LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HE WAS A LOVELY PET . . . . . . Frontispiece (missing from book)

[ WE NEAR LOST TWO PETS ]

[ "I WISHT SOMEBODY'D TELEGRAPH THAT SON-OF-A-GUN
FOR ME" ]

[ BOB 'UD HOP HIM ]

[ HIS STYLE OF RIDING ATTRACTED ATTENTION ]

[ SEARCHING HIS SOUL FOR SOUNDS TO TELL HOW SCART HE WAS ]

[ GET OFF'N ME! ]

[ THE AFFAIR WAS AT PRESENT IN THE FORMAL STATE ]

[ "A WISE AND SUBTLE PIECE OF STRATEGY" ]

[ "AN ACCOUNT OF MY ADVENTURES" ]

[ "'HERE'S—YOUR—DEER—KID,' HE GASPED." ]

[ "JIMMY-HIT-THE-BOTTLE" ]

[ THE PUNCHERS TO THE RESCUE ]

[ "HY" SMITH ]

[ HE'D COME AROUND WITH HIS PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
TWICE A DAY ]

[ MIGUEL COULD RUN WHEN HE PUT HIS MIND TO IT ]

[ "CLEAN WAS NO NAME FOR HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE" ]

[ "UP GETS FOXY WITH A SHRIEK AND GALLOPS AROUND
THE HOUSE" ]

[ "OLD WINDY USED TO TALK TO THE PIG AS THOUGH THEY'D
BEEN RAISED TOGETHER" ]

[ "HE'D HUMP UP HIS BACK . . . AND RUB AGAINST YOUR LEGS" ]

[ "NO. DIDN'T WANT FOOD. HEART WAS BROKE" ]

[ "'HUNGH!' SAYS HE, AND BLINKED HIS EYES SHUT" ]

[ "THE DOCTOR GOES SAILING INTO THE DRINK" ]

[ "A HA HA! CUT IN TWO IN THE MIDDLE" ]

[ "THAT WOOLLY, BLAATIN' FOOL OF A SHEEP" ]

[ "CHASES HIMSELF OFF TO THE SKY-LINE FOR ANOTHER TRY" ]

[ "THE DURNED RAM WAS PRANCIN' AWAY" ]

[ "HE WAS KNOCKED GALLEY-WEST" ]

[ "THAT PIG LOOKED UP AND SMILED" ]

[ "AND HOLLER! I WISHT YOU COULD HAVE HEARD THAT PIG" ]

[ "DONE. EVERLASTINGLY DONE" ]

[ THROUGH THE GLASS I GOT A BETTER VIEW OF THE POOR DEVIL
ABOUT TO BE STRUNG ]

[ WE CALLED TO HIM TO HALT, AND HE STOPPED,
KIND OF GRINNED AT US AND SAYS: "HELLO!" ]

[ YES, SIR; THERE HE SAT, AND HE WAS KNITTIN' A PAIR OF SOCKS! ]

[ TWENTY-FIVE FOOT OF A DROP, CLEAR, TO ICE-WATER—WOW! ]

[ "WHOOP HER UP, COLIN!" I HOLLERS ]