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Show Page 17 Chapter 4 Queen Ann to the Rescue As soon as Ann discovered that Dixie Burr was missing, she frantically searched the pasture. Tracks by the gate told the story. A Middlesex cowhand must have, seen Dixie Burr's brand and added her to the roundup. Galloping back to the house as the last rays of the sun fingered the tip of Diamond Mountain, Ann quickly told Slippery Jim her story. "She's gone you say? Golldarnit! I was afeerd this might happen. "Stop that, hear?1" Slippery ordered when Ann burst into tears, something she rarely did. "You got to git out and find that herd and ride it from end to end. Yore dogie is there, so wash the tear tracks offen yore face, git to bed, and be aridin1 at the crack of day." Ann did as Slippery Jim told her. She was up early the next morning and on the trail of the herd. At last she found it. And bringing up the end of the herd she found a rider whipping Dixie Burr with a rawhide rope. Ann couldn't stand the thought |