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... Can't tell till morning. It'll take all day to round up the scattered bunches— those ...

— The Pony Rider Boys in Montana • Frank Gee Patchin

... characteristic heading in a Dakota paper of an editorial notice of the closing exercises of their High School. Everything takes its color from the peculiar condition of society. A rubber overcoat is a "slicker," and a native pony is a "broncho." Not so inappropriate, either, is the term "The Round Up," for the closing exercises of a school year. It ought to be the round up, a complete circle or sphere of successful work and accomplishment, so far as that period of school-life is concerned. The white men of Dakota are changing perceptibly, I think, in their feelings toward the ...

— American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889 • Various

... into a chair, he dropped back into his own, and caught up a pencil. "Give me the whole story, from beginning to end. If the police round up these fellows this morning we will run ...

— The Young Railroaders - Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity • Francis Lovell Coombs

... the country that doesn't help round up stock. How'd you like to chase a cow full speed ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... Bronx cheer on. The Titanians have had a tractor ray for ages—he sent me complete dope on it—and the Jovians have got them both. We'll have them in three days, and it ought to be fairly simple to dope out the opposite of a tractor, too—a pusher or presser beam. Say, round up the gang, will you, while I'm licking some of this stuff into shape for you to tear apart? Where are Venus and Mars? Um ... m ... m. Tell Alcantro and Fedanzo to come over here pronto—give 'em a special if necessary. We'll pick up Dol Kenor and Pyraz Amonar on the way—no, get them to Tellus, too. ...

— Spacehounds of IPC • Edward Elmer Smith

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