. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . GEORGE MYERS. THE LITTLE MISSOURI AT ELKHORN MORRILL vs. MYERS 443 addition, was making a tidy sum of money out of thetrip. His transportation, reservations, and allowanceper diem were paid, of course, by the county he rep-resented. George, having brought a load of cattle tothe stock-yards, had a pass for his return. But thatwas the sheriffs luck, it appeared, not the treated him most affably. As they were near-ing Medora, in fact, he informed his prisoner thathe would appear before the justice of the peace,explain that he had discovered that the
. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . GEORGE MYERS. THE LITTLE MISSOURI AT ELKHORN MORRILL vs. MYERS 443 addition, was making a tidy sum of money out of thetrip. His transportation, reservations, and allowanceper diem were paid, of course, by the county he rep-resented. George, having brought a load of cattle tothe stock-yards, had a pass for his return. But thatwas the sheriffs luck, it appeared, not the treated him most affably. As they were near-ing Medora, in fact, he informed his prisoner thathe would appear before the justice of the peace,explain that he had discovered that the charge wasbaseless, and ask for a dismissal of the case withouta hearing on the ground that a mistake had beenmade. But the sheriff was not taking into account thefact that Medora had, during the past two or threeyears, emerged from barbarism, and that there wassuch a thing as public opinion to be confronted andsatisfied. To the majority of the citizens, an accusa-tion of cattle-thieving was almost identical with aconviction, and feeling ra
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