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"I've allus taen care that t' moors hae bin cropped fair; thou reckons thou'll feed mair yowes an' lambs on t' moors when thou's bigged thy walls; but thou weant, thou'll feed less. I know mair about sheep nor thou does, and I tell thee thou'll not get thy twee hinds to tend 'em same as a shepherd that's bred an' born on t' moors." "We sal see about that," Metcalfe answered sullenly.
Mos' likely some o' you chaps knows this Sep? Stout butt of a feller, with a red baird. Used to mostly take flocks for truckin' at Deniliquin; but that got too many at it like everything else an' he went out back, Cooper's Creek way, with three thousand Gunbar yowes, the beginnin' o' las' winter, an' I ain't heard of him since he crossed at Wilcanniar"
"It tak's mair than a score o' yowes to stock a muir!" "Bide a wile God made a' thing for something even lasses!" Nevertheless these were hard days for Patsy. Life at the Lodge was becoming extremely complex. Prince Eitel in his pervading way took a great deal too much for granted.
Well, heverybody Muster Magomery his self, no less heverybody ses, 'Ole hon t' we gits a holt of 'em fellers' mongreals! bin leavin' three o' hour gates hopen; an' the yowes an' weaners is boxed; an' puttin' a file through Nosey Half's 'oss-paddick, an' workin' hon it with 'er steers! 'Stiddy! ses Hi 'w'e's y'r proofs? Way it war, Collings; 'ere come a dose o' rain jis' harter, an' yer could n't track.
It was a bad lambing time, and Mike and Amos were about the farm all day and most o' the neet, looking after the lambs that had lossen their yowes. Owd Jerry had threaped shameful the day afore; the weather had been that bad he'd not been able to go down to 'The Craven Heifer.
But ye needna' fash; he's waitin' for ye doon by the Crooked Yett, wi' a' your yowes safe enough." It was useless after this. The wretched man gave in; he struggled no more, but actually went off with the sheep and sold them. And the gallows ended his career. But how the dog followed him is a mystery, and why he waited for him at the "Crooked Yett."
An' the bonnie lambs wi' their canny ways And the silly yowes that bleat." Songs of Angus. Mhor, having but lately acquired the art of writing, was fond of exercising his still very shaky pen where and when he could.
Jo Greatorex walked up to where Wully had crossed the fresh snow, gave a glance, looked dumbfounded, then pointing to the retreating sheep-dog, he said, with emphasis: "Lads, we're off the track of the Fox. But there's the killer of the Widder's yowes." Some agreed with Jo, others recalled the doubt in the trail and were for going back to make a fresh follow.
'When I am on the hillside alone with the yowes I will be praying God may be with you when you are in the bush, will you not be praying for us? 'That I will, father. 'Then, said the old man, 'though the ocean roll between us we will be united in spirit. Taking his watch out of his pocket, the father held it out.
Ye can gan back to them that sent you and axe 'em why they've nivver set foot on t' moor this yeer." "Mebbe they're thrang wi' their beasts and have no time to look after t' yowes." "Thrang wi' beasts, is it? Nay, they're thrang wi' t' devil, and are flaid to look an honest man i' t' face."
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