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Wal, youd remember thet lofer, if you ever seen him. Sterl, come here and stand
up with Beryl, he called. The girls appeared off at theedge of the grove.
A
cinnamon bear was not the most welcome visitor a camper couldhave in those
hills. Wal, youd remember thet lofer, if you ever seen him. But it was
impossible not to believe them grateful.
It has taken you two years and five
months to get here! Slowly the pondering thought of his long-cherished plan
faded intosensorial perceptions.
Beryl, Id be happier than I ever was if you
and Red.
He had come to his senses in a stream of clear, cool running
water.
But Sterl saved his speechfor that gaunt, golden-bearded leader. General
Crook had no ready answer for that retort.
This should be fun for you,and
surely for the others. Compared with many of the greatvalleys he had crossed,
this one was insignificant. Presently Dann produced a little black book, worn
of back and yellow ofleaf.
They have lived for days now wholly on meat.
Scarcely a mile back in the woods ran the road from. Dann was lost two years
and more ago, according to reportsat Darwin. You track Apache like wolf, said
the Indian, bitterly.
But whatwith the timber wolves an hard winters we have
tough sleddin. At PleasantValley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the
grazing.
But Sterl saved his speechfor that gaunt, golden-bearded leader. A
rumor that Danns trekkershad perished on the Never-never had preceded Healds
return toQueensland.
Red strolled forward, his spurs jingling, his demeanour as
cool andnonchalant as it ever had been. Beryl, will you please come here, he
said, casually.
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