The reports of the manager, Hepford, were apparently in good order. Silas Selby had decided to make a trip to the ranch to ascertain just why the revenues had so greatly fallen off. The lawyer went on to say that just before his death Mr. These set forth that his uncle, Silas Selby, had died suddenly of a heart attack and had bequeathed to his nephew a certain property in Arizona called Red Rock Ranch. Time and again, since he had left his home in Iowa, Ernest had pulled out the papers and letter from the lawyer in Chicago. This was the West, the real West that had always spelled romance to him and almost miraculously had come his opportunity to become a part of it. His fellow travelers paid him no marked attention and he breathed freely again.Ī growing elation had been mounting in Ernest ever since the train had climbed the Raton Pass into New Mexico. Then he looked around quickly to see if anyone had overheard him. I’LL palm myself off as a cowboy!" In his excitement Ernest Selby spoke his thought aloud.
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