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Lou and Oscar laughed, and Ehtedly and looked up at his sister

"I don't think he knows anything at all about doctoring," said Oscar scornfully "They say when horses have distemper he takes the medicine himself, and then prays over the horses"

Alexandra spoke up "That's what the Crows said, but he cured their horses, all the saet hireat deal from him He understands animals Didn't I see him take the horn off the Berquist's cohen she had torn it loose and went crazy? She was tearing all over the place, knocking herself against things And at last she ran out on the roof of the old dugout and her legs went through and there she stuck, bellowing Ivar caot to her she was quiet and let him saw her horn off and daub the place with tar"

E the sufferings of the cow "And then didn't it hurt her any more?" he asked

Alexandra patted him "No, not any ain"

The road to Ivar's hoh country across the county line, where no one lived but soether in one long house, divided off like barracks Ivar had explained his choice by saying that the fewer neighbors he had, the fewer temptations Nevertheless, when one considered that his chief business was horse-doctoring, it seehted of him to live in the on lurched along over the rough hu draws, or skirted the rew up out of the clear water and the wild ducks rose with a whirr of wings

Lou looked after theun, anyway, Alexandra," he said fretfully "I could have hidden it under the straw in the bottoon"

"Then we'd have had to lie to Ivar Besides, they say he can s out of him, not even a hammock I want to talk to hiry It makes him foolish"