"
Then while Happy Dick was assuring us that "both Warlochs were bankers,"
the Sanguine Scot rode in through the slip-rails at the North track,
waving his hat in greeting and with Bertie and Bertie's Nellie tailing
along behind him.
"Back again!" Mac called, light-hearted as a schoolboy just escaped from
drudgery, while Bertie's Nellie, as a matter of course, was overcome with
ecstatic giggles.
With Mac and the showers with us, we felt there was little left to wish
for, and told Brown of the Bulls that he might now prepare to enjoy
himself, and with a chuckle of anticipation Brown "hoped" the
entertainment would prove "up to samples already met with," as he could
"do with a little enjoyment for a change."
CHAPTER XXII
As a matter of course, Bertie's Nellie quietly gathered the reins of
management into her own hands, and as a matter of course, Jimmy's Nellie
indulged in ear-splitting continuous protest, and Brown of the, Bulls
expressed himself as satisfied, so far, with the entertaining powers of
the homestead.
As a matter of course, we left the servant problem to work out its own
solution, and, also as a matter of course, the Sanguine Scot was full of
plans for the future but particularly bubbling over with the news that he
had secured Tam-o'-Shanter for a partner in the brumby venture.
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