standstill, and
is living now, hale, hearty and famous.

Others who are equally famous but in another way are the James brothers,
Jesse and Frank. I met them often in the old days on the range, and
became very well acquainted with them and many others of their band.
Their names are recorded in history as the most famous robbers of the
new world, but to us cowboys of the cattle country who knew them well,
they were true men, brave, kind, generous and considerate, and while
they were robbers and bandits, yet what they took from the rich they
gave to the poor. The James brothers band stole thousands of dollars;
yet Jesse was a poor man when he fell a victim to the bullet of a
cowardly, traitorous assassin, and Frank James is a poor man today. What
then did they do with the thousands they stole? The answer is simple,
they gave it away to those who were in need. That is why they had so
many friends and the officers of the law found it so hard to capture
them.

And if they were robbers, by what name are we to call some of the great
trusts, corporations and brokers, who have for years been robbing the
people of this country, some of them, I am glad to say, are now behind
prison bars, still others are even now piling up the dollars that they
have been and are still stealing from the American people, and who on
account of these same dollars are looked up to, respected and are
honored members of society, and the only difference between them and
the James brothers is that the James brothers stole from the rich and
gave to the poor, while these respected members of society steal from
the poor to make the rich richer, and which of them think you reader,
will get the benefit of the judgment when the final day arrives and all
men appear before the great white throne in final judgment?

Jessie James was a true man, a loving son and husband, true to his word,
true to his principles and true to his comrads and his friends. I had
the pleasure of meeting Frank James quite recently on the road while he
was en route to the coast with his theatrical company and enjoyed a
pleasant chat with him. He knew me and recalled many incidents of the
old days and happenings in "no man's land."

Quite a different sort of man was Yellowstone Kelley government scout,
hunter and trapper. He was one of the men who helped to make frontier
history and open up the pathless wilds to the march of civilization. He
was in the employ of the government as a scout