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I was once given a cup of this whey to drink and I brightened, for until it was in my mouth, I thought it was buttermilk. Beyond was the spring-house with cans of milk set in the cool water and with a trickling sound beneath the boards. From the spring-house there started those mysterious cow-paths that led down into the great gorge that cut the farm.
The cow-paths answered as guides for quite a mile, Mike being thoroughly acquainted with all their sinuosities. The captain and serjeant, however, each carried a pocket compass, an instrument without which few ventured far into the forests.
The general called to one of them by name: 'Have you got the road from here to Metting? 'Yes, General. 'Name all the places between here and there. Then the officer, without hesitation, told the names of all the villages, farms, streams, bridges, and woods, the turnings of the roads, the very cow-paths. The general followed him on the large map with his finger. 'That's all right.
As soon as I hit the cow-paths, I knew they would lead me to the barns and sheds. See! a man is actually descending from a window!" "Oh! Bob, I hope it is not my father! He is too old it is risking too much to let him quit the house." "I will tell you better when he reaches the ground. Unless mistaken ay it is the Irishman, O'Hearn." "Honest Mike!
The man was Vanamee beyond all doubt, and a little later Presley, descending the maze of cow-paths and cattle-trails that led down towards the Broderson Creek, overtook his friend. Instantly Presley was aware of an immense change.
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