They found Joe riding up and down, singing to keep the cattle quiet, but having a hard time to hold the bunch from breaking.

While The Duke was riding around the far side of the bunch, a cry from Gwen arrested his attention.

Joe was in trouble.
His horse, a half-broken cayuse, had stumbled into a badger-hole and had bolted, leaving Joe to the mercy of the cattle.

At once they began to sniff suspiciously at this phenomenon, a man on foot, and to follow cautiously on his track.

Joe kept his head and walked slowly out, till all at once a young cow began to bawl and to paw the ground.