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"They're talkin' of turnin' this outfit into a sheep-camp," remarked another. "Ba-a-ah!" And again they laughed. Shoop motioned to Sundown who rose from beside the fire. "You can saddle up, Sun." Sundown caught up his horse and stood waiting while one of the men saddled two pack-animals. "Tony has the keys. He'll pack the stuff for you," said Corliss.
The cordiality in the Sheep King's voice was forced as he dragged her aboard; and in his curious looks, his constraint of manner, the sly glances and averted, grinning faces of his helpers inside, Dr. Harpe read her fate. "Your name," Essie Tisdale had said, "will be a byword in every sheep-camp and bunk-house in the country."
I'm the Ridin' Kid from Powder River and I'm comin' with head up and tail a-rollin'." "Whoopee!" sang Andy, and swung to his pony. "I'm a-comin'!" called Pete as Andy clattered away into the night. Pete felt happy and yet strangely subdued. The dim road flickered before him as he trudged back to the sheep-camp. "Pop would 'a' done it that way," he said aloud.
Are you sure you corralled your sheep so they won't stray out? "'They're shut up as tight as the jury of a millionaire murderer, says I. 'And I'll be back with them long before they'll need their trained nurse. "So Ogden digs up a deck of cards, and we play casino. After five days and nights of my sheep-camp it was like a toot on Broadway.
The pair of horses which she and Lamb owned in common was at the stable already harnessed for their semi-weekly trip to the camps along the Ditch, but Dr. Harpe turned their heads in the opposite direction and by noon had reached the sheep-camp of old Edouard Dubois. She hitched her horses to the shearing-pen and opened the unlocked door of the cabin.
"Been hunting?" queried the ranger, still with cheery, polite interest. "Oh no; just visiting one of my sheep-camps." Cavanagh's voice was a little less suave. "Not on this creek," he declared. "I moved your herder last week." He walked forward. "That's a heavy load for a short trip to a sheep-camp." He put his hand on the pack.
Possibly Pete's assurance, as contrasted with the bashfulness and timidity of the old Mexican's nephew, had something to do with Montoya's immediate friendliness. In any event, the visit ended with an invitation to Pete to become a permanent member of the sheep-camp, Montoya explaining that his nephew wanted to go home; that he did not like the loneliness of a herder's life.
I've been in the saddle since sunrise; and I was so sure I'd strike the Cross L by dinner-time that I didn't bring a bite to eat. It was a sheep-camp where I stopped, and the grub didn't look good to me, anyway I've called myself bad names all the afternoon for being more dainty than sensible. But it's all right now, I guess." Miss Conroy Refuses Shelter.
In cow-camp and sheep-camp, in town and on the range, he had often heard reiterated that unwritten law of the outlands: "If a man tried to get you run or fight. But if a man kills your friend or your kin get him."
"No, I'm run down pretty low," he replied. "The truth is, Mr. Ranger, I blew in all my wages at roulette last week." Ross brought out a canvas coat, well worn but serviceable. "Take this along with you. It's likely to storm before we reach the sheep-camp. And you don't look very strong. You must take care of yourself." Edwards was visibly moved by this kindness. "Sure you can spare it?"
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