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CONTENTS.


Chapter Page
Preface vii
I.— A Pilgrim in the Far West 1
II.— Brian Boru 36
III.— Jake Stanwood's Gal 60
IV.— At the Keith Ranch 101
V.— The Rumpety Case 123
VI.— The Lame Gulch Professor 151
VII.— The Boss of the Wheel 187
VIII.— Mr. Fetherbee's Adventure 217
IX.— An Amateur Gamble 240
X.— A Rocky Mountain Shipwreck 266
XI.— A Stroke in the Game 301
XII.— The Blizzard Picnic 335
XIII.— A Golden Vista 369

Note.—Of the thirteen sketches included in this volume six have previously appeared in periodicals, as follows:

A Pilgrim in the Far West in Harper's Weekly; Brian Boru in Worthington's Magazine; Jake Stanwood's Gal and At the Keith Ranch in The Century Magazine; The Rumpety Case in Lippincott's Magazine; and An Amateur Gamble in Scribner's Magazine. They were, however, all prepared with reference to their final use as a consecutive series. A. F.