PREFACE. 



And now, how can I suitably apologize for having 

 inflicted another book on the reading public? I 

 would not attempt it but that it is the custom among 

 authors. And, come to think of it, I guess I won't 

 attempt it anyway. I will merely say, by way of 

 excuse, that my former literary efforts, especially 

 my " Rustlings in the Rockies," have brought me 

 in sundry dollars, in good and lawful money, which 

 I have found very useful things to have about the 

 house. If this volume shall meet with an equally 

 kind reception at the hands of book buyers, I shall 

 feel that, after all, I am not to blame for having 

 written it. 



THE AUTHOR. 

 CHICAGO, MARCH, 1889. 



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