. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. ^p. I am counting. the dog as a member of the company, for before wearrived at the West Fork of the Trinity River heshowed himself to be of quite as much importance,and of even more service, than either the white orthe colored men. A LABORIOUS JOTONEY John and Zeba managed to get along with the cattlevery well; but the drivers of the mule teams were not A LABORIOUS JOURNEY 33 so skillful in handling the animals as father had ex-pected, and the result was that he found it necessaryto take the place of one or the other nearly all the time,thu
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. ^p. I am counting. the dog as a member of the company, for before wearrived at the West Fork of the Trinity River heshowed himself to be of quite as much importance,and of even more service, than either the white orthe colored men. A LABORIOUS JOTONEY John and Zeba managed to get along with the cattlevery well; but the drivers of the mule teams were not A LABORIOUS JOURNEY 33 so skillful in handling the animals as father had ex-pected, and the result was that he found it necessaryto take the place of one or the other nearly all the time,thus leaving mother alone. Sometimes I led the procession; at other times Itrudged on in the rear where the dust was thickest,running first on one side of the road and then onthe other, to keep the sheep from straying, and suc-ceeded in holding them to the true course only bythe aid of my dog, who had more sound commonsense in that shaggy body of his than the brightest ladI have ever come across. Gyp was a willing worker,and a cheery companion at all times. He would runh
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