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Thus equipped, I was allowed to 
accompany the cowboys to their work, 
with the understanding that I was to 
keep at a safe distance from the herd. 
Van Anden, a famous ‘cutter out,’ 
whatever that meant, was deputed 
to have an especially watchful eye 
upon me. Van Anden was a sur- 
prisingly graceful fellow, who got his 
six foot of stature in more places dur- 
ing the day than any of the smaller 
men. He was evidently a cowboy be- 
cause he wanted to be one. ‘There 
were many traces of a college educa- 
tion and a thorough drilling in good 
manners in an Eastern home, which 
report said could still be his if he so 
wished; and report also stated that he 
remained a bachelor in spite of being 
the most popular man in the country, 
because of a certain faithless siren who 
with gay unconcern casts languishing 
