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They were short of water at the head-station, and we had to fetch it in from a waterhole several miles off that we fenced round and used for drinking so long as it lasted. When we were mustering the other side of the run, it came to our camping at a sandy creek where we could dig in the sand and get just enough for horses and men.
There was a waterhole some thirty yards from the hut, and a fork-and-sapling fence cut it into two portions, one of which, the smaller, was included in the small paddock where Slaughter kept his horse, the only living creature besides himself which resided at the Three-mile.
As both Dot and the Kangaroo were thirsty, they asked the Emu the way to a waterhole or tank. "I am going to a tank now," replied the Emu; "let us proceed together." "Do you think it will be safe to drink to-night;" enquired the Kangaroo anxiously. "Well, to tell the truth," said the Emu lightly, "it is likely to be a little difficult.
We suspected that they had headed for the great Debil-devil Waterhole, where, it was said, the Bunyip appeared: that mysterious animal, or devil, or thing, which nobody has ever seen, but many have pretended to see. Now, this must be said of Billy, that he never had the feeling of fear he was never even afraid of me.
With floor bare and hard and white, except for a patch of green mesquite near the far end it was a lurid and desolate spot, the barren bottom of a desert bowl. "Keep down, boys" said Ladd. "There's the waterhole an' hosses have sharp eyes. Shore the Yaqui figgered this place. I never seen its like for a trap."
At every creek we came to we drank till it stopped running. Dad did n't travel up with us: he had gone some months before, to put up the house and dig the waterhole. It was a slabbed house, with shingled roof, and space enough for two rooms; but the partition was n't up. The floor was earth; but Dad had a mixture of sand and fresh cow-dung with which he used to keep it level.
Blanco Sol heard him coming and whistled a welcome, and when Gale ran up the horse was snorting war. Mounting, Gale rode rapidly back to the scene of the action, and his first thought, when he arrived at the well, was to give Sol a drink and to fill his canteens. Then Gale led his horse up out of the waterhole, and decided before remounting to have a look at the Indians.
August dismounted and climbed high above the hole to examine the slope; soon he strode down with giant steps, his huge fists clinched, shaking his gray mane like a lion. "I've found the tracks! Somebody climbed up and rolled the stones, started the cave-in. Who?" "Holderness's men. They did the same for Martin Cole's waterhole at Rocky Point. How old are the tracks?" "Two days, perhaps.
Next thing happens, Blake'll be turning up with a surveying outfit." Knowles scratched his head. "Hum-m-m You sure put up a mighty stiff argument, Kid. I'm not so sure, though.... Um-m-m Strikes me some of your knots might be tighter. First place, there wasn't any play-acting about the way the boy went plumb to pieces there at the waterhole.
The manager of Elderslie also gave us permission to fence in a piece of ground at the Pelican Waterhole for a vegetable garden. The team obtained employment at Bladensburg, where Mr. Macartney was building a stockyard. As I felt clerical work to be hard on me, I would take an occasional trip with the bullocks to relieve the drudgery. During this year the member for Gregory, Mr.
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