We were
half-way through dinner when we heard a peculiar whine, followed
by a low bark, in the wagon, and then Snoozer leaped out,
stretched himself, and began to wag his tail so fast that it
looked exactly like a whirling feather duster. We fed him on
pancakes, and he ate so many that if Jack had not fried some more
we'd have certainly gone hungry.
"I told you he was a true tramp," said Jack. "Just see his
appetite!"
After we had finished, and the horses had grazed about on the
dry grass some time, we started on. We hoped to reach a little
lake which we saw marked on the map, called Lake Lookout, for the
night camp; so we hurried along, it being a good distance ahead.
All the afternoon we were passing 'between either great fields
where the wheat had been cut, leaving the stubble, or beside long
stretches of prairie. There were a few houses, many of them built
of sod. Not much happened during the afternoon. Ollie followed
the example of Snoozer, and curled up on the bed and had a long
nap. We saw a few prairie-chickens, but did not try to shoot any
of them.
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