yet in Mason's employ, and it is said
in Antelope Spring to-day, or was a few months ago, that when "Bob Mason
hired that kid to oversee his ranch, he knew what he was about."

It is hard to believe that a boy only fifteen years of age (for Dick
has _now_ been an overseer, or "boss puncher" as it is termed in
Nevada, nearly two years) could care for a ranch of six hundred acres;
yet he has done it, as more than one can testify, and in such a
satisfactory manner that next year he is to have an interest in the
herds and flocks on the "Mason Place."

Mr. Stevens recovered from the wound in due time; and early in the
spring after his arrival at the settlement, he joined Messrs. Parsons
& Robinson in prospecting among the ranges.

His good fortune was even greater than Dick's; for before the winter
came again the firm had struck a rich lead of silver, which has been
worked with such profit that "Roving Dick's" home is one of the best
and the cosiest to be found in the State.

Mr. Stevens would have been glad had young Dick decided to give up his
work on the ranch; but the latter has declared again and again that he
will leave mining strictly alone, because "cattle are good enough for
him."

THE END.

[Transcriber's Note:

* Pg 24 Added opening quotes before "I went, an' have got back".

* Otherwise, archaic and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation
retained.]

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