"Stockman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... being considered good enough, and having incurred her wrath by openly stating that when he had a cold he took whisky toddy at bedtime! then the silly woman—who rules poor Westonley with a rod of iron—had a notice put up in the men's quarters that all hands, from the head stockman down to the black boys, were to attend service every future Sunday morning and evening, Westonley—whom she wanted to conduct the service—bucked, and said he could not make an ass of himself before ...
— Tom Gerrard - 1904 • Louis Becke
... ranchers and the others watched the face of the stockman as he read the message. It was rather lengthy, which accounted for the somewhat protracted time it took Mr. Merkel to get at the meaning of the words. But when he had read to the end he passed the missive to his wife, ...
— The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians - or, Trailing the Yaquis • Willard F. Baker
... his mind, the thought whether his anxiety for Kate Ellison was not making a fool of him. Why should he turn from his course, just at the end of a long journey, to start at full speed on the track of this figure, of which Jim had caught only a glance? It might be a stockman, or someone who had ridden over from one of the neighbouring stations to see how Donald was getting on; but even so, he told himself, no harm was done by his ...
— A Final Reckoning - A Tale of Bush Life in Australia • G. A. Henty
... but go on, tell me the rest, and then I'm going to let you in on something that will open your eyes a little," remarked the stockman. ...
— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson
... rescued and brought away the stolen wife of the stockman, and also the widow of the Black Rock chief. She was in such poor condition and so broken-hearted that none but the finest humanity would have considered her worth a quarter of the trouble of her carriage. But she proved to be worth it a thousandfold; and Sawyer Gundry (as now he was called) ...
— Erema - My Father's Sin • R. D. Blackmore
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