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Jack says that you can " see the courage shooting 

 out of 'em," when he's charging Indians — his firm, 

 sensitive mouth, his delicately moulded chin, covered, 

 yet not concealed by a pointed beard of silky 

 brown untouched by scissors, his pale morbidezza 

 complexion, and glory of glories, his magnificent 

 hair, sweeping in natural curves over his strong, 

 square shoulders, on which the marble column of 

 his neck is poised with the grace of an Antinous — 

 aha! that's the man I think ! " Todgers could do it 

 when she chose ! " Really, joking apart, one of the 

 handsomest and the best built men I have ever 

 seen. As for his manners, they are as perfect as 

 those of the Vandyke would have been. I have 

 never met with a more thorough gentleman, quiet, 

 calm, and self-possessed, full of memories of strange 

 adventures, yet never thrusting them too prominently 

 forward, but telling them with a quiet earnestness 

 which gives to them a far greater reality than any 

 highly -wrought description could possibly give. 

 No wonder he has become a western hero. Sudden 

 he is, I fear, and quick in quarrel, and when aroused 

 he shoots straight, as the nearest town can testify, 

 but what then ? His life or theirs ! I heard a 

 legend down in Colorado to the effect that the 

 limits of his range were becoming rather restricted 

 owing to his little difficulties, and that, like Dick 

 Swiveller, he would soon have to go out of town 

 to get across the street. Moreover, that there was a 

 gentleman travelling with his portrait in his 



