Chapter Three, Steve Treats, is a kind of tall tale about the shenanigans that go on around the Virginian. It tells how TV gets a bed of his own, winning a bet with another cowpoke Steve, and how Steve subsequently buys drinks all around, leading to a party that ends suddenly with the news that the engineer's wife is sick and is suffering because of all the caterwalling going on. The next morning, TV manages to assuage and charm both the engineer's wife and the eating house proprietress. As Chapter Four, Deep Into Cattle Country, begins, TV is leading the narrator out of town on the 263-mile trek to Judge Henry's ranch, due west of Medicine Bow. (This country is EDelMar's favorite part of Wyoming, he tells me.) The narrator has come from the East at the invitation of Judge Henry and his wife. As they ride away from Medicine Bow, the narrator keeps looking back and noticing that, by a curious foreshortening effect, he can still see the town clearly, although it keeps getting smaller. TV tells him this effect is noticeable all over the West, particularly in Arizona, where shooting stars can be mistaken for train lights and vice versa. Then they have an enlightening discussion on the effect when looking at a whiskey bottle. As always, TV's droll wit carries the dialogue along smartly.