It was this side of the man that brought him barefooted and penniless to Arizona in those days long gone when he was only a boy and Arizona a strong man's country.

It was this side of him that brought him triumphantly through those hard years of the Indian troubles, and in those wild and lawless times made him respected and feared by the evildoers and trusted and followed by those of his kind who, out of the hardships and dangers of those turbulent days, made the Arizona of to-day.

It was this side, too, that finally made the barefoot, penniless boy the owner of the Cross-Triangle Ranch.
I do not know the exact number of the Dean's years--I only know that his hair is grey, and that he does not ride as much as he once did.

I have heard him say, though, that for thirty-five years he lived in the saddle, and that the Cross-Triangle brand is one of the oldest irons in the State.

And I know, too, that his back is still flat and broad and straight.
The Dean's front, so well-rounded and hearty, indicates as clearly the other side of his character.