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' they branded, and when did they need 



M it "? My ignorance was hopeless and 



N pathetic, and those to wham I applied 



1^ were all too familiar with the process 



D to be able to describe it. I might as 



p well have asked for a full description oi 



o how a man ate his dinner. 



T 



" Will you take me to the round- 

 up to-morrow?" I asked of the 'WB' 

 boss. 



" Well, I could have a team hitched 

 up, and Bob could drive you to the 

 Black Nob Hill, where you can get a 

 good view," was the tolerant reply. 



Bob had wrenched his foot the day 

 before, when roping a steer, and was 

 therefore incapacitated for anything but 

 ' woman's work ' — * a soft job.' 



" Oh, but I do not want to be so far 

 away and look on ; I want to be in it." 



He looked at me out of the angle of 



