Category: Humour
I. First Impressions II. A Surprise Party III. The Root Cellar IV. The Great Adventure Progresses V. The Government Contract VI. A Variety of Runaways VII. The Measure of a Man VIII. The Sheep Business IX. The Unexpected X. Around the Christmas Fire XI. Ted XII. Blizzards XIII...
After dinner we all assembled in the big living-room, where my disguised husband presented each person with some little gift and ridiculous toy, accompanied by a still more ridi...
8. Part 8“Your sheep,” Bill’s brows contracted as he looked at me. “Your sheep,” he repeated, his voice rising as I scarcely seemed able to grasp his meaning. “All the sheep at Hay Gulch...
2. Part 2Before every dance a council was held, after which each musician would play the tune decided upon, as best suited to his taste. Old Bohm tried to get to the end in the shortest...
4. Part 4Upon reaching the meadow gate the Lieutenant who acted as bookkeeper jumped out to open it but failed to return after they had driven through. Upon investigation they found he h...
5. Part 5Alice ate everything and did not stop talking for a moment. Clarence refused everything but a cracker, which he munched in silence. Suddenly he turned white and left the table....
6. Part 6Bill’s opinion of the sheep business after his brief experience in the camps could only be published in an expurgated edition. He hated the Mexicans, he hated the sheep, he hate...
1. Part 1I. First Impressions II. A Surprise Party III. The Root Cellar IV. The Great Adventure Progresses V. The Government Contract VI. A Variety of Runaways VII. The Measure of a Man...
3. Part 3We drove over to another claim shack a mile or so from the Reeds’, where Bob was indeed ploughing for Maggie. To him, too, it was quite a matter of course.
9. Part 9When occasionally it was possible to catch a glimpse of the corrals or the blacksmith shop I knew that the wind must be abating and time after time I knocked the snow from the w...