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The Virginian
Owen Wister
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The Virginian
Owen Wister
Book Excerpt: ...uiet, incessant eye? Such an eye as this did the pony keep upon whatever man took the rope. The man might pretend to look at the weather, which was fine; or he might affect earnest conversation with a bystander: it was bootless. The pony saw through it. No feint hoodwinked him. This animal was thoroughly a man of the world. His undistracted eye stayed fixed upon the dissembling foe, and the gravity of his horse-expression made the matter one of high comedy. Then the rope would sail out at him, but he was already elsewhere; and if horses laugh, gayety must have abounded in that corral. Sometimes the pony took a turn alone; next he had slid in a flash among his brothers, and the whole of them like a school of playful fish whipped round the corral, kicking up the fine dust, and (I take it) roaring with laughter. Through the window-glass of our Pullman the thud of their mischievous hoofs reached us, and the strong, humorous curses of the cow-boys. Then for the first time I noticed a man who sat on the high gate...
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 26, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9798695395563 |
Publishers | Independently Published |
Pages | 324 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 435 g |
Language | English |
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