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>