Part 16 (1/2)
Nic set his teeth, and rolled off his horse in a round was unsafe and all on the
”Yes, father It's as if ed wide apart and stretched”
”Getting in shape for your saddle, et over this
Now look here”
Nic did look there, and was sho to hobble his nag's fore legs to keep it fro, and how to unbridle and take off the saddle
”Always give your horse a good rub dohere the saddle has been, Nic,”
said the doctor ”Horses are delicate ani carries you well, and he looks to you for payood treatment These make all the difference in the way a horse will last on a journey Now,Water”
The doctor led the way, and the horses followed like a couple of dogs
Nic was following too, with the sensation strongly upon hio down on all-fours and follow like a dog, for walking seeress to which he was not accustomed
”Wait a s and lead them here They s were chained to the tail of the waggon, trying to walk firs seemed to be independent of his body, and there were moments when he felt as if he had none at all
But he tried not to show it, and while the raze on the rich, succulent grass, Nic proceeded to unchain the dogs
The task was not so easy as it looked, for the collies were frantic at the thought of being unfastened, and barked and leaped about wildly Toto strangle one another on the way by leaping over their chains, and tying them up in an alers; and after many tries Nic appealed to Brookes
”I wish you'd cos to water”
”Take the dogs to water!” grumbled the man ”Why can't they take thes”
The younger , and approached Nic in a surly way, hardly glancing at him; but for a few s bounded about wildly
”Hold them by the collars for amentally lower now, for he seemed to be the servant instead of the other
Then he felt better, for the man softened a little in his manner
”Poor brutes!” he said: ”prisoners and thirsty Steady, ,” said Nic ”Father's afraid that they'd run back and try and get on board the shi+p or to the governor's house”
”There you are,” cried theout the water, the two collies started off, with eyes starting and tongues hanging out of theirNic to follow at a trot, his legs hurting hi reaching the shady pool where the horses were now standing in a shalloith the drops falling from their muzzle
”Poor beasts! they are thirsty,” cried the doctor, as Nic was literally dragged to the edge of the pool, the dogs striving to plunge right in
”Don't let theo, Nic”
”But they'll have me in, father”