CHAPTER XXIII 



A SUDDEN DEPARTURE 



Towards the end of our stay in this little town, 

 I met a cattle-buyer who had lived in the south- 

 west for some time and who knew a good many 

 of my old friends along the Mexican border. He 

 was now in Idaho buying beef cattle for a firm 

 in Reno, ' Nevada, and he suggested that I ride 

 around the country with him in his search for a 

 train-load of steers. 



My brother was willing that I should go, and 

 so I went. 



The best we could do was the purchase of about 

 nine carloads of two and three-year-old steers 

 near Oxford, Idaho. 



My new-found friend prevailed on me to 

 accompany the shipment to Reno, which was 

 made through Ogden, Utah, and then across Salt 

 Lake over the Union Pacific. 



We turned the cattle over in Reno and then 

 came back to Ogden, from which point I 

 returned to again take up the work with my 

 brother. While in Reno I was given an oppor- 

 tunity to go to San Francisco with another ship- 

 ment of cattle, but I was "travel- worn" to such 

 an extent that the trip had no allurements for me. 

 I was anxious to get back to Idaho, and I refused 

 the offer. 



When I returned to the little burg, my brother 

 informed me that he had endeavored to collect 



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