Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters

About this eBook

Author

Phillips, Henry Wallace, 1869-1930

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Humorous stories

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19265

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19265

Release Date

September 13, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: He was a lovely pet (missing from book)] — Red Saunders' Pets And Other Critters — By
2. 2.Henry Wallace Phillips — Author of Red Saunders and Mr. Scraggs — Illustrated — New York McClure, Phillips & Co. Mcmvi
3. 3.CONTENTS — THE PETS — OSCAR'S CHANCE, PER CHARLEY — BILLY THE BUCK — THE DEMON IN THE CANON — THE LITTLE BEAR WHO GREW — IN THE ABSENCE OF RULES — FOR SALE, THE GOLDEN QUEEN — WHERE THE HORSE IS FATE — AGAMEMNON AND THE FALL OF TROY — A TOUCH OF NATURE
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — HE WAS A LOVELY PET . . . . . . Frontispiece (missing from book) — WE NEAR LOST TWO PETS — "I WISHT SOMEBODY'D TELEGRAPH THAT SON-OF-A-GUN FOR ME" — BOB 'UD HOP HIM — HIS STYLE OF RIDING ATTRACTED ATTENTION — SEARCHING HIS SOUL FOR SOUNDS TO TELL HOW SCART HE WAS — GET OFF'N ME! — THE AFFAIR WAS AT PRESENT IN THE FORMAL STATE — "A WISE AND SUBTLE PIECE OF STRATEGY" — "AN ACCOUNT OF MY ADVENTURES" — "'HERE'S—YOUR—DEER—KID,' HE GASPED." — "JIMMY-HIT-THE-BOTTLE" — THE PUNCHERS TO THE RESCUE — "HY" SMITH — HE'D COME AROUND WITH HIS PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TWICE A DAY — MIGUEL COULD RUN WHEN HE PUT HIS MIND TO IT — "CLEAN WAS NO NAME FOR HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE" — "UP GETS FOXY WITH A SHRIEK AND GALLOPS AROUND THE HOUSE" — "OLD WINDY USED TO TALK TO THE PIG AS THOUGH THEY'D BEEN RAISED TOGETHER" — "HE'D HUMP UP HIS BACK . . . AND RUB AGAINST YOUR LEGS" — "NO. DIDN'T WANT FOOD. HEART WAS BROKE" — "'HUNGH!' SAYS HE, AND BLINKED HIS EYES SHUT" — "THE DOCTOR GOES SAILING INTO THE DRINK" — "A HA HA! CUT IN TWO IN THE MIDDLE" — "THAT WOOLLY, BLAATIN' FOOL OF A SHEEP" — "CHASES HIMSELF OFF TO THE SKY-LINE FOR ANOTHER TRY" — "THE DURNED RAM WAS PRANCIN' AWAY" — "HE WAS KNOCKED GALLEY-WEST" — "THAT PIG LOOKED UP AND SMILED" — "AND HOLLER! I WISHT YOU COULD HAVE HEARD THAT PIG" — "DONE. EVERLASTINGLY DONE" — THROUGH THE GLASS I GOT A BETTER VIEW OF THE POOR DEVIL ABOUT TO BE STRUNG — WE CALLED TO HIM TO HALT, AND HE STOPPED, KIND OF GRINNED AT US AND SAYS: "HELLO!" — YES, SIR; THERE HE SAT, AND HE WAS KNITTIN' A PAIR OF SOCKS! — TWENTY-FIVE FOOT OF A DROP, CLEAR, TO ICE-WATER—WOW! — "WHOOP HER UP, COLIN!" I HOLLERS
5. 5.Red Saunders' Pets And Other Critters — The Pets — [Illustration: We near lost two pets] — [Illustration: "I wisht somebody'd telegraph that son-of-a-gun for me."] — [Illustration: Bob 'ud hop him.] — [Illustration: His style of riding attracted attention.] — [Illustration: Searching soul for sounds to tell how scart he was] — Oscar's Chance, per Charley — [Illustration: Get off'n me!] — [Illustration: The affair was at present in the formal state] — Billy the Buck — [Illustration: "A wise and subtle piece of strategy"] — [Illustration: "An account of my adventures"] — [Illustration: "'Here's—your—deer—Kid,' he gasped"] — [Illustration: "Jimmy-hit-the-bottle"] — [Illustration: The punchers to the rescue] — The Demon in the Canon — [Illustration: "Hy" Smith] — [Illustration: He'd come around with his plans and specifications twice a day] — [Illustration: Miguel could run when he put his mind to it.] — The Little Bear who Grew — In the Absence of Rules — [Illustration: "Clean was no name for his personal appearance."] — [Illustration: "Up gets Foxy with a shriek and gallops around the house"] — [Illustration: "Old Windy used to talk to the pig as though they'd been raised together"] — [Illustration: "He'd hump up his back . . . and rub against your legs"] — [Illustration: "No. Didn't want food. Heart was broke."] — [Illustration: "'Hungh!' says he, and blinked his eyes shut"] — [Illustration: "The Doctor goes sailing into the drink"] — [Illustration: "A ha ha! cut in two in the middle"] — [Illustration: "That woolly, blaatin' fool of a sheep"] — [Illustration: "Chases himself off to the sky-line for another try"] — [Illustration: "The durned ram was prancin' away"] — [Illustration: "He was knocked galley-west"] — [Illustration: "That pig looked up and smiled"] — [Illustration: "And holler! I wisht you could have heard that pig"] — [Illustration: "Done. Everlastingly done"] — For Sale, the Golden Queen — Where the Horse is Fate — [Illustration: Through the glass I got a better view of the poor devil about to be strung] — [Illustration: We called to him to halt, and he stopped, kind of grinned at us and says: "Hello!"] — Agamemnon and the Fall of Troy — A Touch of Nature — [Illustration: Yes, sir; there he sat, and he was knittin' a pair of socks!] — [Illustration: Twenty-five foot of a drop, clear, to ice-water—wow!] — [Illustration: "Whoop her up, Colin!" I hollers] — THE END

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