RIDING THE PLAINS 



it is also most dangerous. If you were to rub it 

 on your foot or your hand or any part of you, that 

 part would drop off. But if you wash the part in 

 very hot water continuously for a half hour, and 

 then put on the medicine, it is good, and will cure 

 you very soon." I am sure I do not know what 

 they put in tick ointment; nor for the purpose did 

 it greatly matter. 



That night, also, Herbert Spencer capped the 

 climax of his absurdities. The chops he had cooked 

 did not quite suffice for our hunger, so we instructed 

 him to give us some of the leg. By this we meant 

 steak of course. Herbert Spencer was gone so long 

 a time that finally we went to see what possibly 

 could be the matter. We found him trying des- 

 perately to cook the whole leg in a frying pan ! 



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