Dedication

TO MY OLD FRIEND
DANE COOLIDGE
WHO HAS STAYED WITH ME THROUGH ALL MY TROUBLES
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR

Epigraph

“Oh, out from old Missouri
I set me forth to roam
Indicted by a jury
For toling hawgs from home.

“With faithful Buck and Crowder
I crossed the Western plains
Then turned them loose in the Cow-Country
And waited for my gains.

“And now I’m called a Cattle King
With herds on many a stream—
And all from the natural increase
Of that faithful old ox-team.”

The Song of Good-Eye.