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`` You mean for the herd to follow the old trail , '' he inquired , `` and turn off opposite our middle tank ? '' `` That 's it ; and hold the cattle under herd until we can count and receive them . '' Dell led out his horse and mounted . `` Dog-toe will take me safely home to-night , '' said he , `` and we 'll reach the Republican by noon to-morrow . If the herd 's there , you have n't an hour to waste . We 'll drop down on you in a day and a half . '' The night received courier and horse .