. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . , and proceeded on hisjourney. Fisher saw him shortly after and accused him ofbeing reckless. I suppose it might be considered reckless,Roosevelt admitted. But it was lots of fun. Roosevelt spent his time alternately at the tworanches, writing somewhat and correcting the proofsof his new book, but spending most of his time inthe saddle. The headquarters of his cattle businesswas at the Maltese Cross where Sylvane Ferris andMerrifield were in command. Elkhorn was, forthe time being, merely a refuge and a hunting-lodge where Sewall and Dow ran a few hundredcattle u
. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . , and proceeded on hisjourney. Fisher saw him shortly after and accused him ofbeing reckless. I suppose it might be considered reckless,Roosevelt admitted. But it was lots of fun. Roosevelt spent his time alternately at the tworanches, writing somewhat and correcting the proofsof his new book, but spending most of his time inthe saddle. The headquarters of his cattle businesswas at the Maltese Cross where Sylvane Ferris andMerrifield were in command. Elkhorn was, forthe time being, merely a refuge and a hunting-lodge where Sewall and Dow ran a few hundredcattle under the general direction of the more ex-perienced men of the other outfit. At the Maltese Cross there were now a half-dozen hands, Sylvane and our friend with thebeaver-slide, as Merrifield, who was bald, wasknown; George Myers, warm-hearted and honest asthe day; Jack Renter, known as Wannigan,with his stupendous memory and his Teutonicappetite; and at intervals old man Thompsonwho was a teamster, and a huge being named Hank. RANCHING COMPANIONS 253 Bennett. Roosevelt > liked them all possessed to an extraordinary degree thequalities of manhood which he deemed fundamental,— courage, integrity, hardiness, self-reliance,—combining with those qualities a warmth, a humor,and a humanness that opened his understanding tomany things. He had come in contact before withmen whose opportunities in life had been less thanhis, and who in the eyes of the world belonged tothat great mass of common people of whomLincoln said that the Lord surely loved themsince he made so many of them. But he had neverlived with them, day in, day out, slept with them,eaten out of the same dish with them. The men ofthe cattle country, he found, as daily companions,wore well. They called him Mr. Roosevelt, not Theo-dore nor Teddy. For, though he was comradeand friend to all, he was also the boss, and theyshowed him the respect his position and his in-stinctive leadership merited. More tha
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