"Thanks to the timely Attention, Dick soon opened his Eyes."—[P. 48.]

For the lad to whom I have given the name of Dick Stevens this little story has been written, with the hope that he may enjoy the reading of it even as I did his modest manner of telling it.

James Otis.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Dick's Daddy[1]
II.A Lonely Vigil[17]
III.A Sand-Storm[34]
IV.At Antelope Spring[52]
V.Dick "Pulls Through"[69]

DICK IN THE DESERT.