He estimated his speed, and took note of the time by his watch, until he had reached, as he thought, about fifteen miles -- that being a neighborly distance.

There he and his wife and boys, Charles T. Jr., the youngest was only six months old, settled down in a cabin on what proved to be section fourteen, township thirty-three, range fiftyfive. There the O-Ten-Bar brand and ranch was born. Coffee still has the place, and twenty-two thousand acres around it, vast herds of cattle, a bank in Chadron, and various other matters to occupy his attention.

Granville Tinnin is the hero in the pretty story, "The Foreman of the JAC. This ranch is on the Rawhide, and is partly owned by Coffee, who has often told Mrs. E. Joy Johnson, the writer, that she made a hero out of the wrong partner. I presume Tinnin would take issue with his producer on this matter.

About the same time that the Hat creek ranch was located, Emmet & Brewster established the S-Bar-E brand twelve miles farther west. Two of the hangers on about the S-Bar-E ranch were "Whitney Jim," and "Trapper Tom," and they built an independent cabin on a branch of Hat creek, where they could follow their own inclinations wittiout interference. Jim had an inclination, or propensity, for strong drink, and a pronounced aversion to cleanliness. In season he would gather a wagon box full of wild plums, take them to Fort Laramie, and come back amply provided with booze, which Tom would help him to consume. They had interesting times trying to put each other to bed, when in this maudlin state, both maintaining with the dignity of intoxication that the other was drunk.