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As they approached, he held Mrs. Dillon by the sleeve, and I realized that for Uncle Jake the sun would never shine again. Judge Dillon, a big-boned silent man, I had met. And after the shower of questions poured upon Blister had abated, and the mare had been gentled, petted and given a lump of sugar with a final hug, he presented me to his wife. "My cousin, Miss Goodloe," said Mrs.
"A good, big supper, it will have to be," smiled this gentled Miss Theodosia. "I've got to get up my strength! No tea-and-toast-and-jam supper to-night." She heated her gridiron smoking hot and broiled a bit of steak. She tossed together little feathery biscuit and made coffee, fragrant and strong. Momently, Miss Theodosia's strength "got up."
"Sure. Course she was scared. What woman wouldn't be? We oughtn't both to have left her. But there wasn't one chance in a thousand of his stumbling on the very spot where she was," said Healy. Phil gentled her with a caressing hand. "It's all right now, sis. Did you happen to see the fellow at all?" "Yes. At a distance." "I don't suppose you would know him," Healy said.
The horses backed, and laid their ears flat, and David, grooming one of them, gentled him and inquired of him confidentially what was the matter. "Oh, David, come out here! please come out!" called Letty breathlessly. "I've got to see you."
I admit I let then herders make a monkey of me.... They slipped up behind, going down into Antelope coulee, and slid down the bluff onto me; and, before I could get up, they got me tied, all right. I licked one of 'en before that, and thought I had 'en gentled down " Andy stopped short, silenced by that unexplainable sense which warns us when our words are received with cold disbelief.
I'll let you try him some day, when he's gentled." "Well, if I wasn't so big 'n' heavy I'd take you up on that," said Creede, "but I'm just as much obliged, all the same. I don't claim to be no bronco-buster now, but I used to ride some myself when I was a kid.
Then I went to the nearest calf, gentled it, picked it up, lifted it onto my back, its legs sticking out in front of me across my shoulders, and paced back and forth along the inside of the fence, the mother following me, licking the calf and lowing, but mild and with no show of anger, let alone any threat of attack on me. Before I put the calf down the superintendent came along.
She always was good, but folks did use to say she was sort of hard and positive. Now, she's kind of gentled noticed that?" "Yes, I have noticed it; but I must go. Give me the papers. You love a talk." "There's no news of John?" "None of late. He is with General Grant but where we do not know." "It's right pleasant to have Josiah back. Lord! but he's strong on war stories ought to hear him.
I called you in because she said she wanted to see a real cow-puncher." "Oh, BUCK!" cried the woman. For an instant the cow-puncher's level brows drew together. Then he caught the woman's glance fair. He smiled. "Well, I ain't much to look at," he proffered. "That's not for you to say, sir," said Estrella, recovering. "Brent, here, gentled your pony for you," exclaimed Senor Johnson.
Jerseys, and other blooded cattle thrive in the valleys, where there are no free ranges, but the backwoodsman does not want "critters that haffter be gentled and hand-fed." The result is that many families go without milk a great part of the year, and seldom indeed taste butter or beef.
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