"And I must own I feel anxious over this irrigation project of Brown's.

He is going to work upon a large scale--a _very_ large scale--for a private ranch.

You have made it plain to me, William, how vitally important a wide, unsettled country is to successful cattle raising; and since then I have thought deeply upon the subject.

I feel sure that Mr.Brown is _not_ going to start a cattle ranch." "If he ain't, then what--" "I am not prepared at present to make a statement, even to you, William.

I never enjoyed recanting.