Outing . IX THE TEETH OF THE STORM Painting by II. T. Du ROUND-UP DAYS III—CORRAL BRANDINGBY STEWART EDWARD WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR. |T night we slept like sticksof wood. No dreamsvisited us, but in ac-cordance with the imme-morial habit of thosewho live out — whetherin the woods, on theplains, among the mountains, or at sea—-once during the night each of us arose onhis elbow, looked about him, and droppedback to sleep. If there had been a fireto replenish, that would have been themoment to do so; if the wind had beenchanging and the seas rising, that wouldhave been the time to cast an
Outing . IX THE TEETH OF THE STORM Painting by II. T. Du ROUND-UP DAYS III—CORRAL BRANDINGBY STEWART EDWARD WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR. |T night we slept like sticksof wood. No dreamsvisited us, but in ac-cordance with the imme-morial habit of thosewho live out — whetherin the woods, on theplains, among the mountains, or at sea—-once during the night each of us arose onhis elbow, looked about him, and droppedback to sleep. If there had been a fireto replenish, that would have been themoment to do so; if the wind had beenchanging and the seas rising, that wouldhave been the time to cast an eye aloft forindications, to feel whether the anchorcable was holding; if the pack horses hadstraggled from the alpine meadows underthe snow, this would have been the occa-sion for intent listening after the faintlytinkling bell so that next day one wouldknow in which direction to look. Butsince there existed for us no responsibility,we each reported dutifully at the roll-callof habit, and dropped back into our blan-kets with a grateful sigh. I remember the moon sailing a good gaitamong apparently stationary cloudlets; Irecall a
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