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"What will we do? I would n't carry mine for anything," said Mrs. Norton. "Why, leave them here. We 'll have Jonas Hicks come and get them," said Mrs. Harmon. Janet caught her breath and looked about her. It was the same shack on a hillock, the same gully and sheep-pen and dog, likewise the same Mr. Brown.
"What's the matter, Uncle Joe?" inquired Archie. "Matter!" repeated the farmer; "why, some carnal varmint got into my sheep-pen last night, and walked off with some of my mutton. Come," he continued, as he slung on his bullet-pouch, "let's go and shoot him."
"I didn't see him either, but I heard Argos howl as if some one had stepped on his tail. Maybe he took the sausage." Lydia went to the door and looked out into the farm-yard. Away off in the farthest corner by the sheep-pen she saw two dark shadows. "Come here at once," she called. Dion and Argos both obeyed, but they came very slowly, and Argos had his tail between his legs.
This waggon, laden with wool, some of the season's clip, had come in four or five miles from an out-lying cot, or sheep-pen, at the foot of the hills. Lesser houses, cottages, and sheds at a distance were thatched, but in an enclosure tiles were necessary, lest, in case of an attack, fire should be thrown.
In the scuppers lay the galley, bottom up, and a few boards floating about, the wreck of the sheep-pen, and half a dozen miserable sheep floating among them, wet through, and not a little frightened at the sudden change that had come upon them.
Not far from the mill was another building: this was the house the miller lived in; and close by the house was a barn, a stable, a cow-shed, and a sheep-pen, and there was a garden full of fruit and flowers, and an orchard of apple-trees close by.
The galley, the pigsty, the hen-coop, and a large sheep-pen which had been built upon the fore-hatch, were all gone in the twinkling of an eye, leaving the deck as clean as a chin new reaped, and not a stick left to show where anything had stood.
In the scuppers lay the galley, bottom up, and a few boards floating about, the wreck of the sheep-pen, and half a dozen miserable sheep floating among them, wet through, and not a little frightened at the sudden change that had come upon them.
In fact, it presented the appearance of a vast sheep-pen; so vast, that as far as their sight extended, they beheld the same tracked and trampled appearance! What could this mean? Hendrik did not know. Von Bloom was in doubt. Swartboy could tell at the first glance. It was no new sight to him. "All right, baas," he said, looking up in his master's face.
They gathered around him, and he gave them this command: "My brothers, save me from Half-a-Cock, for it has a hair from my back which it has put in the fire. I don't want to burn. Take Half-a-Cock out of the sheep-pen, and you will be able to take my hair from its hands." At once the jackals rushed to the pen, strangled everything that was there, and rescued Half-a-Cock.
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