Happy Hawkins

by

Robert Alexander Wason

TO
MY OLD PAL

CONTENTS

I [THE DIAMOND DOT]
II [CONVINCING A COOK]
III [UNDER FIRE]
IV [PROFESSIONAL DUTY]
V [JUST MONODY—A MAN]
VI [THE RACE]
VII [MENTAL TREATMENT FOR A BROKEN LEG]
VIII [THE LETTER]
IX [ADRIFT AGAIN]
X [A WINTER AT SLOCUM'S LUCK]
XI [DRESS REFORM AT THE DIAMOND DOT]
XII [THE LASSOO DUEL]
XIII [BUSINESS IS BUSINESS]
XIV [THE CHINESE QUESTION]
XV [THE DIAMOND DOT AGAIN]
XVI [THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMAN]
XVII [IN RETIREMENT]
XVIII [CUPID]
XIX [BARBIE MAKES A DISCOVERY]
XX [RICHARD WHITTINGTON ARRIVES]
XXI [HAPPY MAKES A DISCOVERY]
XXII [A FRIENDLY GAME]
XXIII [CAST STEEL]
XXIV [FEMININE LOGIC]
XXV [THE WAYS OF WOMANKIND]
XXVI [A MODERN KNIGHT-ERRANT]
XXVII [THE CREOLE BELLE]
XXVIII [THE DAY OF THE WEDDING]
XXIX [THE FINAL RECKONING]
XXX [THE AFTERGLOW]

CHAPTER ONE

THE DIAMOND DOT

I wasn't really a Westerner an' that's why I'm so different from most of 'em. Take your regular bonie fide Westerner an' when he dies he don't turn to dust, he turns to alkali; but when it comes my turn to settle, I'll jest natchely become the good rich soil o' the Indiana cornbelt.