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"He works just like a dog does when the rabbit season opens," declared the lieutenant. "What's he up to?" "Looking for trouble," suggested Emma. Hi followed the trail he had picked up some little distance out on the desert, which the light of the full moon enabled him to do. He then stood up and gazed at the sky for a brief moment. "Unsaddle and make camp," he directed tersely.
I've prospected every foot of it." "They'll noon at Sweetwater," said Zurich. "You boys go on up to Hardscrabble. Take my horse. I'll go over to Sweetwater and hide out in the rocks to see what I can find out. There's a stony place where I can get across without leaving any trail. "Unsaddle and water. Leave the pack here, you'd better, and my saddle. They are not coming here nothing to come for.
The host silently assisted his guests to unsaddle their horses, but the more inquisitive of the crowd did not exercise so much discretion, and without scruple addressed a multitude of questions to the travellers. "Good people," said one of the cavaliers, "let us first attend to our horses, and afterwards, when we have taken a mouthful of food, we shall have a chat.
Billy loitered a minute, yawned two or three times, and finally said good night and strolled leisurely away. "I think," said Wallace, rising as the door closed behind Billy Jordan, "I'll go out an' unsaddle my cayuse. Got a handful of hay in the shed, Tommy?" "Sure thing, Bill. Help yourself." Wallace picked up his hat and turned to the door.
They were not only off the road by a dozen yards, but over a bank two feet high. And this last pound broke the back of Burleigh's obstinacy. It was nearly midnight anyway. The best thing to be done was unhitch, unsaddle and bivouac until the gray light of dawn came peering over the eastward prairie, which in that high latitude and "long-day" month would be soon after three.
"Unsaddle Teddy." She had unloosened his shirt and was tying her silk kerchief over the wound, from which blood was coming in little jets. "We can't carry him," she decided. "It's too far. We'll have to lift him to the back of the horse, and let him lie there. Steady, Dick. That's right. You must hold him on, while I lead the horse." Heavy as he was, they somehow hoisted him, and started.
Not a word was then spoken while my Indians led the mules, that were now unhitched, into the stables. Leaving the teamsters to feed and water their animals, I turned my pony over to an Omaha, to unsaddle, and marched my soldiers up to the house, of which I took possession.
Some sat under the peach-tree and nibbled sticks and killed green-heads; others leant against the fence; while a number gathered round the pig-sty and talked about curing bacon. The parson came along. All of them stared at him; watched him unsaddle his horse and hunt round for a place to fasten the beast. They regarded the man in the long black coat with awe and wonder.
"Unsaddle and eat a small snack. We was just taking a little noonday nap for ourselves." "Beans, jerky gravy, and bread," announced the short man, waiter fashion. "I'll hot up the coffee." With the word he fed little sticks and splinters to a tiny fire, now almost burned out, near the circumference of that shaded circle. "Yes, to all that; thank you," said Pete, slipping off.
They came to a great freight wagon under a tree, with tackle showing that it was a six-horse outfit. "Here we are! 'Light down and unsaddle, Petey, and we'll take off the packs. Turn your horses loose. Bobby'll look out for them when he comes. No need to hobble. There! Wash up? Over yonder's the pan. I'll pour your coffee and one for myself. I've eaten already. Pitch in!"
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