The experiment wrought a cure, and he was now one of the sturdiest of the five men, not afraid to face the more rigorous climate of the North and to expose himself to all sorts of weather.

It was a surprise, indeed, to Jack Dudley and Fred Greenwood, in the course of the day, when the conversation happened to drift to the subject of higher mathematics, to find this cowboy could give them instruction in the most abstruse problems they had ever attempted to solve.

Thus, although they would have preferred to be away on a hunt, they found the time less monotonous than anticipated.
"This will let up afore night," said Hank, much to the delight of his young visitors, "and to-morrow will be clear." "I hope it will last several days," ventured Fred.
"So it will," remarked the cowman, with that air of assurance which showed he was more reliable than the Government in his forecasts of the weather.
Hazletine examined the Winchester repeating-rifles of the boys with great care.

He pronounced them excellent weapons, as were the Smith & Wesson revolvers with which they were furnished.
"Your outfit is all right," he said, "but it remains to be seed whether you know how to handle 'em." "We cannot claim to be skilful," was the modest remark of Jack, "but we have had some experience at home, though when we hunted there it was mostly with shotguns." "The main thing, younker, is not to git rattled.

Now, if you happen to see old Ephraim sailing for you, all you have to do is to make your aim sure and let him have it between the eyes, or just back of the foreleg; or, if you don't have the chance to do that, plug him in the chest, where there's a chance of reaching his heart." By "old Ephraim" the hunter referred to the grizzly bear, as the boys knew.
"I have heard that it generally takes several shots to kill a grizzly." "That's 'cause the bullets are not put in the right place.