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Updated: May 2, 2025
Get 'em clean-bred an' fine, an' they'll yark the thick 'uns yark 'em out o' their skins." "He's ten good pund on the light side," growled the horse-breaker. "He's a welter weight, anyhow." "A hundred and thirty." "A hundred and fifty, if he's an ounce." "Well, the Master doesn't scale much more than that." "A hundred and seventy-five." "That was when he was hog-fat and living high.
And before him, shouting and pounding and staring with crimson faces into his, were the pupils. "Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!" they yelled. It brought back to the little girl that terrible moment when the farm-house, with a dripping-pan full of hog-fat flaming in the oven, was threatened with destruction. "Scotland's burning! Scotland's burning!" sounded the warning again. No one moved.
His course across country had been so accurate that he hit the herd at the point without deflecting. An old Texan drew up, changed his weight on the saddle to rest himself, and hailed the youngster. "Goin' somewheres, kid, or just ridin'?" he asked genially. "Just takin' my hawss out for a jaunt so's he won't get hog-fat," grinned the boy. The Texan chewed tobacco placidly and eyed the cowpony.
"You got the straight tip from Miss Sally Ruth, father," he said, coming out of a brown study. "What do you suppose that piker's trying to crawl out of his cocoon for? He never wanted to caper around Appleboro women before, did he? No. And here he's been muldooning to get some hog-fat off and some wind and waistline back. Now, why? To please himself?
As soon as Yankie had cantered away, Dad Wrayburn, ex-Confederate trooper, slapped his hand on his thigh and let out a modulated rebel yell. "Dad burn my hide, Jimmie-Go-Get-'Em, you're all right. Fustest time I ever saw Joe take water, but he shorely did splash some this here occasion. I wouldn't 'a' missed it for a bunch of hog-fat yearlin's."
Oh, their cattle will be hog-fat in a few days. Possibly they expect to show their cattle in town, and not trouble the quartermaster and comandante to even saddle up they're the very kind of people who wouldn't give anybody trouble if they could help it.
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