My bunkie had the best horse in speed by all odds, and was soon crowding the band so close that they began to scatter, and though I passed several old bulls and cows, it was all I could do to keep in sight of the calves.
My bunkie obeyed as promptly as though the orders had been given by Don Lovell in person, and, delighted with the turn of affairs, I withdrew with him.
With all his pardonable faults, The Rebel was a good bunkie and a hail companion, this being his sixth trip over the trail.
I saw at a glance that my bunkie was heart and soul in the play, and took my cue and kept my mouth shut.
My bunkie urged me to let him keep my money, but under the pretense of some of the outfit wanting to borrow it, I took it with me.
When we were in Dodge, my bunkie had shown no inclination to gamble, but now he was the first one to suggest that we make up a "cow," and let him try his luck at monte.
My bunkie consented to allow Flood to keep it for him, and the latter attempted to hurrah us off to camp, but John Officer protested.
Most of us had some remnants of money, while my bunkie was positively rich, and Lovell advanced us fifty dollars apiece, pending a final settlement on reaching our destination.
I was pleased with the favorable turn of affairs, for my bunkie had used some rather severe language in resenting the remarks of the stranger, which now had the promise of being dropped amicably.
As I rode in, I sought out my bunkie to get his opinion regarding our guest.
He returned with me to the bed ground, and meeting Honeyman as he circled around, was almost unhorsed by the latter's warmth of reception, and Officer's delight on meeting my bunkie was none the less demonstrative.
I enjoyed the laughter of The Rebel and McCann at their plight; but when my bunkie noticed my six-shooter missing, and I admitted having bet it, he turned the laugh on me.
On the previous night he had unburdened himself to his bunkie in a bitter denunciation against the Service.
Well supplied with pocket money, he decided that he would surprise his bunkie with a present of a wrist watch long before pay-day arrived.
Remembrance of Jimmy's request concerning the letters sent his glance next straying toward the shelf where he had seen his bunkie place them.
You ought to be ashamed to ticket a bunkie with such a handle," he added severely.
This is the first time I have seen the fifteenth of Luke in Drumtochty.
No one spoke to Domsie as we went down the cart track, with the ripe corn standing on either side, but he beckoned Chalmers to walk with him.
It's a gled day for your father, and for us a' tae see you back again and strong.
My bunkie and I decided to put up our shelter tent for the first time in seven days.
Milligan of the Sixth Infantry, who was acting as brigade quartermaster sergeant, and who was an old bunkie of mine at Governor's Island, had his tent here, where I slept much oftener than I did in my own camp.
During the night I was awakened by a terrific yell and saw that my bunkie was sitting up, clutching at his chest and roaring with pain.
For this purpose I provided myself with a small hatchet, and to even up loads my bunkiecarried a frying pan for our use.
When night came on my bunkie and I, along with others, spread our blankets on the hurricane deck back of the smokestacks.
My bunkie and I gathered some pine-needle brush in the woods and spread it over the floor of our tent, as the ground was frozen and damp.
