Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters

\[Frontispiece: He was a lovely pet (missing from book)\]

By - Henry Wallace Phillips

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

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

Red Saunders' Pets And Other Critters

The Pets

\[Illustration: We near lost two pets\]

\[Illustration: "I wisht somebody'd telegraph that son-of-a-gun for me."\]

\[Illustration: Bob 'ud hop him.\]