Excerpt from On the Frontier: Or Scenes in the WestMy first business was to secure a state room, for it was plain that all on board would not have beds that night. Just then my friend's advice recurred, and I resolved it should be followed.I would like a state-room entirely to myself, said I to the clerk. Can I be accommodated?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.