Sunset Ranch: A Story of a Boy's Adventures in the West — page 25: what you’re looking at

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The Tenderfoot. 19 tenderfoot broke his fast. Of course they talked as boys will, and in an hour’s time had exchanged con- fidences, so that they appeared to have known each other for years, such is the ingenuous nature of un- suspicious youth. What Karl was induced to tell concerning his ro- mantic life in the saddle, with its hardships and pleasures, seemed to quite enthrall the other, who began to see a chance of his dream coming true, when he too might scour the broad prairies in chase of buffalo and antelope, or join with other cowboys in the grand spring and fall round-up of cattle and horses, a genuine cow puncher and breaker of bronchos. CoOnmiclaoo S C©