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`` This is like a page from life , only twice as natural . It proves two things : that you took your range in good time , and that it has a value . This very afternoon you must push at least one hundred cattle up to those springs above Hackberry Grove . Let them track and trample around the water and noon in the shade of the motte . That 's possession , and possession is nine points , and the other fellow can have the tenth . If any one wants to dispute your rights or encroach on them , I 'll mount a horse and go to the trail for help . The Texans are the boys to insist on range customs being respected .