. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. ^ ear was thatof mothers singingas she preparedbreakfast. On thisday she was in ourcook house, butworking in , forgetting my own discomfort in the fear thatsomething might have gone wrong with her, I asked. A DAY OF DISCOMFORT 69 why I had not heard her morning song. In replyshe pointed first to the heavens, and then to ourstock of household belongings, which were strewn hereand there where they had been taken from the give her cheer, I tried to laugh, saying there was littleamong our goods which would come to harm becau
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. ^ ear was thatof mothers singingas she preparedbreakfast. On thisday she was in ourcook house, butworking in , forgetting my own discomfort in the fear thatsomething might have gone wrong with her, I asked. A DAY OF DISCOMFORT 69 why I had not heard her morning song. In replyshe pointed first to the heavens, and then to ourstock of household belongings, which were strewn hereand there where they had been taken from the give her cheer, I tried to laugh, saying there was littleamong our goods which would come to harm becauseof the rain, and such as might be injured I wouldquickly get under cover. She replied in an injuredtone that father had told her there were few rainstormsin Texas during the year. A DAY OF DISCOMFORT I ventured to jest with her, by saying most likely ithad been arranged for our especial benefit, as we werenewcomers in the country and needed-to be intro-duced to all varieties of climate. The light wordsfailed to bring a smile to her hps. So, without loss oftime, I set about carrying such of our belongings asmight be injured by the rain to the shelter of thewagons, and had hardly more than begun the taskwhen father returned, his face quite as gloomy asmothers. H
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