The Sweep Winner
shot dead o
hear more. He must hurry on. Ping felt there was need fo
for the man was a brute. He had no human feeling, and how he earned pro
on the other, and the two men often met, but the
e worst characters, and when he went to Boonara even Bill Bigs fought shy of him. There was no doubt he was a criminal. His face, his shifty eyes, the
. Ping travelled well, his head bound for home, such as it was, and every horse knows the way to his stable. Mile after mile was traversed, until Glen saw a faint speck in the distan
n be there," and the ho
r after hour passed, and still the dog stood on guard an
sounds were unfamiliar. Jim watched him. The dog seemed half inclined to spring on
ing to sleep. He had been sitting like a statue for t
as Glen doing all this time? He had promised to watch, but Glen had not promised to
pted this as a sign that he heard
t, sharp bark, a tr
ef Jim stood up. He could
ing, trying to wrench himself free to bite his hands. Jim held on. He heard the hoof-beats. It was Glen returnin
sat up; then she sank bac
nto the hut. Unstrung as he was, the sight that met his gaze caused him to dr
struggling. Jim let go his hold an
ng from hounds, dashing under Ping's belly and scouring across country at top speed.
all, he had gone through, the precious bottles had broken? He knelt down beside Jim, summing up the situation, and wondering how long he had been su
ed me for hours. I dared not move for fear he would savage me or her, but when I heard you coming I could stan
your fellows smashed things up, and he was in a towering rage. Fetch some water. It's f
refully on the floor. Bill had made amends after all, and open
er-catchers. It was far too precious to waste, although many times the qu
a bit of rag, he moistened her lips wit
him, and with it relaxation from the strain he too had gone thro
, Jim. You nee
much a
r than mine. Sleep, man; then
s in a dead slumber
happened. He bent down and kissed her, not like Jim Benny, on the lips, but on her forehead, reverently, tenderly, like a father would a child-and he was the most reckless rider on the fence. B
on her now. It's healthy. She'll pull through. I'll bet she pulls through, and we'll have done it, Jim, and I, and Bil
when he found sleep would overco
hen they're dry. Place
when Glen was away. He was ashamed of it; somehow he thoug
would have been worse than the noise and rush of traffic. Outside, Ping, neglected after his long journey, unsaddled, was finding refre
raced his steps slowly. Near the hut he encountered Ping, so nosed round him as though apologising for the sudden bolt under him. Ping and Spotty were chums. They were
an was coming round. She began to mutter.
kon she'll mend now. We've al
of
and Bill
out the fenc
swered Glen fiercely
I," echoed Jim
he fence. I tell you, Jim, it's slow murde
better tucker in
lled to Glen's mind
im
el
been shot dead
right," replied Ji
what brought you here,"
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