They wished to know the cause of the evident anxiety on the part of the
ranchmen, however, so Bert set about getting the information in the
manner they had learned by experience was best.
"Looks as though there were going to be something doing pretty soon,
doesn't there?" he remarked to "Chip," one of the most experienced
members of the working force.
"Somethin' doin'?" exclaimed Chip. "Waal, I reckon they will be somethin'
doin', and mighty soon, too. We're goin' to beat it for the bunkhouse
some soon, and you'd better come along with us. Chances are you won't
have time to make the ranchhouse. When a norther once gets started,
things happens pretty fast, so ef you don't want to get soaked an' run a
good chance o' gettin' blown away you'd better come along with us, all
three o' you."
A "norther!" The boys had heard tales of the fury of these storms, and
now they would have an opportunity to judge for themselves the truth of
these stories. They had always believed them exaggerated, but the haste
and anxiety of the ranchmen told them that something out of the ordinary
was expected.
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