Part 33 (1/2)

With this sop to his own dignity, the boundary er round the barrel--not round the flank, for the animal had none--with his doubled cart-whip, and turned off the track at a right-angle, beckoning one twenty yards, he pulled steadily on one rein and, so to speak, wore his shi+p of the plains round till we faced the cattle again--for I had simultaneously pirouetted Cleopatra on one hind foot

”Fetch 'eot 'eerant (people) we be; dunno nuffik; carnt diew noffik roight”

The black collie was sitting where he had stopped on the instant that we had turned off; sitting with his head slightly canted to one side; one ear li like a s the order, he made a wide circuit round the cattle, and quietly turned the the track, where he followed them as before Meanwhile, Sollicker sullenly slipped off his linen coat, and handed it to reat sincerity, and put it on

But his glance at me as we fell-in behind the cattle seemed to demand further appreciation; and I was not slow to respond--partly fro hope of extended concession

I had already selected hiuardian for Alf's bullocks; and I knew that if I could once get hi short of dynamite would shi+ft hile-cylinder purpose is a contract not to be taken by any of your e order Of course, the diplomatic flunkey-touch of nature has served as a letter of introduction to the man; noould follow up the national phase of this delicate point of contact

”No use,” I reive it up I can't find words

This is not a personal favour It's an evidence of the principle that lishman respected all over the world All over the world, sir; for, you know, the sun follows the English druht round the earth

Now, I can't flatter you; I'd see you in the botto of that kind; it sort of sticks in my throat; but I can assure you that, in all my experience”----

”'Ees, 'ees; 'at 's horrite; 'at 's horrite What d'y' think o' thet (collie) f'r a dorg?”

There was iance in the last I eased off, and took the branch track

”He just knocks spots off any dog I've seen working cattle!” I burst-out

”But you can't beat the Scotch collie”----

”Scotch coolie be dang! Doan' 'e know a Smiffiel' coolie? Chork an' cheese, Oi calls 'em”

”Smithfield collie, of course! Did I say Scotch collie? Of course, the Sood hands for hundreds of years; and when you get the pure breed--Just look at that dog! How did you get such a dog as that? Bred hiood-naturedly ”Oi g'e 'e foor eean”

”Got hieean?”

”Found hieean”

I shook ested another title to the ownershi+p of dogs--a very coh till the proper person coenerally held under this tenure My coishness,

”'At (dog) coomed deaoun t' me f'ering bewilderuise of incredulity; and Sollicker, looking, like Thurloiser than any man ever was, enjoyedThen he proceeded with great deliberation to interpret his oracular utterance; but first, with a powerful facial exertion, he wrenched his h the lee nostril, then cleared his throat with the sound of a strongly-driven wood-rasp catching on an old nail, and sent the result whirling fronum--sent it with such accurate calculation of the distance of his object, the trajectory of his missile, and the pace of his horse, that the mucous disc s it out, never to rise again This was but a cereue, intended to deepen the i revelation

”Useter 'ev a 'oss Oi'd ketch hanyweares 'Wo, Bob! 'n' 'ud stan' loike a statoot t' Oi'd ketch 'e (aniit onter 'im 'n' shove me hutheh 'osses in 'e yaad, 'n' ketch wich (one) Oi want B't 'e doid hautu deaoun a crack, an' cou'n't recoverate, loike; f'r 'e (beast) wur moo'n twenty y'r ole, 'n' stun blin', 'e wur

Ahterwahs, by gully! Oi got pepper-follerin' ahteh me 'osses hevery mo'nin'

afoot Wet 'n' droy; day hin, day heaout; tiew, three, foor heaours runnin'; 'n' 'ey (horses) spankin' abeaout, kickin' oop 'er 'eels loike wun o'clock

'Ed ter wark 'em deaoun afoot, loike”