There was a good
well of water, and we decided to camp near it for the night,
especially as the grass was good. There was no other house in
sight. Bedtime arrived, and no one came to the ranch.
"I think I'll just sleep in that house tonight," said Jack,
"and see how it seems. I'll leave the door open, so as not to
have too much luxury at first."
So he went to bed in the shanty, taking Snoozer along, and
leaving the wagon to Ollie and me.
We must have been asleep three or four hours when I was
awakened by the loud barking of a dog. I started up and began
unfastening the front end of the cover. Just then I heard the
pony snort in terror; and then followed a shot from a gun and the
sound of horses galloping away. As I put my head out, Jack
called, excitedly:
"Some men were trying to get the pony. They'd have done it,
too, if Snoozer hadn't barked and scared them away."
I was out of the wagon by this time, and found the pony
trembling at the end of her picket-line as near the wagon as she
could get. Snoozer kept barking as if he couldn't stop.
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