. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. hired negroes and I stood , John, and Zeba had traveled so far afoot,and were so weary that I could not have the heartto rouse them when it came time for our relief fromduty, and so we paced around the herds and flockuntil daylight. When the first rays of the sun glinted afl the foliagearound us with gold, it was possible for me to look downinto the valley from which we had fled, and get someslight idea of the misfortune that had overtaken us. Because of the weight of the wagons, and owing to thefact that they were heavily laden
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. hired negroes and I stood , John, and Zeba had traveled so far afoot,and were so weary that I could not have the heartto rouse them when it came time for our relief fromduty, and so we paced around the herds and flockuntil daylight. When the first rays of the sun glinted afl the foliagearound us with gold, it was possible for me to look downinto the valley from which we had fled, and get someslight idea of the misfortune that had overtaken us. Because of the weight of the wagons, and owing to thefact that they were heavily laden with farming toolsand such things as would not float, they had hardlybeen disturbed. Also, owing, I suppose, in a greatdegree, to their being sunk so far in the mud after thefirst onrush of the torrent, they had not been knockedabout to any extent. RECOVERING OUR GOODS 97 RECOVERING OUR GOODS x\s a matter of course everything, including the grass,was covered with mud; but the water, except hereand there where it stood in small pools on the surface,. had retreated to its proper place between the banks,and there was nothing to prevent us from caring forour goods. Mother cooked all that was left of the bacon, afterwhich, with hunger still gnawing at our stomachs, wewent down to set our belongings to rights, and a weari-some day It was. 98 PHILIP OF TEXAS The harness of the mules had been swept down-stream so far that we did not come upon any portionof it until the day was nearly done. Therefore, wecould not make any effort toward dragging the wagonsto the hard ground, but were forced to carry in ourhands every article which it was necessary to spreadout upon the clean grass to dry. About nightfall, after having found enough harnessfor one team of mules, we succeeded in getting a singlecart up to where mothers camp had been made. Thenit began to look as if we had really taken possessionof this portion of Texas, for all around were spreadclothing, bedding, household furniture, farm
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