SWATTY

A Story of Real Boys

By Ellis Parker Butler

With Illustrations

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1920

TO FRED ERNST SCHMIDT
OF MUSCATINE, IOWA THE FAITHFUL COMPANION OF MY BOYHOOD THIS BOOK IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

CONTENTS

[ I. THE BIG RIVER ]

[ II. MAMIE'S FATHER ]

[ III. THE “DIVORCE” ]

[ IV. THE STUMP ]

[ V. SCRATCH-CAT ]

[ VI. THE CARDINAL'S SIGNET RING ]

[ VII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE ]

[ VIII. WASTED EFFORT ]

[ IX. THE MURDERERS ]

[ X. SLIM FINNEGAN ]

[ XI. “THIEF! THIEF!” ]

[ XII. THE RED AVENGERS ]

[ XIII. THE ICE GOES OUT ]

[ XIV. HERB BESTIRS ]