VII 



RANCHING 



HERE are in every com- 

 munity young men to 

 whom life at the desk or 

 behind the counter is un- 

 utterably dreary and un- 

 attractive, and who long for some out-of- 

 door occupation which shall, if possible, 

 contain a spice of excitement. These 

 young men can be divided into two 

 classes first, those who, if they get a 

 chance to try the life for which they long, 

 will speedily betray their utter inability 

 to lead it; and, secondly, those who 

 possess the physical capacity and the 

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