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Peck's Bad Boy With the Cowboys
[Illustration: "Dog does kinder act as though he had something on his
mind."]
PECK'S BAD BOY WITH THE COWBOYS
BY HON. GEO. W. PECK.
Author of Peck's Bad Boy Abroad, Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus, etc.
Relating the Amusing Experiences and Laughable Incidents of this
Strenuous American Boy and his Pa while among the Cowboys and
Indians in the Far West. Exciting Hunts and Adventures mingled with
Humorous Situations and Laugh Provoking Events.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
JOHN R. STANTON CO.
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1905
BY
JOSEPH B. BOWLES
COPYRIGHT 1906
BY
JOSEPH B. BOWLES
COPYRIGHT 1907
BY
THOMPSON & THOMAS
MADE IN U. S. A.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Got Any Trailing Dogs?" Frontispiece
Pa Kicked the Dog
The Grizzly Looked as Big as a Brewery Horse
They Gave Pa Three Cheers
The Squaws Seemed to be Worshipping Pa
The Horse Stumbled, Throwing Pa Over His Head and Killing the Wolf
He Looked Like Moonlight on the Lake
The Chiefs Knees Knocked Together
Pa Only Touched the High Places
A Boy Dinosaurus Reached Out His Neck and Picked Up a Steer
We Were Captured by the Curry's Gang
Pa Told Them About the Wave of Reform
Say to the Engineer--"Charley, Turn Her Off and Stop Her"
One Day the Robbers Came Back From a Raid With Piles of
Greenbacks
Drank to the Health of Their Distinguished Guest
The Robbers Guided Us in the Dark Through the Valley
The Pony Tossed Pa in the Air
Pa Swung His Ax Handle
Pa Was Alive to His Danger
The Buffaloes Licked Pa's Bald Head--Pa Began to Pray
A Couple of Bouncers Took Pa by the Elbows and Fired Him Out
"Dog Does Kinder Act as Though He Had Something on His Mind"
"Jerusalem, But You Are a Sight," Said the Old Groceryman
Dad Said, "Good Shot, Hennery"
"It Rained Bananas and the Dago Came Down on His Head"
"The Farmer Had Grabbed Hold of a Wire Sign Across the Street"
"Hennery, This Attempt on Your Part to Murder Me Was Not the
Success You Expected"
"Dad Sat in the Parlor With a Widow Until the Porter Had to Tell Him
to Cut it Out"
"I Got a Gambler to Look Cross at Dad"
"Dad Was Up On a Limb and the Wild Animals Were Jumping Up to
Eat His Shoes"
"Hennery, I Feel as Though Your Dad Was Not Long For This World"
Dad Among the Cowboys
"Dad Began to Pose as a Regular Old Rough Rider"

Dad On a Bucking Broncho
"That's a Prairie Dog From Texas"
"Dad Heard Something at Night and Rose Up in Bed"
"Dad Stepped On My Prairie Dog and Yelled Murder"
"We Left Under Escort of the Police"
"Arrest That Boy With the Rattlesnake," Said the Groceryman
"Each Oyster Was As Big As a Pie Plate"
Landed With His Head in a Basket of Strictly Fresh Eggs
"You Ought to Have Seen Dad's Short Legs Carry Him to a Tree"
"Studied the Bears for Awhile and Let Dad Yell for the Police"
Come to Present Arms
When the Fireworks Went Off in the Grocery
"Dad Said if Rockefeller Could Raise Hair by the Sunshine Method, He
Could"

CHAPTER I
.
The Bad Boy and His Pa Go West--Pa Plans to Be a Dead Ringer for
Buffalo Bill--They Visit an Indian Reservation and Pa Has an
Encounter with a Grizzly Bear.
Well, I