CHAPTER I

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Date and place of birth--My Mother's second marriage--A kind step-father--Raising a flock of sheep from a pet lamb--An established reputation--Anxious to speculate--Frequent combats at home--How I conquered a foe--What a phrenologist said--A reconciliation--Breaking steers--Mysterious disappearance of a new fence--My confession--My trip to New York--The transformation scene--My return home with my fiddle.

## CHAPTER II .

My mother wishes me to learn a trade--My burning desire to be a live-stock dealer--Employed by a deaf drover to do his hearing--How I amused myself at his expense and misfortune.

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