"
"I wouldn't wonder, also, if they haven't missed our route several
times, and left the Paris green to poison some other herd," said Stella.
"Their salvation, I am convinced, is also due to the peculiar quality of
the water they have found to drink. Who knows but that it is a perfect
antidote for the Paris green?" said Ben wisely.
"Oh, slush!" interposed Bud. "I reckon ther truth is they haven't begun
ter poison in right earnest yet. From ther letter, I would think that
they had just received the stuff and were trying it out before they
begin the big poisoning stunt. I'll bet Woofer is the chief actor, and
that he's just met ther feller what brought ther poison out with him.
Having found that it worked on a few o' ther cattle, they'll spread it
on thick ahead o' us. An' ther wust part o' it is, thar don't seem no
way ter circumvent 'em, onless we go hunt fer 'em, an' put 'em out er
business quick."
"Well said, Bud," was Ted's comment. "There's no way of discovering the
confounded stuff. We can't go ahead with a microscope and a chemical
laboratory to analyze every blade of grass along the route for Paris
green. The best we can do is to take our chances and keep going north.
But I think we'd better establish outside picket lines which will stay
well in advance, and off to the flanks.
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