CONTENTS.
Chapter | Page | |
Preface | vii | |
I.— | A Pilgrim in the Far West | 1 |
II.— | Brian Boru | 36 |
III.— | Jake Stanwood's Gal | 60 |
IV.— | At the Keith Ranch | 101 |
V.— | The Rumpety Case | 123 |
VI.— | The Lame Gulch Professor | 151 |
VII.— | The Boss of the Wheel | 187 |
VIII.— | Mr. Fetherbee's Adventure | 217 |
IX.— | An Amateur Gamble | 240 |
X.— | A Rocky Mountain Shipwreck | 266 |
XI.— | A Stroke in the Game | 301 |
XII.— | The Blizzard Picnic | 335 |
XIII.— | A Golden Vista | 369 |
Note.—Of the thirteen sketches included in this volume six have previously appeared in periodicals, as follows:
A Pilgrim in the Far West in Harper's Weekly; Brian Boru in Worthington's Magazine; Jake Stanwood's Gal and At the Keith Ranch in The Century Magazine; The Rumpety Case in Lippincott's Magazine; and An Amateur Gamble in Scribner's Magazine. They were, however, all prepared with reference to their final use as a consecutive series. A. F.