sses.</p>
”itly.buttheyonsoohegreatselves.sotisonlythefaorthetipsofthefelttheirdreheytraveledfardor.thatjanuarytheeddarkacrossthesky,tointosoddenshredsbythebegantorain;notagentledoasteady,rdelugeonandon.</p>
theyhadbeenshadtuedup,forheovingfasttogetthroughhisroundsbeforetheraiherprovisioningofthestationsiossible.</p>
”nsoonsarein,”hesaid,rollingacigaretteandindigpilesofextragrocerieshhiswhip.</p>
”theoperanthebaroanthediantinaarerunninrealbankersantheoverflersistryintofindariseinthegrountoputthesheepon.”</p>
suddenlythereadn,vingthesheepoutofthelothecreekandthebarofdogsforteookaboyinotherdires.</p>
fatherralphanhielf.herodeathhbred,selfrodeaharduthedpiebaldstoeanteeredbeastent,fightingandsnarlingangtheelvesuntilpartedfatherralphsviciouslyedthereanuldntdo;heiliaruchbetterthanfrank,stillleaingthisexoticaustralianart.</p>
thebigqueenslandbluebrutethatledthedogpaind;healoneangpaddyssonshadnottakentolifeheda.hehadorethantoquithis.hehatedtheostnights,thesavagedogsentofadve;eventhebending,eobsession,soolingthedogsafterunsuspeallhandfulofntooperateapropertythesizehedbredtoazinglyintelligentandneededverylittledireallyseveraldaysarenearaisticallyofbeingabletogetthestockoutofitalsobeforetherainstarted.thedogseatoutofhissaddlebagandflungittothedogs,snappingandbitingateachotherjealously.</p>
”bloodyaes,”hesaid.”theydontbehavelikedogs;theyrejustjackals.”</p>
”ithinktheseareprobablyalotostuntad.forself,iprefertheothehousepetspearoundtheshedsasanbeihebuttheyhuntgnifiasterorprovider.”</p>
heuhedaldpieuttonandapahissaddlebag,uttonandhaheresttofrank.puttingthebreadandbutteronalogbet,hesankhiseatent.thirstavaserbag,thencigarettesrolled.</p>
alooodnearby;fatherralphindicatedithhiscigarette.</p>
”thatsthespottosleep,”hesaid,unstrappinghisblaandpiguphissaddle.</p>
frankfollotothetree,hestbeautifulinthispartofaustralia.itsleavesegreen,itsshapealstperfectlyrouhefoliagegreooreshelteruhananyothertree,foraustraliantreeshinneroffoliagethareesofterlands.</p>