Chip, of the Flying U by B. M. Bower
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"We must get him up from there and into a box stall. There is one, isn't there?" "Y--e-s--" Chip hesitated. "I wouldn't ask the Old--your brother, for the use of it, though; not even for Silver." "I will," returned she, promptly. "I never feel any compunction about asking for what I want--if I can't get it any other way. I can't understand why you wanted to shoot--you must have known this bone could be set." "I didn't WANT to--" Chip bent over and drove a fly from Silver's shoulder. "When a horse belonging to the outfit gets crippled like that, he makes coyote bait. A forty-dollar cow-puncher can't expect any better for his own horse." "He'll GET better, whatever he may expect. I'm just spoiling for something to practice on, anyway--and he's such a beauty. If you can get him up, lead him to the stable while I go and tell J. G. and get some one to help." She started away. "Whom shall I get?" she called back. "Weary, if you can--and Slim's a good hand with horses, too." "Slim--is that the tall, lanky man?" "No--he's the short, fat one. That bean-pole is Shorty." |
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