But I am not the only one who is a crank. I have known fellows so
proud of their lungs, that night after night they insisted on filling
the air mattresses of the party just to prove which could blow the
harder; while the other two members of the party sat by and laughed."
Frank chuckled at hearing this, and both Bluff and Jerry looked daggers,
for the shot hit home with them.
In the morning the boys did accompany the rancher down the valley. Frank
showed them his course on the previous night, and they followed his
line of travel until the trees were reached. Trail there was none, for
hundreds of cloven hoofs had pounded the soil about that spot, showing
how narrow had been his escape.
The cowboys were found to have the big herd well in hand. It was even
then on the way back to its former feeding ground. Some of the steers
showed the effects of the mad rush, in various cuts from the horns of
their fellows; and several had tripped and gone down to death in the
panic, the herd trampling them into an unrecognizable mass.
Of course, Will satisfied his longing, and secured what pictures he
wanted.
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