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tirely on his own account. Disaster may 

 overtake him, as it may overtake any 

 business man ; but if he wins success, even 

 though of a moderate kind, he has a 

 pleasant life before him, riding about over 

 the prairie among his own horses or cat- 

 tle or sheep, occasionally taking a day 

 off to go after game, and, while working 

 hard, not having to face the mere drudg- 

 jery which he had to encounter as a 

 tyro. 



The chances are very small that he will 

 ever gain great wealth; and when he 

 marries and has children of his own there 

 are many uncomfortable problems to face, 

 the chief being that of schools ; but for a 

 fc young man in good health and of advent- 

 iurous temper the life is certainly pleas- 

 banter than that of one cooped up in the 

 ^counting-room, and while it is not one to 

 | be sought save by the very few who have 

 I a natural liking for it, and a natural 

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