| In the meantime the logic of circumstances was driving the sheepman into a corner. |
| The fighting blood of the sheepman sided in as quickly with his dog. |
| But Jill's father was a practiced sheepman who had managed a great sheep ranch and had earned an enviable reputation as a man who knew his stuff. |
| The sheepman cocked his head to one side and shut one eye knowingly. |
| Sheep did well in them good years that followed, and first thing I knew I was a sheepman. |
| How far he might feel this justified him in ignoring it the sheepman did not know. |
