Home Ranch (2013)
“I rubbed on plenty of liniment, and made up my mind that I’d walk with my knees close together, so nobody could guess how rough I really felt.
That was the first morning Hank was well enough to eat in the chuckhouse. He still looked sort of puny, but being sick hadn’t slowed his talking a mite. Over and over again, he kept telling us how sick he’d been and what the doctor had said to him, and all the different dreams he’d had when he was out of his head. “Yes, sir, by dogies!” he shouted. “...I seen them pearly gates a-swingin’ open and old Peter . . .”
“Speakin’ about gates,” Mr. Bendt cut in on him, “you reckon you’re stout enough to open and close a gate today? There’s a heap o’ roundin’ up and cuttin’ to be done ’fore Batch gets back here at the weekend, and short-handed as I am, I could sure use you to man a gate.”
Hank tried his best to cough, and said weakly, “By dogies, I don’t know if I can make it, Watt.MoreLess
That was the first morning Hank was well enough to eat in the chuckhouse. He still looked sort of puny, but being sick hadn’t slowed his talking a mite. Over and over again, he kept telling us how sick he’d been and what the doctor had said to him, and all the different dreams he’d had when he was out of his head. “Yes, sir, by dogies!” he shouted. “...I seen them pearly gates a-swingin’ open and old Peter . . .”
“Speakin’ about gates,” Mr. Bendt cut in on him, “you reckon you’re stout enough to open and close a gate today? There’s a heap o’ roundin’ up and cuttin’ to be done ’fore Batch gets back here at the weekend, and short-handed as I am, I could sure use you to man a gate.”
Hank tried his best to cough, and said weakly, “By dogies, I don’t know if I can make it, Watt.MoreLess
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