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[By common consent we had named them Clarence and Clarice]Frontispiece
[Evidently he believed the conspiracy against him was widespread]21
[There was not a turkey trotter in the bunch]35
[He'd garner in some fellows that wasn't sheep-herders]61
[Because a man has a soul is no reason he shouldn't have an appetite]73
[He was a regular moving picture cowboy and gave general satisfaction]87
[The boy who sells you a paper and the youth who blackens your shoes both show solicitude]101
[Out from under a rock somewhere will crawl a real estate agent]115
[He felt that he was properly dressed for the time, the place and the occasion]127
[Even the place where the turkey trot originated was trotless and quiet]143
[The woman nearest the wall has on her furs—it is always cool in the shade]155
[It's a great thing out there to be a native son]169
[Each Navajo squaw weaves on an average nine thousand blankets a year]179
[As she leveled the lens a yell went up from somewhere]193
[As the occupants spilled sprawlingly through the gap, a front tire exploded with a loud report]207

A PILGRIM CANONIZED


A Pilgrim Canonized

It is generally conceded that the Grand Cañon of Arizona beggars description. I shall therefore endeavor to refrain from doing so. I realize that this is going to be a considerable contract. Nearly everybody, on taking a first look at the Grand Cañon, comes right out and admits its wonders are absolutely indescribable—and then proceeds to write anywhere from two thousand to fifty thousand words, giving the full details. Speaking personally, I wish to say that I do not know anybody who has yet succeeded in getting away with the job.

In the old days when he was doing the literature for the Barnum show, Tody Hamilton would have made the best nominee I can think of. Remember, don't you, how when Tody started in to write about the elephant quadrille you had to turn over to the next page to find the verb? And almost any one of those young fellows who write advertising folders for the railroads would gladly tackle the assignment; in fact, some of them already have—but not with any tumultuous success.