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Updated: June 25, 2025
Only for this harassment of the Dot sheep, the roundup wagons would be loaded and ready to rattle abroad over the land. Meadow larks and curlews and little, pert-eyed ground sparrows called out to them that roundup time was come.
"The calf crop is going to be good, if this weather holds on another two weeks or so. But " he waved his cigarette disgustedly " that darned Dot outfit would be all over the place, if we pulled out on roundup and left 'em the run of things." He smoked moodily for a minute. "My religion has changed a lot in the last few days," he observed whimsically.
Last, but not least, a heterogeneous mob of cowboys and vaqueros, with their horses champing at the bit and eager to be off on their work. In the foreground a rough, unpainted corral, where are more ponies wicked-looking, intelligent little beggars, but quick turning as though they owned but two legs instead of four, and hence priceless for the work of the roundup.
While he bolted what food was handiest in the camp where old Patsy cooked for the searchers, and the horse wrangler brought up the saddle-bunch just as though it was a roundup that held here its headquarters, he heard all that Slim and Cal Emmett could tell him about the disappearance of Miss Allen.
Doctor Dell had told him that he could go on roundup some day the Kid had decided that this was the day, but that it would be foolish to mention the decision to anyone. People had a way of disagreeing with one's decisions especially Doctor Dell, she always said one was too little.
It had happened before happened too often to make pleasant memories for Andy Green, who could name outfit after outfit that had been forced out of business by the settling of the range land; who could name dozens of cattle brands once seen upon the range, and never glimpsed now from spring roundup until fall. Must the Flying U brand disappear also?
That part of El Sangre's education was not completed, however, for only the actual work of a round-up could give him the faultless surety of a good cow-pony. And, indeed, the ranchman declared him useless for real roundup work. "A no-good, high-headed fool," he termed El Sangre, having sprained his bank account with an attempt to buy the stallion from Terry the day before.
There were old men and young men, college boys and gray-beards old enough to be their grandfathers; some of them wore evening dress there was no one among them save Jurgis who showed any signs of poverty. When the roundup was completed, the doors were opened and the party marched out.
"Do that, Pan. That'll shore shut them up." Pan found himself impelled to do as he was bidden, which action raised a howl of mirth from the cowboys. And so at that early age Panhandle Smith was initiated into the hilarity and trickery and spirit common to these carefree riders of the ranges. When the roundup began he found that he was far from forgotten. "Come on, Pan," shouted one.
He did believe or he made himself think he believed that the only sensible thing to do right then was to take the boys and go out and start a roundup of his own. It wouldn't take long his cattle weren't so badly scattered this year. "Where's Andy at?" he asked Pink, who happened to be leaning boredly over the gate when he rode up to the corral.
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