Ah, yes; returning to the days of yesteryear when the railroad men and cattle ranchers employed their own “private security personnel” to “police the open range.” Frees-up the town Sheriffs and the Marshals for more important, pressing, “larger things,” while the more menial labors of keeping those sodbusters and sheepfolk in their rightful places, doncha know.
“And then he spit in the dust, looked up, and muttered, ‘I reckon I'm a’workin’ for whoever it is that owns the bunkhouse where I sleep and fills me and Old Paint's belly.’ “
" . . . while the private sector security guards take care of the more menial labors . . . ."