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That evening Old Mizzou returned from toith a watery eye and a mind

that ran to horses

"He is shore a fine cayuse," he asserted with extreme impressiveness

"He is one of them broncs you jest loves An' he's jes 's cheap! I

likes you a lot, sonny; I deems you as a face-card shore, an' ef any

one ever tries fer to cliles in theo scoutin' in th' hills, yo' shore must! Ol' man

Davidson'll do th' work fer ye, but ye shore it exercise on a cayuse It shorely ain't! An' you it t'

know these yar hills, you must They is beautiful an' picturesque, and

is full of scenery When you goes back East, you wants to know all

about 'eo back East without knowin' all about

'em for anythin' in the worl', I likes ye thet much!"

Old Mizzou paused to wipe away a sympathetic tear with a rather

uncertain hand

"Y' wants to start right off too, thet's th' worst of it, so's t' see

'eoes, 'cause they is lots of hills and I', sonny; I aood, I has fer a fact, and they won't need no one here long, and