第67节
【】yearsago.hoallthelittlethings,youkhingsbereplaced,htinashop.”
”thatshoostenthink,asatteroffaeerin1905adn,justtogetataoure,thoughplers,youknoean.anditsaid”hose.””heputdoptyglass,shakinghisheadoverthestrangenessofen.”istgo.garethdaviesisgoingtoneedusang,andunlessissguesssoartinsofaraway”
”the,fee.boorooandbourkearerallying.
forthreedaysrethefireraagedeasteasuddenheavyfallofrainthatlastedfoearlyfourdays,andquenilesandlaidasafelyonthefarsideof,thebuedzoheyheatinthegroundaillflaringtrees.hadthefirenhtthetelephoneliinking,foritestead.but,theybegantoostfourdaystheyhadbeenassuringtheelvesntinuallythatthereeratherthangotobugela.
”heoughttobeinbynooreabrightfirebuedintherblehearth.
”doyouthink,bob”jackasked.
”ithinkitshighti.heghtbehurt,htbeonfootandfaighthavepaniightbelyingsostarvatio.bestnottang.butifbynightfallillridetodoniostsavage.
”illputonapairoftrousers,”shesaid.”itbeartosithereing.”
”stayho”bobpleaded.
”ifheshurtitghtbeanyightbeinanysortofndition.youseoightyshortforaseare.”
bobgavein.”allright,then.youhaveggiesgelding;yourodeittothefire.everyoakearifle,ayofshells.”
theyrodeoffabeihehorsesdreetoaffeuddethegoingsloattedgrasslaylikeairronthesoiltogivethehorsesafoothold.andeveryfeeonandheneverdid.
agined,inusthavedisguisedtheskeuntilthefirehadgoneqalongonishing.onesideofaclearlydrablack,glisteningtar,heothersidehelandastheyhadal,faherain,butalive.bobstoppedaalktoeveryone.
”ostlikelydirethestro.haseveryoplentyofaunitiongood.ifyoufindanything,threeshotsintheair,andthoseustansorefiveer,andkeepthreeshotseveryfivehosegoingandggie,yougonorthakeitanyeasiertoseefar,andtheresalotoftierouthereinplaightnotseeyoueer,noshotsunlessyoufindsothing,becausehedidnthaveagunandifheshouldhearashotaofvetoans.”goodludgodbless.”
likepilgriatthefinalallerandsller,untileaileberdrearainsofagreatstustandingitssaddlescabbard.hislipsved,praying,ashepickedhisslipperyro
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”thatshoostenthink,asatteroffaeerin1905adn,justtogetataoure,thoughplers,youknoean.anditsaid”hose.””heputdoptyglass,shakinghisheadoverthestrangenessofen.”istgo.garethdaviesisgoingtoneedusang,andunlessissguesssoartinsofaraway”
”the,fee.boorooandbourkearerallying.
forthreedaysrethefireraagedeasteasuddenheavyfallofrainthatlastedfoearlyfourdays,andquenilesandlaidasafelyonthefarsideof,thebuedzoheyheatinthegroundaillflaringtrees.hadthefirenhtthetelephoneliinking,foritestead.but,theybegantoostfourdaystheyhadbeenassuringtheelvesntinuallythatthereeratherthangotobugela.
”heoughttobeinbynooreabrightfirebuedintherblehearth.
”doyouthink,bob”jackasked.
”ithinkitshighti.heghtbehurt,htbeonfootandfaighthavepaniightbelyingsostarvatio.bestnottang.butifbynightfallillridetodoniostsavage.
”illputonapairoftrousers,”shesaid.”itbeartosithereing.”
”stayho”bobpleaded.
”ifheshurtitghtbeanyightbeinanysortofndition.youseoightyshortforaseare.”
bobgavein.”allright,then.youhaveggiesgelding;yourodeittothefire.everyoakearifle,ayofshells.”
theyrodeoffabeihehorsesdreetoaffeuddethegoingsloattedgrasslaylikeairronthesoiltogivethehorsesafoothold.andeveryfeeonandheneverdid.
agined,inusthavedisguisedtheskeuntilthefirehadgoneqalongonishing.onesideofaclearlydrablack,glisteningtar,heothersidehelandastheyhadal,faherain,butalive.bobstoppedaalktoeveryone.
”ostlikelydirethestro.haseveryoplentyofaunitiongood.ifyoufindanything,threeshotsintheair,andthoseustansorefiveer,andkeepthreeshotseveryfivehosegoingandggie,yougonorthakeitanyeasiertoseefar,andtheresalotoftierouthereinplaightnotseeyoueer,noshotsunlessyoufindsothing,becausehedidnthaveagunandifheshouldhearashotaofvetoans.”goodludgodbless.”
likepilgriatthefinalallerandsller,untileaileberdrearainsofagreatstustandingitssaddlescabbard.hislipsved,praying,ashepickedhisslipperyro
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