Part 11 (1/2)
”Liver-colour; star and snip; white hind feet; bang tail
One of the best s to Martin himself
I hope he'll scratch the bridle off, and roll on the saddle till it's not worth a cuss I say--if Martin should find his way here before the fellows get clear, will you just tell hi for the Connelly paddock, and I shot after hie for Mrs Beaudesart? Well, so long” And the good and faithful young servant cantered away toward an adjacent cane-grass swa and saddle, when I heard Dixon's voice, in earnest entreaty Looking round, I saw hie of his hammock
”Say, Collins--will you fetch my (adj) bullocks, while yer hand's in?
I can't har'ly move this mornin'”
”Yes, Dixon; I won't see you beat, if I can help it What's the ittin'--gittin' some tobacker an' matches; an' I come a buster on top o' one o' the yokes here
It's put a (adj) set on me, any road”
With a feords of condolence, I entered the paddock, carrying ht of Cleopatra, I was constrained to pause and reflect The horse was feeding co to the saddle The bridle was a cheap affair, but the saddle was as good as theythe previous afternoon, I had ruous in bu always, I trust, superior to anything like surprise, I saddled and mounted Bunyip, took Cleopatra by the rein, and joined the Ish contingents of cattle froap of the fence, whilst the fascination of overhanging danger bore so heavily on their personal and professional dignity that every eye kept an anxious look-out toward the ram-paddock In a few minutes more, ere all outside the fence; and the drivers i
I hooked Cleopatra's rein on a wool-lever, and, still riding Bunyip, kept Tho was perforhby had n't returned with the muster; and bum was still absent
”Did you countslowly and painfully toward his big roan horse
”O you sweet speciment!” retorted Mosey, as he picked up his second yoke
”Why the (compound expletive) don't you rouse roun'?”
”How the (saot the screwmatics in my (adj) hip”
”Somethin' like you--Stan' over, Rodney, or I'll twist the tail off o' you-- You don't ketch s is”----
”No, begad! no you don't!--take that!--ah! would you indeed!--on you go, dehby's voice a the salt-bush; and, the next moment, half-a-dozen beasts leaped the wires and darted, capering and shying, past the wagons
”Quod petis hic est!” panted their pursuer triumphantly
”Theto the old”----
Then such a cataract of obscenity and invective froravely:
”Them ain't our bullocks, Willerby; the partic'lar Now they're off to (sheol); an' it's three good hours' ith a horse an' stockwhip, to git'e ain't makin' it (adv) near hung if we're caught”
And, to be sure, there was Pup looping hi the plain in hot pursuit
It was no use attearoo dog with sufficient instinct to bring him in touch with his master, except when the latter offers him food
But there is always so really valuable So, though I wasn't interested in the cattle, I was bound to follow the Thompson's unpretentious stockas init unlikely that Cleopatra had been broken in to the use of that disquieting ihby stepped forward----
”Per you!”
he exclailand May I take this horse?
Thanks Pray remember that I shall be under your orders, Collins”
”Take care athered Cleopatra's reins, and threw hienuine astonishe of his rider; he allowed him time to find the off stirrup, and then led off with a forward spring about five feet high