| Show one evening fresh and wrapped it Uncle then spending and hung it cool The high next in the morning trees after to morning looking after it breakfast in wool blankets from the bed to left for town The dog followed the keep the we keep him sheep it cool After headed for camp and preparedgood dinner then returned to where the sheep were grazing As evening came on gaveloud yell and was proud to see the long strings of more than 2000 head of sheep trailing Aspleasantly mosied into into camp the bedground darkness was coming on candle was lit andbegan to prepare supper Whenreached for the mutton to my shocking surprise there was nothing there The sack and all had completely disappeared began to reason as to what might have happened taken on to it it the No ground Couldbear or some wild animal the bed covers discovered were undisturbed large footprint Feelings of great fear came dashing mind the Who could it be Could trees Will he come back Richins tending fear Suddenly of man through my youthful still Only be week hiding out before trees every over me thought of and curling up in it movemade Humbly taking blanket out eventful summer mountains at age nine when was herding Uncle trethat sheep in the Sheep waiting at Jericho Shearing Plant for their turn to be shorn of their wool Herd belonged to John Oldroyd Ft Green Courtesy Jessie Oldroyd 23 in Still he could be watch-I prayed for protection Eventuallydropped off to sleep About daylight rode into camp and called Words cannot express my mendous feelings Another crisis had passed during first in boy my age from Coalville had been kidnapped while his fathersheep in the mountains shuddering came the ing he have |
