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Pa used it when he went to Culbertson to draw his pension . It would save the doctor a six or seven mile drive . '' `` Now , that suggestion is to the point , '' cheerfully assented the trail foreman . `` The herd will noon on the first divide , and we can post the boys of the cut-off . They 'll surely meet the doctor this afternoon or evening . Corral the horses , and I 'll shorten up the stirrup straps on Forrest 's saddle . Who will we send ? ''