road-keepers

Updated: July 24, 2026

These were ranch-hands, cow-boys, and road-keepers, strong, good-natured young fellows, who had their own house and their own cook near the main ranch-house, and who now began a great washing and splashing, at a bench under some willow trees, where there were basins and towels.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby