In conclusion, we do not have to go to the annals of the past, nor to distant shores to find heroes and heroines. They are in our midst today. A nobler band of men and women never graced this planet than many of the men and women who laid the foundations of the state and the church on the frontier of the west.
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Some of them lived in sod houses and dugouts, with barely enough to keep soul and body together, and for years had hard work to keep the wolf from the door. But they toiled on, undismayed by their hardships, and we today are reaping the reward of their toils and sufferings.
THE END.
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- [Page 130]: ‘chapparalls’ changed to ‘chaparalls’.
- [Page 136]: ‘measley’ changed to ‘measly’.
- [Page 165]: ‘devlish’ changed to ‘devilish’.
- [Page 192]: ‘peka’ possibly a coined word.
- [Page 205]: ‘Azotic’ not known in this context. Perhaps this should be ‘Aztec’.