“It’s just like a king’s throne,” suggested Phil, “that cave o’ his with the flock crowdin’ round about it.”
“I couldn’t shoot him,” exclaimed Frank. “I’d feel like an assassin.”
“Do you happen to notice,” broke in the Englishman, “that all the sheep are ewes and lambs?”
“That settles it,” exclaimed Frank. “I vote to spare the ‘Monarch of the Mountains.’ [‘Old Baldy’] must be Husha the Black Ram. And to me, he’s kind o’ like a religion.”
“He’s a part of history at least,” added Lord Pelton.
“It seems tough to lose him,” said Phil, “but I think you’re both right. Let’s take a snap shot of him and call it off.”