“Yes, miss, the dogs will look after ’em,” and, calling a command to the intelligent collies, he advanced toward Cora’s car.
CHAPTER VI
JACK IS LOST
“How many sheep have you?” asked Cora.
“Well, there’s just a hundred and ten, miss. I had a hundred and ’leven, but one died on me,” the man explained.
“What is this–a class in arithmetic?” inquired Jack, who had left his car and come up to where his sister sat in hers.
“Now, Jack–please—” she said.
“And how much farther does this road go before—”
“The road doesn’t go–it stays right here!” chuckled her brother.
“Stop it!” she commanded in such a tone that he knew she meant it.