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He owned a quarter-section of land , with a heavy growth of prairie dogs on it , and he had almost persuaded the agent to swap him a ticket for this sage brush conservatory , when the ticket seller backed gently out of the trade . Mr. Brown then sat him down on the sidewalk and cried bitterly . I just tell this to show how easily some men weep . Atchison is at present so dead that a good cowboy , with an able mule , could tie his rope to its tail , and , putting his spurs to the mule , jerk loose the entire pelt at any time , while Brown 's addition to Denver is worth anywhere from one and a half to two millions of dollars . When Mr. Brown weeps now it is because his food is too rich and gives him the gout . He sold prairie dogs enough to fence the land in so that it could not blow into Cherry Creek vale , and then he set to work earnestly to wait for the property to advance . Finding that he could not sell the property at any price , he , with great foresight , concluded to retain it .