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Page 120
... Billy and Lizzie picked their camp site about a hundred yards away . Lizzie was the architect of the camp building , Billy being quite content to sit on the ground and watch her , as that sort of job to their way of thinking , was not ...
... Billy and Lizzie picked their camp site about a hundred yards away . Lizzie was the architect of the camp building , Billy being quite content to sit on the ground and watch her , as that sort of job to their way of thinking , was not ...
Page 129
... Billy's method to ensure this did not happen , was to always tighten the girths as much as possible by hand , then walk the horse around a few times just to make sure he had not taken a deep breath and ex- tended his stomach . If that ...
... Billy's method to ensure this did not happen , was to always tighten the girths as much as possible by hand , then walk the horse around a few times just to make sure he had not taken a deep breath and ex- tended his stomach . If that ...
Page 130
... Billy had unstrapped his rifle from under the saddle flap and run back about one hundred yards where he waited behind a bush for the dogs to appear . He did not have to wait long , when six of them appeared some of them with their heads ...
... Billy had unstrapped his rifle from under the saddle flap and run back about one hundred yards where he waited behind a bush for the dogs to appear . He did not have to wait long , when six of them appeared some of them with their heads ...
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