CHAPTER XVIII.
Colonel Sterett Relates Marvels.
"As I asserts frequent," observed the Old Cattleman, the while delicately pruning a bit of wood he'd picked up on his walk, "the funds of information, gen'ral an' speshul, which Colonel William Greene Sterett packs about would freight a eight-mule team.

It's even money which of 'em saveys the most, him or Doc Peets.

For myself, after careful study, I inclines to the theery that Colonel Sterett's knowledge is the widest, while Peets's is the most exact.

Both is college gents; an' yet they differs as to the valyoo of sech sem'naries.

The Colonel coppers colleges, while Peets plays 'em to win.
"'Them temples of learnin',' says the Colonel, 'is a heap ornate; but they don't make good.' This is doubted by Peets.
"One evenin' Dan Boggs, who's allers tantalisin' 'round askin' questions--it looks like a sleepless cur'osity is proned into Dan--ropes at Peets concernin' this topic: "'Whatever do they teach in colleges, Doc ?' asks Dan.
"'They teaches all of the branches," retorts Peets.
"'An' none of the roots,' adds Colonel Sterett, 'as a cunnin' Yank once remarks on a o'casion sim'lar.' "No, the Colonel an' Peets don't go lockin' horns in these differences.
Both is a mighty sight too well brought up for that; moreover, they don't allow to set the camp no sech examples.