Better Than Men

by Rush C. Hawkins

“CHARLIE”

BETTER THAN MEN

BY
RUSH C. HAWKINS

J. W. BOUTON
TEN WEST TWENTY-EIGHT STREET
NEW YORK
1896

Copyright, 1896, by
J. W. Bouton

TO MY BELOVED AND LOVING WIFE, EVER FAITHFUL AND TRUE, WHOSE GOODNESS PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING

CONTENTS

[Explanatory] 1 [The Excursion] 13 [Tim, the Dissipated] 91 [Carlo, the Soldier] 113 [Jeff, the Inquisitive] 127 [Toby, the Wise] 139 [Two Dogs] 149 [Two Innocents Abroad] 165 [About Columbus, by an old showman] 171 [In Relation to Mysteries] 187 [Mysteries] 195