TO
C. A. J.
CONTENTS
| I. | Palomitas | [1] |
| II. | The Sage-Brush Hen | [15] |
| III. | Hart’s Nephew’s Hold-Up | [44] |
| IV. | Santa Fé Charley’s Kindergarten | [77] |
| V. | Boston’s Lion-Hunt | [127] |
| VI. | Shorty Smith’s Hanging | [163] |
| VII. | The Purification of Palomitas | [208] |
Illustrations
| “‘LOOK! LOOK! THERE BY THOSE LITTLE BUSHES!’” | [Frontispiece] |
| “HER LEFT HAND WAS LAYING IN HER LAP, AND THE OLD GENT GOT A-HOLD OF IT” | [22] |
| “WROTE OUT A NOTICE THAT WAS TACKED UP ON THE DEEPO DOOR” | [84] |
| “‘ONE OF THE NEW GERMAN KINDERGARTEN APPLIANCES’” | [120] |
| “STARING ’ROUND THE PLACE SAME AS IF HE’D STRUCK A MENAGERIE” | [132] |
| “‘IT’S HOTTER THAN SAHARA!’ SAID THE ENGLISHMAN” | [166] |
| “AND DOWN HART WENT IN A HEAP ON THE FLOOR” | [196] |
| “‘DON’T HANG HIM, SIR!’ SHE GROANED OUT” | [224] |