Her fears, however, were soon overcome, and she concluded to let me go.

She fixed me up a big bundle of clothing and gave me a quilt.

Kissing her and my sisters a fond farewell, I started off on my first trip across the plains, and with a light heart too, notwithstanding my trouble of a few hours before.
The trip proved a most enjoyable one to me, although no incidents worthy of note occurred on the way.

On my return from Fort Kearney I was paid off the same as the rest of the employees.

The remainder of the summer and fall I spent in herding cattle and working for Russell, Majors & Waddell.
I finally ventured home--not without some fear, however, of the Gobel family--and was delighted to learn that during my absence mother had had an interview with Mr.Gobel, and having settled the difficulty with him, the two families had become friends again, and I may state, incidentally, that they ever after remained so.