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Until gasoline h to

keep him contented out of a stock saddle (You may not know it, but

it is harder for an old cow-puncher to find content, now that the free

range is gone into history, than it is for a labor agitator to be happy

in a h, which was very well indeed Before the second

season closed with the first fall rains, he had paid for his big car

and got the insurance policy transferred to his name He walked up

First Street with his hat pushed back and a cigarette dangling from the

quirkiest corner of his low of

prosperity warmed his manner toward the world He had a little ood will of a s world

He could not walk half a block in any one of three or four towns but he

was hailed with a "Hello, Bud!" in a welco tone More people knew

hih to call by name--which is the final

proof of popularity the world over

In that glowing

Basin with her irl had taken

frequent trips to Boulder Creek, and twice had gone on to San Jose, and

she had made it a point to ride with the driver because she was crazy