no more stockrider"; but a letter waiting for us at the homestead made "bush" more than ever imperative: a letter, from the foreman of the telegraphic repairing line party, asking for a mob of killers, and fixing a date for its delivery to one "Happy Dick."
A plump boy, who several months before had been consigned to a mission station quite out of the neighbourhood, presented himself at the head office, and with a rather rueful countenance answered a few of the preliminary inquiries of the Protector. Confidence having been gained, particular questions were asked. "Yis," said the boy, "me bin stockrider belonga Yenda.
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