"It must he almighty hard scratchin'." Well, we rode the range for upwards of two year.

In that time we saw our Texas friends--name of Hahn--two or three times in Willets, and heard of them off and on.

They bought an old brand of Steve McWilliams for seventy-five dollars, carryin' six or eight head of cows.

After that, from time to time, we heard of them buying more--two or three head from one man, and two or three from another.

They branded them all with that McWilliams iron--T 0--so, pretty soon, we began to see the cattle on the range.
Now, a good cattleman knows cattle just as well as you know people, and he can tell them about as far off.