In bringing these reminiscences to a close, I wish to bear
testimony in behalf of the men who lent their best existence that
success should crown my efforts. Aside from my family, the two
pleasantest recollections of my life are my old army comrades and
the boys who worked with me on the range and trail. When men have
roughed it together, shared their hardships in field and by
camp-fire like true comrades, there is an indescribable bond
between them that puts to shame any pretense of fraternal
brotherhood. Among the hundreds, yes, the thousands, of men who
worked for our old firm on the trail, all feel a pride in referring
to former associations. I never leave home without meeting men,
scattered everywhere, many of them prosperous, who come to me and
say, "Of course you don't r
