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Dave did n't hear him. He approached the horse's side and nervously tried the surcingle a greenhide one of Dad's workmanship. "Think that'll hold?" he mumbled meekly. "Pshaw!" Dad blurted through the rails "Hold! Of course it'll hold hold a team o' bullocks, boy." "'S all right, Dave; 's all right git on!" From Paddy Maloney, impatiently.
It was a stout, dumpy swag, with a red blanket outside, patched with blue, and the edge of a blue blanket showing in the inner rings at the end. The swag might have been newer; it might have been cleaner; it might have been hooped with decent straps, instead of bits of clothes-line and greenhide but otherwise there was nothing the matter with it, as swags go.
With the bread set, and rising pleasantly before the fire, under a bit of old blanket, and the kitchen tidy, a period of rest ensued, when "Major" and "Captin" were free to draw up chairs seated with greenhide with the hair left on, and very comfortable and smoke their pipes. This was the only time of the day when old Joe unbent.
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