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But if I read the signs correctly you 'd better get used to it now . There 'll be plenty more times . '' Bob called from the gate : `` Send Zack over ; I want my hair cut ! '' And the Colonel , understanding , waved his hand as they again cantered away -- Dale in advance , and the young planter evidently cautioning him to spare his horse in the noon hour heat . `` Who 's Bob 's anthropoid friend ? '' Brent asked , as he and the Colonel now stretched in their chairs . `` A young man from the mountains , violently in search of an education .